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Re: Star Wars fixes
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lugnet.admin.database, lugnet.starwars
Date: 
Fri, 7 May 1999 02:32:50 GMT
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In lugnet.admin.database, Todd Lehman writes:
In lugnet.admin.database, lar@voyager.net (Larry Pieniazek) writes:
Arguably neither Jar Jar nor R2-D2 are minifigs.. minifigs have normal
heads which rules out Jar Jar, no? And if R-D2 is one, so is the E1
droid, and so is a skeleton.

What if you consider a minifig/figure that which is supposedly a sentient
character? Another can of worms then, I know, but it's closer. Assuming this
definition, it might be prudent to see the movie first to try and determine
what fits into the category that way.

This of course differs from machines that really aren't supposed to be
sentient but seem that way. I think of C3P0 as sentient, but not HAL-9000.

-Tom McD.
when replying, sing a song of spamcake.



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  to Minifig or not to Minifig ? (was: Star Wars fixes)
 
(...) Who defined a minifig as having to have a normal head. And who's defining a normal head? Is darth Vader's head normal? Are only Classic yellow smiley heads normal? Is the ghost's black head w/o facial features a normal head? If we are not (...) (26 years ago, 7-May-99, to lugnet.general, lugnet.starwars)

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  Re: Star Wars fixes
 
(...) There's a real fuzzy line with varying levels of gray. A peg-leg pirate is maybe only 95% a minifig, and a skeleton only 80% a minifig. Gasgano might be 25% and the battle droids 40% and Artoo 10%. Threepio might be 90% but we'll have to wait (...) (26 years ago, 7-May-99, to lugnet.admin.database, lugnet.starwars)

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