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Re: What is with the Technic Stormtrooper?
Newsgroups: 
lugnet.starwars, lugnet.technic
Date: 
Wed, 25 Oct 2000 17:48:41 GMT
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In lugnet.starwars, Eric Kingsley writes:
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.

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 see what kind of tan parts I could get, but it wasn't worth it.
I didn't buy the Pit Droid or the Droideka sets, either.

C-3PO look intseresting mostly because there are some cool gold bits, but...

I dunno.  What the heck is the point of these things?

eric



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  Re: What is with the Technic Stormtrooper?
 
(...) My wife suprised me with the Pit Droid last Valentine's Day, and while I really like it for sentimental reasons, I've done just about nothing with the parts. I like to think of myself as "old school" in regards to Technic, but I'm sure that (...) (24 years ago, 25-Oct-00, to lugnet.starwars, lugnet.technic)
  Re: What is with the Technic Stormtrooper?
 
(...) Man, you guys are tough critics! I'm no SW expert, but I don't think it really looks *that* bad. Here's a frame from SW:Ep4 for comparison -- (URL) (24 years ago, 26-Oct-00, to lugnet.starwars, lugnet.technic)
  Re: What is with the Technic Stormtrooper?
 
(...) I completely agree. They are plain ugly and utterly disappointing. And I can't see any mechanical functions other than the stupid launching thing in the hands of trooper. They don't have even the elegance/close resemblance of the same series (...) (24 years ago, 26-Oct-00, to lugnet.starwars, lugnet.technic)

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  What is with the Technic Stormtrooper?
 
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. (URL) really, really, really hope LEGO didn't think that a Stormtrooper was a Robot. :-(. I now know at least (...) (24 years ago, 25-Oct-00, to lugnet.starwars, lugnet.technic)  

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