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Re: SW parts used in Life on Mars sets?
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lugnet.starwars
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Wed, 25 Oct 2000 09:11:54 GMT
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I've used lightsaber hilts on to of car engines and it looks like just
another crome accent.
Cheers
Gary
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> From: Steve Bliss <steve.bliss@home.com>
> To: lugnet.starwars@lugnet.com
> Subject: Re: SW parts used in Life on Mars sets?
> Date: Tue, Oct 24, 2000, 7:52 AM
> In lugnet.starwars, Jason F wrote:
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> > Wasn't there some sort of clause that stated that parts designed for the SW
> > sets are licensed by Lucas Arts or something to that effect?
>
> Like others have mentioned, that has been the rumor, but I've never
> heard/seen/read a confirmation or denial.
>
> On the boxes, there is a disclaimer:
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> "All Star Wars elements are property of Lucasfilm Ltd. and/or Lucas
> Licensing Ltd."
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> This has led to confusion. The quoted statement doesn't refer to *LEGO*
> elements (aka, bricks, aka, pieces). It refers to *design* elements. It
> means the stuff that looks like Star Wars (printed stuff, ship designs,
> characters, etc) belongs to Lucas, not TLC.
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> It seems clear that there's an unclear division between new parts that TLC
> can use in other playthemes, and pieces that are inherently Star Wars
> based. Elements like Jar Jar Heads and Battle Droid Heads are very likely
> to never be seen in LEGO sets (other than new Star Wars sets, of course).
> Things Battle Droid body parts (other than the head) actually look very
> little like what *I* saw in the movie, so it seems likely TLC is free to
> use them in other sets. But what about the minifig rebel pilot helmets
> (without printing)? Or the lightsabre hilt? Taken out of context, are
> these pieces still obviously Star Wars-ish, or not?
>
> Steve
>
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