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Re: Star Wars part in Life on Mars set?
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Date: 
Sat, 4 Nov 2000 17:01:10 GMT
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Not only is it practical financially, but it proves/encourages the multiple
use of Lego parts.  I was trying to think of other ways to use the Battle
Droid bodies before the Martian minifigs (?) came out.  Brilliant marketing
approach as far as I'm concerned.

Markus

In lugnet.starwars, Adam Murtha writes:
Those yellow things that are on Anakin's pod, show up in some new colours
for Alpha team, but I think that has been mentioned elsewhere.

~Adam

In lugnet.starwars, Eric Joslin writes:
In lugnet.starwars, Hakan Tandogan writes:

Hi,

Did anyone notice the Star Wars laser cannon in <set:7313>?
I thought that part would be a strictly-Lucas-Arts part, to be used
only in SW sets?

I'd be willing to bet that only pieces printed with Star Wars type things, or
specific minifig items (Chewbacca "ghost-sheet", Darth Vader's helmet,
Stormtrooper helmets, etc) that are copyrighted back to Lucasfilm.  After all,
in the newest go-round of sets, we've seen:

X-Wing canopy in trans-dark-blue (that Alpha Team set you can get as a bonus
from S@H... Spy Runner?)

Millenium Falcon cockpit with different printing (in Life on Mars)

Battle Droid bodies and arms (Life on Mars again)

Any I'm missing?

eric



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  Re: Star Wars part in Life on Mars set?
 
Well, actually 7159 (the Pod Bucket) also comes with these Battle Droid Elements used for a different function. And nearly everyone will admit that the 'thing' (it's no minifig) I am talking about looks totally crap. A new use of an element is not (...) (24 years ago, 5-Nov-00, to lugnet.starwars, lugnet.year.2001)

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  Re: Star Wars part in Life on Mars set?
 
Those yellow things that are on Anakin's pod, show up in some new colours for Alpha team, but I think that has been mentioned elsewhere. ~Adam (...) (24 years ago, 3-Nov-00, to lugnet.starwars, lugnet.year.2001)

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