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Subject: 
"Star Wars Parts" used in other themes - Toy Fair
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lugnet.general, lugnet.starwars
Date: 
Mon, 11 Feb 2002 18:11:01 GMT
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Hi all,

I was browsing thru Tim's awesome coverage of the Toy Fair (go to
www.fbtb.net), and noticed this:

http://www.fbtb.net/toyfair2002/tfrace2.jpg

Correct me if I'm wrong, but this is the first set to use "Star Wars pieces"
in a non-SW set (I'm talking about the Battle Droid arms on the blue racer).

Maybe this changes some things previously thought about the license
agreement between LEGO and Lucasfilm?

-Chris



Message has 3 Replies:
  Re: "Star Wars Parts" used in other themes - Toy Fair
 
(...) Weren't the click hinges developed for SW first? They're in everything now. (...) How so? Parts are parts, right? It's the configuration in sets that the license would cover, if I'm not mistaken. Matt (23 years ago, 11-Feb-02, to lugnet.general, lugnet.starwars)
  Re: "Star Wars Parts" used in other themes - Toy Fair
 
(...) Okay, I'll correct you. Those arms were used routinely in the Life on Mars Series, such as 7302 and 7311, as mounts for control panels. Also, click hinges, X-wing canopies, and X-wing cannons have all been reused quite frequently, and they (...) (23 years ago, 11-Feb-02, to lugnet.general, lugnet.starwars)
  Re: "Star Wars Parts" used in other themes - Toy Fair
 
(...) Boy, I feel dumb. That light bulb echoing "Life on Mars" just dinged above my head. It's gonna be one of those days... :-) -Chris (23 years ago, 11-Feb-02, to lugnet.general, lugnet.starwars)

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