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Re: Thoughts on SW Minifigs
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lugnet.starwars
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Wed, 13 Jan 1999 19:46:55 GMT
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sgore@[saynotospam]superonline.com
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Steve Bliss wrote:
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> OK, the first wave of sets features the following minifigs:
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> 3 versions of Luke Skywalker
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
the other two, in speeder bike and land speeder sets.
> Obi-wan Kenobi
> R2-D2
> R2-something else (apparently)
The text describing the y-wing set states it as "navigtor droid" so it should be
a generic R2. Y-wing's pilot also should be a generic one since he is called
only as "brave rebel pilot" in the same description text.
> Darth Vader
> Speeder Bike Troopers (what are they called?)
Scout Troopers.
> Rebel Tech from Yavin base (with the Castle face)
> Rebel Gunner from Hoth base (with a new face, I think)
He is also a generic one. Called as "Hoth trooper" in the descriptive text.
Selçuk
> Biggs Darklighter[1] (with the Town Waiter face)
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> 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.
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> 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.
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> Steve
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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) (...) (25 years ago, 13-Jan-99, to lugnet.starwars)
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