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Re: There goes the neighborhood b/w Look who's coming to dinner.
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lugnet.starwars
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Fri, 17 Aug 2001 15:29:47 GMT
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"Matt Penney" <glister5454@yahoo.com> wrote in message
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> I was trying to reson out why Lego hasn't included imperial soldiers (esp • in
> sets like the AT-ST). My old logic was, that Lego doesn't like too many • new
> pieces in one series and the ninja helms wouldn't really work. Then I saw • a
> nice AT-ST driver MOC using a vader helm with the front face cut out. So
> why not this helm variant? This was my reasoning...
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> I belive that the look of the imperial soliers in the original Star Wars
> movie were patterned from German uniforms from WWII (esp. the helms). The
> look is supposed give them that "evil" feel. Perhaps Lego is shying away
> from imperal soldiers because they would look too much like little Nazis
> right out of the box?
Imperial forces would be cool, but you're right - it would look like LEGO
was making WWII soldiers. However, my SW shelves are looking very thin on
the ground for the Empire - apart from the TIE Interceptor MOC they've only
got the TIE Fighter, Shuttle and Vader's TIE for ships, although I should be
doing a TIE Bomber MOC at the same scale as the other ships soon (just need
to find a cheap TIE/Y-Wing set in the UK or someone who wants to sell the
TIE), and the TIE Interceptor UCS is a monster! I've been toying with
customising the spare stormtrooper helment I have (smear of grey on it, got
a free replacement from LEGO and got to keep the duff one) into an AT-AT
driver helmet, but I don't have anything suitable for an AT-ST helmet unless
I can find a spare Vader or Samurai one.
Dan
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