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Subject:	Re: Very high-detail scans of the SW Collector's series sets
Newsgroups:	lugnet.loc.uk, lugnet.space, lugnet.starwars
Date:	Tue, 4 Jan 2000 19:09:11 GMT
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In lugnet.loc.uk, Todd Lehman writes: > In lugnet.starwars, Jonathan Wilson <wilsonj@xoommail.com> writes: > > > 5) Two words: Technic Luke. AAAAIIIGH! (On the other hand: Technic Tie > > > Pilot.) > > > > Nope! No Such Luck. They are not allowed to produce technic SW figs > > because whoever makes the starwars action figures has an exclusive > > liscence for those and technic figs are considered action figures > > (but minifigs aren't) That depends. Are the technic-scale figs mix-n-matchable like the minifigs? That's how they got away with the minifigs- they're "construction toys". > I think these are minifig-scale[1] anyway, which would be very cool, IMHO. I dunno about that. The front of the X-Wing, by the front of the canopy, is 4 studs across. Picture a minifig sitting there. It would look like a little kid! Which, I guess, would be appropriate for a Collector's Series Naboo N-1 Fighter with Anakin minifig. > One possible clue to this (that they're minifig-scale and not Technic scale) > is that the set numbers are still part of the 71xx range of the LEGO SYSTEM > Star Wars sets. And of course, there's the R2-D2 fig. Yeah, but the R2 fig's a little tall to begin with. Not to mention those huge feet. > [1] as in, real minifig-scale, not selective-compression minifig scale[2] > like the rest of the SW line. > > [2] not that there's anything wrong with that. Since the minifigs themselves have selective compression applied to them (take a really good look at their proportions sometime), anything in "minifig scale" is going to have some amount of the same applied. Try building a non-selectively-compressed minifig-scale car sometime. To me, that selective compression is part of what's cool about minifig-scaled models. eric

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		Re: Very high-detail scans of the SW Collector's series sets
(...) No, they're not. They've got connectors for technic pegs, but aren't modular. You can take them apart, but it's sorta like pulling the arms from minifigs -- not _supposed_ to happen. (note that I'm removing this from .loc.uk and adding (...) (25 years ago, 4-Jan-00, to lugnet.loc.uk, lugnet.space, lugnet.starwars)

		Re: Very high-detail scans of the SW Collector's series sets
In lugnet.loc.uk, Eric Joslin writes: <snip> (...) Except that I've been waiting for YEARS for someone to make a Millennium Falcon that has a hallway all the way up to the cockpit, instead of terminated at the edge of the circular section. Looks (...) (25 years ago, 4-Jan-00, to lugnet.loc.uk, lugnet.space, lugnet.starwars)

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		Re: Very high-detail scans of the SW Collector's series sets
(...) I think these are minifig-scale[1] anyway, which would be very cool, IMHO. One possible clue to this (that they're minifig-scale and not Technic scale) is that the set numbers are still part of the 71xx range of the LEGO SYSTEM Star Wars sets. (...) (25 years ago, 4-Jan-00, to lugnet.loc.uk, lugnet.space, lugnet.starwars)

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