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Subject: 
Re: Time cruisers or Time losers? (was:Re: Pirate/castle helmet...)
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lugnet.general
Date: 
Tue, 11 Apr 2000 17:50:50 GMT
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In lugnet.general, Susan Hoover writes:
> 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 :-)
> > 
> > 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).
> 
> 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.

And he has a *nose*.  That's just plain weird on a minifig.

Of course, you know what this means...big white eyes and a nose...Timmy
must be an Indian!  They're the only other minifigs with big white eyes
and noses...

J



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  Re: Time cruisers or Time losers? (was:Re: Pirate/castle helmet...)
 
(...) (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 (...) (26 years ago, 11-Apr-00, to lugnet.general)

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