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Subject:	What is with the Technic Stormtrooper?
Newsgroups:	lugnet.starwars, lugnet.technic
Date:	Wed, 25 Oct 2000 17:42:40 GMT
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This has to be one of the ugliest things I have seen! If they didn't tell me what it was I would have never guessed it was a Stormtrooper. http://collectibles.echostation.com/fbtb/2/techsw03.jpg I really, really, really hope LEGO didn't think that a Stormtrooper was a Robot. :-(. I now know at least one 2001 set I won't be buying. Eric Kingsley

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		Re: What is with the Technic Stormtrooper?
(...) Boy oh boy, you called that right, and C3PO's not much better. I'm surprised they made it past the QC department. I think a cooler set would have been a full-scale bust or helmet offered as a special model, like The Statue of Liberty or the (...) (24 years ago, 25-Oct-00, to lugnet.starwars, lugnet.technic)

		Re: What is with the Technic Stormtrooper?
(...) I don't get it either. It definitely is ugly, and I agree, I wouldn't have been able to guess what it was if a third-grader showed me and made me guess. I guess I don't understand any of these technic maxi-figures. I bought a Battle Droid to (...) (24 years ago, 25-Oct-00, to lugnet.starwars, lugnet.technic)

		Re: What is with the Technic Stormtrooper?
(...) And I meant to say, when I was a kid, I thought Stormtroopers were robots. Heh. Hey! I was, like, 4! Gimmee a break! eric (24 years ago, 25-Oct-00, to lugnet.starwars, lugnet.technic)

		Re: What is with the Technic Stormtrooper?
(...) I'm not impressed with the designs either, but what does interest me is that there appears to be a new kind of Throwbot compatible piece in those sets. Look closely at the elbows and wrists of the stormtrooper. I'm guessing that its a Slizer (...) (24 years ago, 25-Oct-00, to lugnet.starwars, lugnet.technic, lugnet.build.mecha)

		Re: What is with the Technic Stormtrooper?
(...) resembles the Stormtrooper by only using Technic style elements. It's the same kind of building technique as eg. in the 8448 Technic Supercar. I'm sure no LEGO designers believe that an ordinary car has a body which is only outlined by (...) (24 years ago, 25-Oct-00, to lugnet.starwars, lugnet.technic)

		Good parts packs
That's essentially how I see them. The Stormtrooper will be a great source of white Technic parts and C3P-0 has some interesting gold parts and gold decorated tiles. I don't find either design very appealing. Threepio works a little better because (...) (24 years ago, 25-Oct-00, to lugnet.starwars, lugnet.technic)

		Re: What is with the Technic Stormtrooper?
(...) Who says that just because it's technic, it has to be a machine? We can build anything we want with LEGO System- buildings, vehicles, animals, and even sculptures of people. Why is Technic so limited then? Yes, it has tradionally been an all (...) (24 years ago, 26-Oct-00, to lugnet.starwars, lugnet.technic)

		Re: What is with the Technic Stormtrooper?
(...) C-3PO is the better of the two, but they're both pretty bad. I think the problem here is both sets were guys in suits, as opposed to last year's technic droids which were all cgi constructs. Plus, half the appeal of last year's droids was that (...) (24 years ago, 26-Oct-00, to lugnet.starwars, lugnet.technic)

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