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Re: brown minifigure head
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lugnet.general
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Wed, 29 Nov 2000 18:31:13 GMT
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In lugnet.general, John Radtke writes:
> Did the blank black head on Boba Fett last year bring us a step closer?
That's a totally different story. The black Boba Fett head *shows through* the
Boba Fett helmet/jet pack piece, creating the illusion of a visor, or darkness
behind the helmet.
> I'm
> curious - what color facial printing do people envision being used on a
> black or brown head? I have trouble picturing anything that looks
> reasonable.
Me too. Black might be too dark, and white or other colors might (read: would
probably) look too much like silent-movie-era "blackface" or a lawn jockey
(shudder).
> Anyone ever do a customizing job (that there are pictures of)?
The last time this debate came up, someone kept mentioning that there was,
indeed, a nice custom done by someone somewhere. I'm sure that with enough
effort, you could dig up a reference. I wanna say it was Tim Courtney talking
about someone from Kidvention, but don't quote me on that.
eric
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| (...) Not totally different - the brown neck supposedly shows on the TIE pilot ((URL) A yellow neck would have spoiled the impression of an environmental suit. John #388 (24 years ago, 29-Nov-00, to lugnet.general)
| | | Re: brown minifigure head
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| (...) Heh, there's a little more to the story (maybe it was mentioned earlier, I don't know). One of the GMLTC members created a minifig of "himself" using a brown head brick, and stuck it on the GMLTC layout at the Kidvention. It didn't last very (...) (24 years ago, 29-Nov-00, to lugnet.general)
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| "Lorbaat" <eric@nospam.thirteen.net> wrote in message news:G4su41.1xL@lugnet.com... (...) enough (...) talking (...) Yup, it was. And Steve told the story. Pretty funny if ya ask me, and yes, it was a cool custom :-) -- Tim Courtney - (...) (24 years ago, 30-Nov-00, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: brown minifigure head
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| Did the blank black head on Boba Fett last year bring us a step closer? I'm curious - what color facial printing do people envision being used on a black or brown head? I have trouble picturing anything that looks reasonable. Anyone ever do a (...) (24 years ago, 29-Nov-00, to lugnet.general)
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