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Re: What is with the Technic Stormtrooper?
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lugnet.starwars, lugnet.technic
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Fri, 27 Oct 2000 16:37:04 GMT
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In lugnet.starwars, Fredrik Glöckner writes:
> "Eric Kingsley" <kingsley@nelug.org> writes:
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> > Again the Pit Droid looks like a Pit Droid. The Stormtrooper isn't
> > recognizable as such. It has nothing to do with building
> > technique, it has everything to do with recognizability.
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> Ah, so you're saying that the Pit Droid looks like a Pit Droid because
> virtually no other "gizmo" has the same looks? But the Stormtrooper,
> on the other hand, is basically a humanoid shape with a specific set
> of armour plates. Hence, as this is a very common shape, more
> accuracy is needed to model the Stormtrooper.
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> This implies that while the level of accuracy of the LEGO Pit Droid
> and the LEGO Stormtrooper models may be comparable, the Stormtrooper
> model will still be inferior (in your view), as more accuracy is
> needed to depict it accurately. In that case, LEGO should avoid
> difficult characters like the Stormtrooper, and stick to Star Wars
> characters that are more easily recognizeable?
No thats not it. I agree with you that it is a harder form to accurately
depict without creating new parts but if they could accurately depict a
Stormtrooper or other character then I would be all for it. LEGO should not
have avoided the Stormtrooper but they should have made the call to either
scrap it when it became obvious they couldn't accurately portray the character
or, put it off for a year until they could accurately portray a Stormtrooper.
As far as recognizeable characters go the Stormtrooper is probably second only
to Darth Vader in terms of recognizeability so it was a perfect choice to *try*
and create. They just either didn't put enough time into the development
process or they decided they would rather have an inferior Stormtrooper then no
Stormtrooper at all.
I personally would have rather had no Stormtrooper at all (In the Technic
line).
I know we disagree on this and that is fine I just want to try and make my
views clear.
Eric Kingsley
The New England LEGO Users Group
http://www.nelug.org/
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Message has 2 Replies:
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| (...) This is probably a major point where we disagree. While I'm no fan of Star Wars, I have seen the movies (and I have seen "Troops" :-) and as I have said before, I think the head of the LEGO Stormtrooper actually looks like a Stormtrooper. The (...) (24 years ago, 27-Oct-00, to lugnet.starwars, lugnet.technic)
| | | Re: What is with the Technic Stormtrooper?
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| (...) Ahh, yes! That's how I feel too. My additional fear is that I wonder if they're planning some Saturday morning cartoon commercial where they show the Stormtrooper blasting poor Threepio to bits. Violence aside, there are two problems with (...) (24 years ago, 27-Oct-00, to lugnet.starwars, lugnet.technic)
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| | Re: What is with the Technic Stormtrooper?
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| (...) Ah, so you're saying that the Pit Droid looks like a Pit Droid because virtually no other "gizmo" has the same looks? But the Stormtrooper, on the other hand, is basically a humanoid shape with a specific set of armour plates. Hence, as this (...) (24 years ago, 27-Oct-00, to lugnet.starwars, lugnet.technic)
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