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Color & Classic Space
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Fri, 5 Nov 1999 02:36:39 GMT
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This may be rehashing an old topic, but has anyone ever thought about what each
color might mean for the old space mini-figs? Here's my theory:
Yellow= Pilots- they always seemed to be the figs that came with spaceships
White= Technicians- they played the support role in most pictures involving
ships.
Blue= Scientists- They were the figs with the labs and the Uranium search
vehicle.
Red= Command- they came with the command base and command vehicles
Black= I can't really figure these guys out. My thoughts were either gaurds,
GI, or high command. What I eventually came up with was that they represented
the ministry of internal mini-fig affairs which was like the secret service.
This is supported by the fact that the first space police were black mini-figs
because, obviously, the ministry felt that just having agents in the field was
not enough what with all that uranium going back and forth.
Have a look over at Fibblesnork and tell me what you think.
Felix
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| (...) Hmmm... interesting. As a kid I ranked them: White = Technicians and also Medical personel Red = Engineers Yellow = Computer Systems Experts Blue = Scientists Black = Pilots/Commanders ('cause they looked the coolest) Not so different. And (...) (25 years ago, 5-Nov-99, to lugnet.space)
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| (...) For me, yellow figs served as commanders for ground infantry. (...) Now these guys were indeed the technicians--they piloted small ships and supported in larger ones, when I'd put together a clump of ships. (...) This is interesting! I use (...) (25 years ago, 5-Nov-99, to lugnet.space)
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| Hehe... good theory. --Tobias (...) each (...) gaurds, (...) represented (...) service. (...) mini-figs (...) was (...) (25 years ago, 5-Nov-99, to lugnet.space)
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| Felix Greco skrev i meddelandet ... (...) each (...) Not just pilots, they also drove some vehicles which transported stuff. (...) I´d say scout pilots, the pilot some fo the smaller cars and ships. And also techincians. (...) Blue = scout pilots, (...) (25 years ago, 5-Nov-99, to lugnet.space)
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| How do you explain the early days, when there were only red and white? (Yes, I am old enough that I actually have an original Galaxy Explorer.) (...) (25 years ago, 6-Nov-99, to lugnet.space)
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| As a kid I ranked and organized my figures in a similar way. Futron minifigs were the elite or commanders of the color represented. Yellow = enlisted personel, grunts, mechanics, infantry, low skill jobs ( I had too many yellows) Blue = engineers, (...) (25 years ago, 6-Nov-99, to lugnet.space)
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| (...) each (...) I just always thought red/blue was for the men and white/yellow for the women. But my dark age began before I had many blue or yellow. As for status, naturally the men outranked the women! I sure didn't want my little sister bossing (...) (25 years ago, 6-Nov-99, to lugnet.space)
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| I've never given any figure "rank" over each other (just my own wussy way of play when I was ten), but rather considered their job in a given Lego set as a clue to what their color might indicate as their "Class". Here's how I always broke 'em down: (...) (25 years ago, 6-Nov-99, to lugnet.space)
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| Fantastic discussion to come up with! If I recall correctly, I always envisioned them about the same way as you do. :) The blue guys were my favourites, closely followed by the blacks (I don't know if I ever had more than one). -- Paul Davidson, aka (...) (25 years ago, 7-Nov-99, to lugnet.space)
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| Felix Greco wrote in message ... (...) [snip] The first few years of classic space in the late 70s, all you could get were red and white astronauts. I assumed that this was meant to signify USA/USSR joint space exploration. I thought it was kind of (...) (25 years ago, 30-Nov-99, to lugnet.space)
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| (...) each (...) I tended to think of them as skill/rank too, depending upon which color I had more of, never nationality. But blue and black were always officers, black being highest in command. I remember buying an old town tow truck set for a (...) (25 years ago, 3-Dec-99, to lugnet.space)
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