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Re: White vs. Gray in SW sets (was Re: Feelings over 2000 sets . . .)
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lugnet.starwars
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Tue, 7 Mar 2000 00:59:21 GMT
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In lugnet.starwars, Derek Schin writes:
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> Todd Lehman wrote in message ...
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> > Maybe we'll see a UCS MF with these in gray! (drool)
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> This touches on my biggest pet peeve with official SW LEGO that really only
> got worse in the 2000 sets:
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> WHY ARE ALL OF THE SHIPS THAT SHOULD BE WHITE MADE IN GRAY?!?!?!
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> Ahem. Sorry, I lost it there for a second. But, really, the Millenium
> Falcon was white, X-Wings were white, Snowspeeders were white, A-Wings were
> white...now, I know what you're saying. "Derek, the Star Wars universe is
> 'lived-in' and dirty, so gray represents these sets better." Yes, that's
> why I didn't include the Y-Wing (which actually DID have white in the LEGO
> version), because they were old and beat up. And yes, the Snowspeeders were
> sort of an off-white, so I can accept them in gray. But the Falcon,
> X-Wings, and A-Wings? Are the LEGO designers color blind? Aaarrgh!
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> Okay, I'm better now.
Great Rant!!! :)
I know what you mean! :)
OTOH, white and gray actually are the same color. And on the screen, doesn't
the MF *look* kinda gray (not white)?
I mean, Stormtroopers, now they look white. The MF looks like a sheet of
metal-punch metal wrapped over an old dirty shoe. :)
--Todd
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