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Subject: 
Re: An Episode I Set Finally Revealed...
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Date: 
Thu, 15 Apr 1999 18:45:49 GMT
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In lugnet.starwars, Colin Lang writes:
> I love the piece selection in this view, lots of slope pieces in 3 colors, and
> a few more of those 2x4 slopes we saw in the TIE Fighter.  Also lots of basic
> grey and dark grey in the ocean floor thing.  I see very few custom pieces
> overall, only a few like the cockpit bubbles and the folding panels with new
> colors/patterns. (I'm certain from this picture that the cockpit bubbles came
> out of the same mold as the TIE windows.)  I've been collecting more Technical
> than other themes lately so I'm not sure, but is the hair on the furthest
> right minifig new?

I like the piece Selection, too!  Did you notice at the front?  It looks like
it has two trans-orange 1x2 bricks!!  And perhaps a Trans-orange Insectoids
dome in the back!!

I don't think that is hair.  I think it is Obi-wan's cowl.  It looks like they
both have Cloaks too.

Jeff



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  Re: An Episode I Set Finally Revealed...
 
My hypothesis on this, is that these pieces are in fact blue, and the use of the 2 1X3 slopes instead of a 2X3 slope is probably to enable them to keep up the high level of alternate model possibilities that we've seen in other Star Wars sets. I (...) (27 years ago, 15-Apr-99, to lugnet.starwars)

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