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Re: about chewie in the atst
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lugnet.starwars
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Tue, 24 Oct 2000 18:18:39 GMT
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In lugnet.starwars, Daniel Crichton writes:
> In lugnet.starwars, Eric Joslin writes:
> > In lugnet.starwars, James Simpson writes:
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> > > 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.
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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)?
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> > Assuming, of course, that the black blobby fig isn't Vader.
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> > eric
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> It doesn't look like Vader (the pilot appears to have a yellow face which
> wouldn't fit in with the grey one already used), but it also doesn't look like
> a TIE pilot (where's the full-face helmet?). I'd guess at it being an Imperial
> officer or trooper (Death Star troopers wore black with what looked like a
> cycle helmet). So it looks like we won't even get a TIE pilot - grrr! Guess
> I'll have to get some extra stormtroopers and paint them black - but that
> might be hard with everyone else here after a few hundred stormtroopers
> themselves. I think TLC need a bulk buy option here ...
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> Dan
I think you are looking at the emperor fig that comes with the Imperial
Shuttle. His face is yellow. The TIE Fighter set comes with a black (full
helmeted) TIE pilot and a white Stormtrooper. Look at the pic again.
BEN GATRELLE
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| (...) I was looking at the close up of the TIE ((URL) It just appears that the "pilot" has a face, although it could just be a blur or reflection in the picture. I'm definitely not confusing the "pilot" with the Emperor - I've got the Emperor (...) (24 years ago, 25-Oct-00, to lugnet.starwars)
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| (...) a (...) It doesn't look like Vader (the pilot appears to have a yellow face which wouldn't fit in with the grey one already used), but it also doesn't look like a TIE pilot (where's the full-face helmet?). I'd guess at it being an Imperial (...) (24 years ago, 24-Oct-00, to lugnet.starwars)
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