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Re: Where are the Neimoidians?... (SW:EpI villains)
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Mon, 7 Aug 2000 21:46:08 GMT
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"Franklin W. Cain" wrote:

> The recent threads about ethnic minifigs
> got me to thinking...
> 
> When is LegoCo gonna make some Neimoidians?
> (These are the green-/dark grey-skinned
> fishy-/lizard-people evil, yet cowardly merchant-villains
> in "Star Wars: Episode I".)
> 
> From a SW purist point-of-view,
> we need 'em to be in command of the hordes
> of Battle Droids.

They're cowards!  You can make a Sebulba-like mould for them.  ;)

> From a Lego builder's POV, think about it:
> *Green* minifig heads and hands!

These would be wonderful.  Actually, you know, the upcoming Statue of
Liberty green would be *much* better for them...and for us!

> (For us ".castle" people):
> Orcs/orks!
> Goblins!
> Zombies!
> Lovecraftian Deep Ones!

I see the Deep Ones have come back in .space!  ;)

> (And for you ".space" people):
> Martians!
> BEMs!
> ETs!
> Other aliens!

Actually, BEMs and Greys could also be .town, but I digress...heh.

> I mean, if LegoCo is gonna include
> an ugly-as-sin SPUD for Sebulba
> in the Pod Racer set -- *blech!!* --
> for a single non-human (and non-humanoid)
> character with that little screen time,
> *surely* they can produce minifigs
> for the major (well, as far as the characters
> in the movie know...) villains!

They've already got a suitable "face" print with Gasgano, so we know
they can do it!  This I'd love to see.

best

Lindsay



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  Where are the Neimoidians?... (SW:EpI villains)
 
The recent threads about ethnic minifigs got me to thinking... When is LegoCo gonna make some Neimoidians? (These are the green-/dark grey-skinned fishy-/lizard-people evil, yet cowardly merchant-villains in "Star Wars: Episode I".) From a SW purist (...) (26 years ago, 7-Aug-00, to lugnet.starwars, lugnet.build.minifigs, lugnet.castle, lugnet.space, lugnet.general)

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