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Re: brown minifigure head
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lugnet.general
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Fri, 1 Dec 2000 18:34:39 GMT
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In lugnet.general, Eric Joslin writes:
> In lugnet.general, Will Hess writes:
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> > Tie pilots need a pressure tight environmental suit in case their hull is
> > breached. OTOH having a pressure suit means that they wouldn't even need a
> > pressurized cabin in the first place.
> >
> > Stormtroopers on the other hand wear unpressurized body armor (see how
> > easily Luke and Han remove their helmets in ANH).
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> My point was that neither the TIE Pilots nor the Stormtroopers wear outfits
> that show any of themselves through to the outside. Stormtroopers' necks are
> covered by a black... uh, something. I'm pretty sure that on the costume it
> was a rubber/plastic ring, but in the story continuity it might be part of the
> black "body glove" thing under the white armor. In either event, it's covered,
> so if the logic of the brown minifig head on the TIE Pilot is simply "it's
> covered", well, then, the Stormtrooper should have a black head, too.
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> So I have trouble buying that explaination.
Okay, here's a better one: LEGO has purchased a stake in Sanford's,
a maker of art supplies, and is giving us blank yellow heads so that
we will go out, buy art markers, and make our own minifig faces!
At least, that's my theory, and I'm sticking by it.
best
LFB
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| (...) My point was that neither the TIE Pilots nor the Stormtroopers wear outfits that show any of themselves through to the outside. Stormtroopers' necks are covered by a black... uh, something. I'm pretty sure that on the costume it was a (...) (24 years ago, 30-Nov-00, to lugnet.general)
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