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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 18:54:44 GMT
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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) 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. And of course, there's the R2-D2 fig. --Todd [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.

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		Re: Very high-detail scans of the SW Collector's series sets
(...) 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 dunno about that. The front of the X-Wing, by the front of the canopy, is 4 studs (...) (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
These are better than we thought. Now we just need to pray for a UCE Millennium Falcon! KL (...) (25 years ago, 6-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
(...) 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) -- Jonathan Wilson (...) (25 years ago, 4-Jan-00, to lugnet.loc.uk, lugnet.space, lugnet.starwars)

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