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Re: Black Falcon reverse image on torso?
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Sun, 18 Nov 2007 06:58:27 GMT
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On Sat, 17 Nov 2007, Benjamin Ellermann wrote:
> In lugnet.castle, David Simmons wrote:
> > I seem to recall years ago that someone had posted a picture they had of two
> > Black Falcon 'figs. One had the standard shield design, the other had the
> > same design only with the head of the bird facing in the {opposite} direction
> > (to the left as you're looking at it).
> >
> > Upon deploying my Black Falcon troops to populate a castle I'm almost
> > finished with I discovered that I have one of these 'figs!
> >
> > Does anyone recall what the story was, real or theoretical?
Jojo reported it here
http://news.lugnet.com/castle/?n=9018
which started a thread which confirmed that they're rarish. But I've
never heard a convincing explanation for why they were printed that way.
> I also remember this discussion from several years ago. Johannes Koehler has
> pictures of three different Black Falcon torsos:
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> <http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?i=435379>
Neat. And mysterious.
> A fourth variation can be found in the re-released 6074 Black Falcon's Fortress
> (set 10039) figures. The torso shields are more pointed in the re-release:
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> <http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?i=257045>
I've always assumed that TLG just reused the art from the shields (which
was probably redone when the Guarded Inn was redone) without realizing
that the Falcon emblem on the torsos was a different shape.
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| (...) Hi Dave, I also remember this discussion from several years ago. Johannes Koehler has pictures of three different Black Falcon torsos: (URL) A fourth variation can be found in the re-released 6074 Black Falcon's Fortress (set 10039) figures. (...) (17 years ago, 17-Nov-07, to lugnet.castle, FTX)
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