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Re: Time cruisers or Time losers? (was:Re: Pirate/castle helmet...)
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lugnet.general
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Tue, 11 Apr 2000 16:36:23 GMT
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In lugnet.general, Shiri Dori wrote:
> In lugnet.general, Frank Filz writes:
> > To answer Shiri's question of why people hate them? Well, Timmy is
> > reason enough :-)
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> Really? The truth? I don't think he's ALL that awful. I mean, yeah,
> he's weird looking and dopey, but brasso his shirt and stick the
> head under a helmet - it's not that bad! (At least it doesn't seem
> that bad). I don't know how the general opinion against Timmy came
> to be what it is today, but it seems pretty funny to me that
> everyone hates him so much... he never hurt you, ya know!
(Following up to a stale thread...)
Timmy was the first minifig with big white eyes. Before Timmy, all
minifigs had tiny black dots for eyes, or in a few cases, a thin black
horizontal line (for a squinty face, I guess). The white eyes were
just a huge change to have to swallow.
--
Susan Hoover
Houston, TX
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