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Re: Brown Forestmen
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Date: 
Tue, 5 Oct 1999 21:12:17 GMT
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In lugnet.castle, David Eaton writes:
> In lugnet.castle, Richard Manzo writes:
> > The forestmen i have is just like any other forestmen except instead of the
> > regular red, blue, black, or all green tops it is brown. I checked all of the
> > forestmen sets in the pause database but no brown forestmen. I am starting to
> > think that i have a mistake on my hands here. Rich
> 
> So the minifig has:
> - Green legs
> - Green waist
> - Green Torso with:
>      Brown notched collar
>      Drawn on black belt w/ yellow buckle
> - Brown arms
> - Yellow hands
> - Standard Smiley Head
> - Green or Brown pointy Robin Hood-style hat
> - Quiver w/ arrows on back
> - Some color plume
> 
> Wierd! I haven't seen or heard of anything like this...
> Possibilities (that I can think of):
> A. Sometimes 'enemy' figs show up in sets from other genres... Wolfpack figs
> show up as 'prisoners' in Black Knights sets, etc.... Maybe he came from
> another "team"'s set?
> 
> B. Perhaps he came from a small baggy-type set that isn't in the Pause • database
> (or any set that wouldn't be listed, like possibly some European sets, etc.)
> 
> C. It's really a faded red one (sun faded or whatever)
> 
> D. The minifig is a valuable and unusual printing mistake!
> 
> Let us know if any further details surface! How did you acquire it to begin
> with?
> 
> DaveE

We had quite a discussion on this on lugnet.cad.dev (see
http://www.lugnet.com/cad/dev/?n=1647) when I did the torso for LDraw. I think
the concensus was that there are a whole range of "reds" from crimson through
maroon to brown. Maybe you just have one end of this spectrum?

Chris



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  Re: Brown Forestmen
 
(...) So the minifig has: - Green legs - Green waist - Green Torso with: Brown notched collar Drawn on black belt w/ yellow buckle - Brown arms - Yellow hands - Standard Smiley Head - Green or Brown pointy Robin Hood-style hat - Quiver w/ arrows on (...) (27 years ago, 5-Oct-99, to lugnet.castle)

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