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Re: Storm Trooper and TIE pilot heads!
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lugnet.starwars, lugnet.build.minifigs
Date: 
Tue, 13 Feb 2001 03:15:10 GMT
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In lugnet.starwars, James Brown writes:
> In lugnet.starwars, Kyle Henneberque writes:
> > In lugnet.starwars, James Brown writes:
> > > (I can't believe no one has posted this yet!)
> > > 
> > > The ST has a *blank* yellow head.
> > > 
> > > The TIE pilot has a *blank* BROWN head!!!
> 
> > It makes sense, I guess.  You don't see the faces so why waste the money on
> > the printing.  Or, maybe you are just looking at the back of the head and
> > forgot to turn it around (don't laugh, I did that once late at night).  But
> > about the TIE Pilot, is there a slot so that you see the brown head, like a
> > it's a visor or something?
> 
> (yellow head) Nope, it's definately blank.  I think it would have been cool if
> this was a classic smiley, actually.  "The happy soldiers of the faceless
> empire." :)
> 
> (brown head) The helmet on the TIE pilot is solid - no eyeslots or the like. • I
> really can't think of any reason they would have done this head brown except
> that you can see the neck a bit.
> 
> Regardless, multiple brown minifig heads are going to do good things for my
> options in architecture. :)
> 
> James

So, does anyone think that the brown head is leading towards multi-racial
minifigs?  Personally, I think the next step will be Lando.

-Alfred



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  Re: Storm Trooper and TIE pilot heads!
 
(...) (yellow head) Nope, it's definately blank. I think it would have been cool if this was a classic smiley, actually. "The happy soldiers of the faceless empire." :) (brown head) The helmet on the TIE pilot is solid - no eyeslots or the like. I (...) (26 years ago, 23-Nov-00, to lugnet.starwars, lugnet.build.minifigs)  

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