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Re: Close-ups on rebelscum.com
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Date: 
Fri, 8 Oct 1999 18:38:55 GMT
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Well, upon closer examination, it appears that boba fett's backpack is
actually attached to his helmet.  Look closely and you'll see this, it's
similar to the sword holders attached to the ninja cowls in the ninja theme.
  I hope i'm mistaken, but you can see that the backpack's mold forms up into
the helmet.  This kind of sucks, but the figure does look pretty damn cool
upon first looking at him.  They could have revived the original jet packs
included in classical space for the minifigure, but would have had to alter
it.  They're probably saving money by making one molded helmet piece rather
than designing and producing two different pieces.

In lugnet.starwars, Jeff Stembel writes:
In lugnet.starwars, Joel Hoornbeek writes:
Hello all,
I decided to check out www.rebelscum.com this morning, just to see if they • had
posted any more pics from the new catalog.  Unfortunately, they haven't • posted
any new ones, but they do have three higher-res scans from sections of the
original picture.  The close-up I found the most interesting was of the
B-wing.  Check them out and see for your self!

Joel

Stupid me.  (*Sigh*)  I posted this in the other thread without checking here
first:

Rebelscum added some enlargements:
< http://www.rebelscum.com/toys/legobwing.jpg >
< http://www.rebelscum.com/toys/legohan.jpg >
< http://www.rebelscum.com/toys/legoboba.jpg >

My thoughts:
- Han's parts will really work well as 'generic' minifig parts, in my
collection at least.

- Boba Fett's helmet is pretty cool, and he has a new backpack!  Yay!!

- I'm gonna go out on a limb here and say that I'm disapointed by the B-wing.
I think mine is at least ten times better.  My reasons:
A.  TLG's one is too small (I think)
B.  The gunpod on the end of the main wing is terrible!  There is no pod!
C.  The secondary wing emplacements are too large, and they're ugly!
On the other hand, it looks like it'll have good parts (Trans-Dark Gray A-wing
canopy!!  WooHoo!).  The minifig could be cool, too.

Jeff
"Sheena, get in the glowing green square."



Message has 2 Replies:
  Re: Close-ups on rebelscum.com
 
(...) Oh, gosh. I have to admit it does, but I hope it's not. eric (25 years ago, 8-Oct-99, to lugnet.starwars)
  Re: Close-ups on rebelscum.com
 
(...) (URL) Looking at this picture, it looks to me like LEGO Boba Fett helmet is set up a lot like the Speederbike Troopers, the eyes being a black visor. It also looks like a notch goes down the front lower half of the helmet. You can see the (...) (25 years ago, 8-Oct-99, to lugnet.starwars)

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  Re: Close-ups on rebelscum.com
 
(...) Stupid me. (*Sigh*) I posted this in the other thread without checking here first: Rebelscum added some enlargements: < (URL) > < (URL) > < (URL) > My thoughts: - Han's parts will really work well as 'generic' minifig parts, in my collection (...) (25 years ago, 8-Oct-99, to lugnet.starwars)

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