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Re: New sets for 2001... finally (Pictures)
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Sun, 22 Oct 2000 19:41:32 GMT
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In lugnet.general, John Radtke writes:

Am I going crazy or do I remember seeing white TIE fighters for the last 23
years?  I know color accuracy is a big complaint in the Star Wars line, but in
this case the difference is literally black and white!!

You're crazy.  ;) The TIEs have always been black/grey.  The rebels, IMO, are
more white than LEGO has tended to depict them.

Steve



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  Re: New sets for 2001... finally (Pictures)
 
(...) Slow down there! The Kenner TIE fighter toy was very, very white. Because of this, a lot of people remember the TIE fighter as being white in the movie (kids like me had a lot more exposure to the toys than the movies for years, after all). (...) (24 years ago, 22-Oct-00, to lugnet.general)
  TIEs have always been dark blue in the films
 
But the toy manufacturers never seem to get details like this right. I remember quite clearly that in addition to the TIE toy being the wrong color, it also had only one laser light that was the wrong color (red) when it should have been green! They (...) (24 years ago, 24-Oct-00, to lugnet.general)

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  Re: New sets for 2001... finally (Pictures)
 
Many, many thanks, Eric, for the list and pics! Am I going crazy or do I remember seeing white TIE fighters for the last 23 years? I know color accuracy is a big complaint in the Star Wars line, but in this case the difference is literally black and (...) (24 years ago, 22-Oct-00, to lugnet.general)

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