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Re: Thoughts on SW Minifigs
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Thu, 14 Jan 1999 00:39:10 GMT
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Steve Bliss writes:
> Why did I bother to go through all this?<footnote deleted> 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.
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 hair
color, costume, height and build are critical, but not necessarily exclusive,
to the actor because such things are often written into the story/script
before certain actors are even considered(1). Could you tell it was Harrison
Ford as Han Solo or could it be Mel Gibson? The only thing we know for certain
is that (I hope it's certain) that the Solo minifig won't be played by Timmy.
I doubt that even Harrison Ford himself could legally sell pictures of himself
in Han Solo costume without Lucas' permission. Does anyone remember when the
actor that played the Lone Ranger tried to do this some years back?
-Tom McD.
(1) Though often a character is written with a specific actor in mind.
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| In article <F5IxtA.802@lugnet.com>, "Tom McDonald" <radiotitan@yanospamhoo.com> wrote: <znip> (...) himself (...) the (...) Clayton Moore tried to sell pictures of himself in Han Solo costume? Yikes. :) Scott (25 years ago, 14-Jan-99, to lugnet.starwars)
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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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