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Re: Minifig torsos...
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lugnet.general
Date: 
Tue, 11 May 1999 16:19:18 GMT
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I've got torso's like this in other sets.  Since I don't have any of the
soccer sets I'd have to say they are the only ones with it. I noticed
this too.. I believe it began with the new Ninjas that I really noticed
it.. don't remember getting many sets before then..

Tamy


Steve Bliss wrote:
> 
> On Mon, 10 May 1999 19:15:04 GMT, lehman@javanet.com (Todd Lehman) wrote:
> 
> > In lugnet.general, blisses@worldnet.att.net (Steve Bliss) writes:
> > > [...]
> > > I doubt that TLG would have redesigned their minifigs in 1998 just because
> > > they were working on an unfinalized deal with Lucasfilm, and they were
> > > thinking about ways to create Yodas and Chewbaccas.
> > 
> > Party pooper!  :-(
> 
> Just remember: I've got plenty of opinions, and many of them are wrong.
> 
> It's still interesting that the new torsos appeared in a limited-release
> 'theme' (the soccer sets).  I don't have any of those sets handy, I wonder
> if *all* the 'figs in those sets had the cross-hairs torso?
> 
> Steve



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  Re: Minifig torsos...
 
(...) Right. So the torso-mold-replacement seems to have happened between the production runs for 1998 and 1999. Right about the time the soccer sets would have been produced. Steve (27 years ago, 11-May-99, to lugnet.general)

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  Re: Minifig torsos...
 
(...) Just remember: I've got plenty of opinions, and many of them are wrong. It's still interesting that the new torsos appeared in a limited-release 'theme' (the soccer sets). I don't have any of those sets handy, I wonder if *all* the 'figs in (...) (27 years ago, 11-May-99, to lugnet.general)

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