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Re: about chewie in the atst
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lugnet.starwars
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Tue, 24 Oct 2000 15:15:07 GMT
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In lugnet.starwars, Jonathan Wilson writes:
they need to
> get their monies worth out of the chewie moulds.
That's probably correct, but I'd bet that it's also a matter of character
recognition - your average parent non-SW fan will be more likely to purchase a
set with a "loveable" or popular figure than one with a generic figure. I'm
actually glad that Chewie is being put in this set (though I'd much prefer an
Imperial) because I don't have any plans to purchase the Falcon unless I can
find it on a really deep discount someday.
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| (...) If that's their marketing strategy, how do you explain the figs in the TIE Fighter set (Stormtrooper and TIE Pilot)? Assuming, of course, that the black blobby fig isn't Vader. eric (24 years ago, 24-Oct-00, to lugnet.starwars)
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| the main reason for doing it was economics. They could have put 3 things in the at-st: chewie an at-st pilot a stormtrooper the at-st pilot would have been a new fig so thats out the reason they chose chewie over the trooper is because chewie has a (...) (24 years ago, 24-Oct-00, to lugnet.starwars)
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