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Thoughts on SW Minifigs
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Wed, 13 Jan 1999 18:05:27 GMT
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OK, the first wave of sets features the following minifigs:
3 versions of Luke Skywalker
Obi-wan Kenobi
R2-D2
R2-something else (apparently)
Darth Vader
Speeder Bike Troopers (what are they called?)
Rebel Tech from Yavin base (with the Castle face)
Rebel Gunner from Hoth base (with a new face, I think)
Biggs Darklighter[1] (with the Town Waiter face)
I can't see the Y-Wing and Snow Speeder pilots clearly. It kinda looks
like the Snow Speeder is piloted by Biggs.[2] The Y-Wing I can't see in
at all, so I'll just assume it's also Biggs.
Why did I bother to go through all this?[3] Simple. There are only two
fig-faces that are from plain-human major characters. One of which is
in several versions (sure, he was the hero, but so what? Where's the
princess/senator, I say!) I wonder: do some actors have contracts that
give them the right to authorize likenesses? If so, could this have put
a put a crimp in the possibility of TLG releasing mini-fig versions of
all the major characters? Either delays in getting authorizations,
extra fees, whatever. I'd guess if Harrison Ford could exert some
control over toys that look like him, it could throw a few spanners in
the works.
Steve
[1] I think that's his name. I haven't reread Star Wars[4] in awhile.
[2] I know, that's not possible. He died in the first Death Star
battle. That minifig must just be a generic Rebel Pilot.
[3] Besides the simple joy of categorization, which is near and dear to
the heart of many lego-head's.
[4] It was a novel by a guy named George Lucas. It was released over
twenty years ago, so it may be out of print.
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Message has 7 Replies:
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| (...) I see one in the X wing, and one in the Speeder bike set. Ah! One in the landspeeder. (...) Color-scheme was kind of like R5-D4, but I think it was just a random R2 unit. (...) Do you think there will be a SW: Special Edition novel? With new, (...) (26 years ago, 13-Jan-99, to lugnet.starwars)
| | | Re: Thoughts on SW Minifigs
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| (...) Four, I think. In 1999 s@h catalog, it is stated that, the pilots of both x-wing and snowspeeder (with the allience pilot "Dack", yes snow speeder has a two-seat cabin) are Lukes (what is the plural of "Luke"..:-P). There are also appeerantly (...) (26 years ago, 13-Jan-99, to lugnet.starwars)
| | | Re: Thoughts on SW Minifigs
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| (...) are only two (...) I doubt any of the actors have that kind of control with Lucas. The big factor is discerning which character it is, not which actor. General character appearance attributes, which is all that we're dealing with here, such as (...) (26 years ago, 14-Jan-99, to lugnet.starwars)
| | | Re: Thoughts on SW Minifigs
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| (...) Perhaps the actors do have some rights concerning their likeness. But that is a moot point. Lucas holds the rights to the characters themselves, and any Lego representation is not going to actually _look_ like the actor. Like TLG would do (...) (26 years ago, 14-Jan-99, to lugnet.starwars)
| | | Re: Thoughts on SW Minifigs
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| Steve Bliss writes: <other SW minifigs snipped> (...) It's hard to tell from the catalog photo, but in the minifig close-up on AGONN's site the Hoth trooper's head looks like it's recycled from Aquazone. I think it's the young "skater dude" from the (...) (26 years ago, 14-Jan-99, to lugnet.starwars)
| | | Re: Thoughts on SW Minifigs
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| Steve Bliss wrote: <snip> (...) <snip> (...) I think you mean 'ghost written by Alan Dean Foster with George Lucas' name on the cover'. Hope this helps. J (26 years ago, 16-Jan-99, to lugnet.starwars)
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