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Re: UCS X-Wing Review
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lugnet.reviews, lugnet.starwars
Date: 
Sun, 9 Jul 2000 23:39:47 GMT
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I think the whole color issue is pretty difficult to deal with in the case of
the UCS X-wing.  The mini-fig X-wing is easy enough to accept in light grey,
but I think a UCS X-wing in all light grey would not look very authentic.  I
think TLG should have substituted the seemingly random tans, reds and other
"toy-like" choices with more light grey to avoid the appearance of an amusement
park ride, rather than a Rebel air superiority spacecraft...ya k



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  Re: UCS X-Wing Review
 
I totally agree that TLG should have used more light gray than they did. When I had finished building mine, I compared it to a picture in the Star Wars Technical Journal by Shane Johnson. While the Lego model was very close in appearence to an (...) (24 years ago, 10-Jul-00, to lugnet.reviews, lugnet.starwars)

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  Re: UCS X-Wing Review
 
(...) That's something I wondered... How come they decided that White was the primary color of the X-wing, when it's really more of an off-white/gray in the movies? White looks a little bit too "clean"... but its not really a gripe, just curious. (...) (24 years ago, 9-Jul-00, to lugnet.reviews, lugnet.starwars)

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