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Re: Black minifigs
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lugnet.starwars
Date: 
Wed, 12 Jan 2000 01:25:17 GMT
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In lugnet.starwars, Scott P. Costello writes:
I just bought the new flash speeder and wondered why they put an unnamed
figure in rather than an actual character.  I thought that this would be a
perfect opportunity to include Captain Panaka, since he was driving the
speeder in the movie.  With that thought came the realization, I don't know of
any black minifigs.  Not that I think that this is some kind of prejudice or
intentional slight.  It is just that, short of painting my figure, I have no
way of creating a Captain Panaka, or a Lando Calrissian for that matter.  Am I
off base here? Has anyone else noticed this or questioned this before? Will
these characters ever see the light of day?

I think it was questioned.. not least in a big thread about 1 and a half years
ago, so you might be forgiven not recalling it ;)

Oh.. there's another more recent thread too
<http://www.lugnet.com/starwars/?n=5112>

Richard



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I just bought the new flash speeder and wondered why they put an unnamed figure in rather than an actual character. I thought that this would be a perfect opportunity to include Captain Panaka, since he was driving the speeder in the movie. With (...) (25 years ago, 12-Jan-00, to lugnet.starwars)

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