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Re: Speculation...
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Sun, 3 Dec 2000 05:30:02 GMT
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In lugnet.starwars, Bryan Hodges writes:
> So, now that we've all seen the pictures of the new sets, and cannot WAIT
> until they're available in our areas to buy, I think it's time to speculate
> a little bit... In the TIE Fighter set, the pilot has a blank brown head.
> To the best of my knowledge this is the first brown head that Lego has
> produced... does this mean we will get a properly done Lando Calrissian
> sometime in the near future?  How about a Mace Windu?  Panaka?  etc.

Of corse, Boba Fett has a nonprinted black head. What does that say?

> Not to rehash the whole "race of minifigs" argument, but I for one hope that
> if Lego does decide to make these characters they choose to utilize the new
> brown heads instead of yellow ones.

I hope not.  The Ninja,Islander,and Native American heads are the same as
the rest.  Why stop now?

> We now know they are willing to make brown heads, but are they willing to
> paint them?  Only time will tell.

Hmm.  Some of the Adventurers stuff does have picures of brown mini-figs on
them.  On the other hand, the pirate flags have a human(not a mini-fig)skull
on them, so that may not mean anything.

> Other than that, my other plea to Lego is to make the Stormtrooper minifigs
> as prolific as the Battle Droids...

Oh, that would be great!

> At $20.00 a pop most of us can only afford to build an army of 5 or 6
> troops... I'll gladly trade back all of my Jar Jar

Not me.  I need lots of Gungans to fight all my Battle Droids. :)

> and Qui Gon minifigs for
> a ten dollar set with two or more Stormtroopers!

That would rock!

Adrick



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  Re: Speculation...
 
(...) Mace windu or Lando with yellow heads? I for one would not buy them. That just isn't right. How about a Maul with a yellow head? ugh. It's bad enough that the Jar-Jar figs can almost challenge the Johnny Thunders in useless repetitive release. (...) (26 years ago, 3-Dec-00, to lugnet.starwars)
  Re: Speculation...
 
(...) It says two things 1) he has a helmet with an open visor that needed black showing through (like the new Imperial Guards) and 2) that giving him a normal head would basically have declared him a human being. We know this from reading the (...) (26 years ago, 3-Dec-00, to lugnet.starwars)

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So, now that we've all seen the pictures of the new sets, and cannot WAIT until they're available in our areas to buy, I think it's time to speculate a little bit... In the TIE Fighter set, the pilot has a blank brown head. To the best of my (...) (26 years ago, 2-Dec-00, to lugnet.starwars)

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