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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 <eric@nospam.thirteen.net> wrote in message
news:G31LqF.6C2@lugnet.com...
> In lugnet.year.2001, Thomas Weigle writes:
> > 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
>
> Hmm. Good call, although I remain unconvinced. The catalgue shot here • clearly
> 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 • clearly
> isn't standing in front of the Slave I model.
>
> I remain unconvinced.
>
> > Besides, with earlier information indicating 3 minifigs, why not assume
> > that the person in the cockpit is the emperor, thus avoiding future
> > disappointment?
>
> Because I'm hardly going to be disappointed either way? If it does turn • out to
> be Palpatine in the cockpit, I'll be surprised, but not crushed.
>
> eric
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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 (...) (24 years ago, 26-Oct-00, to lugnet.year.2001, lugnet.starwars)
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