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Re: 4th Imperial shuttle figure....
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lugnet.year.2001, lugnet.starwars
Date: 
Thu, 26 Oct 2000 14:55:07 GMT
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Lorbaat wrote:

I agree that the hands in the cockpit are yellow, but I seriously doubt the fig
is Palpatine.  LEGO has *never* done that before (put "multiple" copies of a
fig in a catalogue shot- unless they're generic figs that there are multiples
of in a set) and I doubt they would start now.

Not true. Check out the pictures of Slave 1 from the 2000 catalog:

http://www.brickshelf.com/scans/catalogs/2000/c00dk/c00dk-42.html

Boba 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 future
disappointment?

T.
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Message has 4 Replies:
  Re: 4th Imperial shuttle figure....
 
(...) 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 (...) (24 years ago, 26-Oct-00, to lugnet.year.2001, lugnet.starwars)
  Re: 4th Imperial shuttle figure....
 
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 (...) (24 years ago, 26-Oct-00, to lugnet.year.2001, lugnet.starwars)
  Re: 4th Imperial shuttle figure....
 
(...) Of course, last year they couldn't even decide how to spell Boba Fett. Don't forget the "Includes Bobafet!" from this catalog (URL) (24 years ago, 26-Oct-00, to lugnet.year.2001, lugnet.starwars)
  Re: 4th Imperial shuttle figure....
 
(...) Because the figure in the cockpit has a regular smiley, not the Emperor's head... it's visible enough to at least make that out. However, it's possible that the fig was simply in there when the shot was taken and they just figured that the (...) (24 years ago, 27-Oct-00, to lugnet.year.2001, lugnet.starwars)

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  Re: 4th Imperial shuttle figure....
 
(...) I agree that the hands in the cockpit are yellow, but I seriously doubt the fig is Palpatine. LEGO has *never* done that before (put "multiple" copies of a fig in a catalogue shot- unless they're generic figs that there are multiples of in a (...) (24 years ago, 26-Oct-00, to lugnet.starwars, lugnet.year.2001)

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