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New Parts, etc
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lugnet.starwars
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Tue, 8 Dec 1998 15:25:03 GMT
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Hey! Are those 1x3 tiles on the wings of the Snowspeeder?
It's my only hope...
Has anyone started compiling a list of new parts from the 1999 sets,
especially the Star Wars series/theme/range? It looks like there will
be some fairly useful specialized pieces[1], along with the
to-be-expected minifig accessories.
It looks like R2D2's head will be a shortened version of the bell jar
from the Adventurer's. Is there a good picture of R2's legs?
[2] <-- this is just so that footnote has a reference. No un-referenced
footnotes in this posting!
I don't like the minifig faces. Not that they are too detailed, because
it doesn't look like they are. But the thin-line drawings don't look
very much like the classic smiley, either. At least it looks like a
couple of Town/Castle faces got reused for the X-Wing 'figs.
I can't believe they are using the Town Jr. double-slope thingy for the
X-wing's rear landing gear. Blech.
Interesting that the SW logo shows a stormtrooper minifig, but the
actual photos (both sets and decorative) only show
snowtroopers/speedertroopers.
There are at least two different Luke minifigs. If you count the "Luke
as X-Wing pilot"[3], I see three.
-- Steve
[1] I saw a basic/freestyle set in Target, on it was printed "Special
Pieces for Special Building". Or something very similar. Run in fear.
[2] Off-message-topic: I like the storage compartment in the back of the
X-wing, although it isn't very canonical (is it?)
[3] Look at the "group photo" underneath the SW logo on the left side of
page 4 of the catalog. That's Luke's face (assuming that MF head isn't
used for other characters) with the rebel pilot helmet & body.
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| (...) I have been reading these posts for a few days and I was wondering, where did all of you find pictures of the star wars sets? (26 years ago, 24-Dec-98, to lugnet.starwars)
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