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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 16:40:59 GMT
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In lugnet.starwars, Fredrik Glöckner writes:
Sorry to interrupt here; Just a couple of observations/questions...
> 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.
Reliable accuracy is indeed needed for both. Lego did very well with the Pit
Droid, and I have all confidence that Lego could do very well with the
Stormtrooper. I imagine that some of the model prototypes that led to the final
product were much better. Probably some middle-management wonder decided that
we'd all rush out to buy an army of Stormtroopers no matter what it looked like,
so diligent quality suffered. Nice throwbot. Not-so-nice 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?
A more difficult subject requires more diligence to faithfully reproduce.
- snippage-
> In my opinion, this is all about imagination. It takes some
> imagination to recognize the LEGO Stormtrooper as a Stormtrooper.
> This is the kind of imagination the I think LEGO is all about.
I have no doubt that the imaginative ability of the Lego designers is sufficient
to create a Stormtrooper that is accurate, recognizable, and marketable.
Respectfully,
James
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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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