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Re: 4th Imperial shuttle figure....
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Date: 
Thu, 26 Oct 2000 15:01:53 GMT
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John Radtke wrote:

And speaking of the "Emperor's four hands" misprint - check out the new
greyscale version of 6569 on the Arctic page!
http://collectibles.echostation.com/fbtb/2/sys21.jpg

John
#388

Ah yes, the old Black-and-white-image-as-placeholder 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 high-res color images. Looks like the proofer blew
this one.

I've noticed mistakes in past catalogs, especially in the Ninja sets with any
"flying Ninja." It seems that whoever processed the image left in the column
of clear 1x2 bricks holding up the "flying" fig instead of erasing it.
Ooops...



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  Re: 4th Imperial shuttle figure....
 
(...) Either that or the press check was at 3am. ;^) ~Mark "Muffin Head" Sandlin (24 years ago, 26-Oct-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.year.2001)
  Re: 4th Imperial shuttle figure....
 
(...) drop (...) blew (...) any (...) column (...) Speaking of mistakes, almost every page of the latest S@H catalogue has pictures of sets where they forgot to cut the original photograph background out of windows and other spaces when compositing (...) (24 years ago, 27-Oct-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.year.2001)

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  4th Imperial shuttle figure....
 
Look closely at the cockpit - (URL) - there is a darkish figure with a yellow smiley and what looks like a red hand. Nice to have a fourth figure for our $30! Maybe there is hope for an AT-ST pilot or two. Other $10 sets so far (Naboo Swamp and (...) (24 years ago, 26-Oct-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.starwars, lugnet.year.2001)

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