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Re: What is with the Technic Stormtrooper?
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lugnet.starwars, lugnet.technic
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Thu, 26 Oct 2000 20:36:19 GMT
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In lugnet.starwars, Fredrik Glöckner writes:
> "Eric Kingsley" <kingsley@nelug.org> writes:
> > Ahh but TLG's designers Arn't limited to the "currently available
> > range of LEGO pieces". They can design new parts if needed. I
> > think the main problem is the head and all that would have required
> > is some sort of molded mask that looked like a Stormtrooper.
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> I don't understand this. You said that you liked the minifig
> Stormtrooper, which is basically a new mold and some new printed parts
> (I suppose). And you would also like a the larger Technic
> Stormtrooper to have new molds to make it look more like a real
> Stormtrooper. But if every new set has new molds then it would hardly
> be LEGO anymore, would it? You couldn't use the parts from a
> Stormtrooper set to build anything except a Stormtrooper if the
> majority of the parts where molded to look like various parts of the
> Stormtrooper outfit.
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> I'd say that if you want a realistic looking Stormtrooper toy figure,
> you should get a non-LEGO action figure. I wouldn't like an
> evolvement of LEGO sets in which the bricks from a set can't be used
> to build anything except what's on the box image.
>
> But I suppose this is a matter of taste...
I can't speak for Eric and I'm sure he'll answer anyway, but my $.02 is
that I agree that probably no one could have done any better with current
parts. But I also feel that just because that's true (assuming it is)
doesn't mean that the set oughtta be made. It's not my company, so I can't
judge their rationale -- I can only kvetch about how bad the model looks.
IMHO, it should either look good or not exist at all. The Technic Pit Droid,
Battle Droid, and Destroyer Droid all look great (IMHO) and C-3PO is marginal,
but the Stormtrooper is extremely disappointing. Note: This does NOT mean
that I'm disappointed in its designer's ability to make a realistic-looking
Stormtrooper. It means I am disappointed in LEGO for productizing something
that, IMHO, "just wasn't meant to be."
--Todd
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| (...) I hear your comments on this, but honestly I don't understand your view. How is the Stormtrooper so much worse than the other Star Wars models? I mean, they are all just approximations of the real things, and even the UCS sets have flaws, or (...) (24 years ago, 27-Oct-00, to lugnet.starwars, lugnet.technic)
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| (...) I don't understand this. You said that you liked the minifig Stormtrooper, which is basically a new mold and some new printed parts (I suppose). And you would also like a the larger Technic Stormtrooper to have new molds to make it look more (...) (24 years ago, 26-Oct-00, to lugnet.starwars, lugnet.technic)
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