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(...) Yep, you're right about the cockpit fig not wearing a hood. In fact, if you look closely you can see that it is a classic smiley face (Palpatine's eyes are larger and his mouth is straight). Ken (26 years ago, 26-Oct-00, to lugnet.year.2001, lugnet.starwars)
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(...) Aplha Team according to the pictues ;-) Besides the Baddie boss charecter is lifted straight out of the Street Fighter film.. IMHO. I hope the Summer sees some more adult sets.. Not Space Jr!! Still nothing on Potter though... I can ssume that (...) (26 years ago, 26-Oct-00, to lugnet.year.2001)
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Not only they showed him twice in the catalogue, even the box is actually wrong! (It shows nearly the same as the catalogue: two Bobas) TLC also does this a lot for the Belville and Scala line. They put a large picture of the actual set in the (...) (26 years ago, 26-Oct-00, to lugnet.year.2001, lugnet.starwars)
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(...) Either that or the press check was at 3am. ;^) ~Mark "Muffin Head" Sandlin (26 years ago, 26-Oct-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.year.2001)
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(...) True, it was an overlay. It was the best I could do at work, however. IIRC there are other pictures from the Star Wars series as well... As for the different "collage" styles... Sure, the Boba picture is a more clear example of two combined (...) (26 years ago, 26-Oct-00, to lugnet.year.2001, lugnet.starwars)
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I'm positive that the Imperial Shuttle includes a fourth mini-fig to pilot. First, it couldn't be Palpatine; he is wearing the black hood piece. If you look closely at the picture, it's clear that the sides of the figs head arn't covered with (...) (26 years ago, 26-Oct-00, to lugnet.year.2001, lugnet.starwars)
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(...) Indeed, I'm glad they didn't mess it up like Boba Fett. I think it's quite the object many people dreamed of being produced after ep. 4 came out :) (...) I agree, but hey, don't we all need 20 TIE fighters anyway?:) (...) Hey! How would *you* (...) (26 years ago, 26-Oct-00, to lugnet.starwars, lugnet.technic, lugnet.year.2001)
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(...) Exactly, I have to admit that one of my few Non-Lego brick buys have been for the aliens that came with one of the MB sets (The other being their viking hull). I have this hope though that one of these days Lego will start doing some Mos (...) (26 years ago, 26-Oct-00, to lugnet.year.2001)
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(...) Heh. I thought the minifigs were one of the few cool things about Insectoids and UFO. Scratch that... I really like the shoulder pads. The rest of those figs weren't all that hot. (...) On Sebulba: Amen, brother. I do like the theory of having (...) (26 years ago, 26-Oct-00, to lugnet.year.2001)
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It wouldn't make sense to me. The royal guards aren't going to fly the ship. They just stand around and look intimidating. Besides, the emperor's so powerful he could probably fly the ship without touching the controls! Dave Lorbaat (...) (26 years ago, 26-Oct-00, to lugnet.year.2001, lugnet.starwars)
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(...) I agree. As a rabid mecha fan, I look at those little ball-joint pieces and such and see a great array of mecha parts. I personally can't wait. (...) Ok, that's just weird ;) -Jeremiah- "Achitecture isn't about beauty of design or integration (...) (26 years ago, 26-Oct-00, to lugnet.starwars, lugnet.technic, lugnet.year.2001)
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(...) fig (...) isn't {Boba Fett minifig standing in front of the Slave I model with Boba Fett in the Cockpit}, rather, it's {Boba Fett Minifig close up} overlayed on {Slave I with Boba Fett in the cockpit}. In other words, the larger Boba Fett (...) (26 years ago, 26-Oct-00, to lugnet.year.2001, lugnet.starwars)
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(...) Not true. Check out the pictures of Slave 1 from the 2000 catalog: (URL) in the cockpit, Boba on the ground... Besides, with earlier information indicating 3 minifigs, why not assume that the person in the cockpit is the emperor, thus avoiding (...) (26 years ago, 26-Oct-00, to lugnet.year.2001, lugnet.starwars)
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(...) Arrgh! Very disappointing. Those POOPS really take down the quality of that set a notch, IMO. (26 years ago, 26-Oct-00, to lugnet.year.2001)
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Hi... My first instinct when I see new sets is to call LS@H to see if they're available. They're listed in their system, but obviously not coming out until 1/1/2001 (although I'm sure Wal-Mart will have 'em all earlier than that). The call did give (...) (26 years ago, 26-Oct-00, to lugnet.year.2001, lugnet.starwars)
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(...) If this year is like every other, we should see some of the sets before Christmas (at least, in the USA). eric (26 years ago, 26-Oct-00, to lugnet.starwars, lugnet.year.2001)
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(...) Ah yes, the old Black-and-white-imag...laceholder trick. And the proofreader fell for it. In some graphic shops it is common practice to drop low-res B/W images into a layout to test designs, then update the final (approved) copy with the (...) (26 years ago, 26-Oct-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.year.2001)
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I'm surprised that no one here seems to have noticed/has anything to say about the second character in the Watto's Junkyard set. Am I the only one who noticed him? eric (26 years ago, 26-Oct-00, to lugnet.starwars, lugnet.year.2001)
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(...) My bet is cloaked Luke from the Luke/Han/Boba three-pack (3341). But, if not... eeeexccceelent SteveC (26 years ago, 26-Oct-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.starwars, lugnet.year.2001)
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(...) That would be very cool if you are right. Do you know when they are due? Jason F. (26 years ago, 26-Oct-00, to lugnet.starwars, lugnet.year.2001)
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