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Re: CHEWIE & C-3PO REVEALED!!!
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lugnet.starwars
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Tue, 15 Feb 2000 07:48:37 GMT
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sgore@superonline.com*ihatespam*
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Jonathan Wilson wrote:
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> Kevin Loch wrote:
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> > In lugnet.starwars, Kevin Knoot writes:
> > > A gold-plated 3PO would be cool. Perhaps they made him out of a gold-colored
> > > plastic instead was so they could print on his front AND back. Are there
> > other
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> > real gold plating would be very expensive. The "silver" bricks are
> > aluminum coated. Is there a gold substitute? If they used
> > copper they would have to coat it too (and it might not be safe,
> > since the coating could be chewed off).
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> > KL
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> They should use what ever coating they used on the bugle and gold coin parts.
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> --
> Jonathan Wilson
Coating is evil. It can be chipped off very easily. I can't think of a coated minifig with all the articulation. The
method that they used to make 8448 (and some other 1999 technic car) hubs could be much better (looking worse than
coating, I admit).
Selçuk
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| (...) could be much better (looking worse than (...) I agree. I always liked toys that were made of "silvered" plastic, that is, flecks of glitter mixed into the plastic (like the new 3PO) rather than chromed as a coating. It ALWAYS wears off and (...) (27 years ago, 15-Feb-00, to lugnet.starwars)
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