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I always thought: Black - Commander (Because there's so few of them) Blue - Lieutenant Yellow - Scientist (They always get the scanning gear/diggers) White - Mechanic/Worker Red - Pilot (You always get Red chaps with space ships) How did everyone (...) (21 years ago, 10-Oct-03, to lugnet.space, FTX)
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Black - Special Ops/Secret Police (I have exactly one of these guys) Blue - Pilots (probably an Air Force influence) Yellow - Scientists/Explorers White - Workers Red - Commanders Although, initially, when it was only Red and White: Red = Soviets (...) (21 years ago, 10-Oct-03, to lugnet.space)
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(...) Hey, I used the same ranking system as you! I never had a blue spaceman as a kid tho. Didn't get one until just recently. :\ -Grand Admiral (URL) (21 years ago, 10-Oct-03, to lugnet.space, FTX)
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(...) Egad! It's Evil Wayne! Long time no see. -Grand Admiral (URL) (21 years ago, 10-Oct-03, to lugnet.space, FTX)
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This is the system I used for my classic space moonbase, except the white guys were the commanders. :) -Anne (...) (21 years ago, 10-Oct-03, to lugnet.space)
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Azar, Grand Admiral! I'm a big lurker as most of my collection is currently in an unusuable format (i.e., it's mostly packed up). But I see most of what goes on here. :) ... ...And seethe in jealously... :P Groove on GA. -Evil Wayne (...) (21 years ago, 10-Oct-03, to lugnet.space)
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(...) Hmmm, my figs never really had a chain of command - but there was a seniority thing happening, based loosley on when they first made their way into my childhood collection: White/Red - the originals, the guys who got it done. Meat & Potatoes. (...) (21 years ago, 10-Oct-03, to lugnet.space, FTX)
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(...) Most of the time I used this same system. But occasionally, on special missions, suit color represented envirnmental specialties: Red- for Geologically active planets, or very hot environments Blue- for aquatic exploration Black- prolonged EVA (...) (21 years ago, 10-Oct-03, to lugnet.space, FTX)
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Spooky. I had one blue spaceman as a kid, and that minifig represented me when my spacemen went off to have adventures in the back garden (or the swimming pool...). When he was inside buildings, he'd take off his helmet and wear a cowboy hat! Steve (...) (21 years ago, 10-Oct-03, to lugnet.space, FTX)
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(...) I wasen't around back then to get classic space guys. The most I have is 1 blue spaceman with a broken headpiece I got in the jambalya box. I wonder how you organize Futuron guys in... I have 5 Futuron guys- 2 yellow, 2 red, and 1 black. -JHK (21 years ago, 12-Oct-03, to lugnet.space, FTX)
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When I was younger I did the colors based on rank or occupational skill too like in Star Trek. Then I thought it foolish as then I would be limited as to how many of certain types of guys I could have. Besides it wouldn’t be smart to advertise to (...) (21 years ago, 13-Oct-03, to lugnet.space, FTX)
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(...) I use Futurons as the Uber versions of their respective colour, so a Red Futuron would be a Squadron Leader, Yellow Futuron: Head Researcher etc. Steve (21 years ago, 16-Oct-03, to lugnet.space, FTX)
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