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Re: Brown Forestmen
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Date: 
Tue, 5 Oct 1999 22:41:24 GMT
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In lugnet.castle, David Eaton writes:
In lugnet.castle, Richard Manzo writes:
I just checked the 6071 instructions the 5 forestmen that come in the set are
the princess, all green, red chest, blue chest, and black chest. I have
checked all of the forestmen sets on brickshelf and none of the sets come • with
a brown forestmen.         Rich

I would expect that if it were the case that the forestmen fig was *intended*
to be brown, that the arms at least would easily be distinguishable from the
red, since the arms are actually made from the same ABS plastic as the other
brown lego bricks. Hence, a simple comparison could tell you... but the collar
is tougher, because the ink they used isn't necessarily the same color as the
arms. If JUST the collar is brown, well, I'd guess that it was just a dark
shade of red... But if the arms AND collar are brown, then it's more likely
that the collar was *meant* to be brown.

One other possibility (E. I guess) is that since this set was bought used (or
opened at least), that the original owner made their own custom fig... hence,
brown arms (perhaps from a wolfpack fig) with a red collared forestmen torso
that was a deeper red than most...

DaveE
     I do not recall what kind of arms the forestmen came with but I am sure
that it is a real lego made minifig. The brown has the exact same glossyness
as the rest of the shirt the pattern of the shirt is exactly like any other
forestmen. It is just too perfect to be a fraud. This is not just a deep red
it is as brown as a wolfrack shirt. I think that it is either a red one that
has been left out in the sun too long, or a rare mistake. I just wish i could
remember what color arms it came with, you are right that is a big
clue.         Rich



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  Re: Brown Forestmen
 
(...) collar (...) What he meant was that someone took apart some 'figs and remade them (this is called a custom minifig), not that someone moulded their own pieces. Personally, I think it is probably a custom 'fig using Dark Forest parts. The two (...) (25 years ago, 6-Oct-99, to lugnet.castle)

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  Re: Brown Forestmen
 
(...) I would expect that if it were the case that the forestmen fig was *intended* to be brown, that the arms at least would easily be distinguishable from the red, since the arms are actually made from the same ABS plastic as the other brown lego (...) (25 years ago, 5-Oct-99, to lugnet.castle)

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