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Re: Star Wars Minifig Packs - Thoughts
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Mon, 3 Apr 2000 12:53:24 GMT
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Somebody beat me to the "Dewback" squad ... maybe a Bespin Chase Playset, or a
Death-Star-Vine-Swing-Over_Incomprehnesible-Pit with Luke, Leia, and 'troopers.
Not rightly vehicles, I know ...
ah well.
shaun
Lorbaat wrote:
> Ok, so I've been thinking about Star Wars minifig packs, and I think I might
> have found a reason we'll never, ever see them, which is sad. But before you
> hate me and say I'm the bearer of bad tidings, hear me out, because there might
> be hope.
>
> Ok. So we all know that Hasbro bought Kenner to get the Star Wars license
> (well, the alternate report that I've heard on that is that Hasbro bought
> Kenner just to revive the Star Wars line under Kenner's auspices, for an
> extra-retro feel for old timers like me). Hasbro/Kenner's license is for
> "action figures, accessories, and playsets". Galoob, meanwhile, secured a
> license to manufature and sell toys of "vehicles", and therefore could make
> Micro Machines, Action Fleet, and so on.
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> As the hype for Episode I began ramping up (well, for us *real* SW fans that
> was a while before the release, like two or three years) Hasbro announced that
> it has bought Galoob, making them the only manufacturer of Star Wars toys.
> That's pretty good, when you think of it- every dollar spent by retailers on
> Star Wars toys was going to be going to Hasbro.
>
> Then, LucasFilm and Lego announce the license for Lego toys. Hasbro, of
> course, thought this was a violation of their licenses, and were told (in
> court? I don't remember) that the Lego license was for "construction toys".
>
> So it is possible that we'll never see a pack of SW minifigs because putting
> one out would incite Hasbro in some way, or might actually just fully violate
> licensing agreements.
>
> But, I did say something about there being hope, so: With the MTT, you get a
> great set of parts, and 7 Battle Droids. At that rate, two or three of them
> combines with other sets, like the Naboo Swamp and Naboo Fighter, and the AAT,
> and you can have a fairly formidable force of Battle Droids. So maybe Lego
> will put out a set with a similar number of Stormtroopers, or a smallish set
> with one or two Stormtroopers. It's a shame that Lego already produced the
> Landspeeder from Episode IV, because that set would seem to be a natural for
> inclusion of one, two, or even up to four Stormtroopers. Can anyone else think
> of a small-ish vehicle set that could easily include Stormtroopers?
>
> Anyway. Slow day at work, so I thought I'd ruminate a bit.
>
> eric
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