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Re: New Stormtroopers
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lugnet.starwars
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Tue, 24 Oct 2000 16:35:27 GMT
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In lugnet.starwars, Steve Bliss writes:
> It *has* been the case with Star Wars.
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> The only young Obi-Wan minifig is only in a $50 set.
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> The only source (currently) for Princess Leia and C3P0 is the Millenium
> Falcon (a $100 set). If you discount the minifig collectors sets, then
> Chewbacca is only available in the MF, too.
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> If you want to count Sebulba and Gasgano as figures, they only appear in a
> $90 set.
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> For more than a year, Darth Vader was only available in a single $50 set.
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> Meanwhile, we've got hordes of Luke Skywalkers, Qui Gon Jinns, and Jar Jar
> Binks.
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> Steve
I think that there is something of an inverse relationship about this Luke fig.
- he is the most marketable character to parents/young kids who aren't
necessarily big fans. Luke has maybe a dozen different costumes - farm boy,
pilot, Jedi in black, Bespin luke (keeping my fingers crossed), etc., etc. Lego
puts most of the sought-after characters in large sets for obvious reasons, but
then sprinkles Luke throughout the line to encourage multiple purchases - either
way, it's big sales.
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| (...) You can already make a Bespin Luke. Take Luke's head and slap it on the body of the ground tech from the X-Wing set. The tech is wearing pilot's ground fatigues, and that's all Luke was wearing on Bespin. If and when Bespin sets come out, I (...) (24 years ago, 24-Oct-00, to lugnet.starwars)
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| | Re: New Stormtroopers
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| (...) It *has* been the case with Star Wars. The only young Obi-Wan minifig is only in a $50 set. The only source (currently) for Princess Leia and C3P0 is the Millenium Falcon (a $100 set). If you discount the minifig collectors sets, then (...) (24 years ago, 24-Oct-00, to lugnet.starwars)
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