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Plastik posted:What's the name of Kylo Ren's Command Shuttle? I'll wait. Dadstabber I
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Butterfly Valley posted:It's really cute! I wanted to get the microfighter Dewback but it had left shelves before I got the chance. I also have the Tauntaun now and the micro AT-AT looking like the puppy of the normal AT-AT on my shelf and they make me happy. Doctor Spaceman posted:The "microfighter" bantha is a pretty good bantha in its own right. I have all three, but only the Dewback has been built. Those micro animals rock. I can't wait to build the other two. Plastik posted:What's the name of Kylo Ren's Command Shuttle? I'll wait.
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Jun 28, 2021 15:05
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It's an Upsilon shuttle.
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Doctor Spaceman posted:It's an Upsilon shuttle. Not much dawg, what's upsilon with you?
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Jun 28, 2021 16:35
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Jun 28, 2021 16:42
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Going to take a label printer and put SLAVE ONE on all the boxes in my local TESCO. DISNEY will not violate CANON on my watch.
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Carbohydrates posted:Chris McVeigh, currently a LEGO designer, used to sell some. He still has the instructions on his site if you wanna source the parts. I have the original build of his My First Computer: DOS Edition that was displayed at the LEGO House sitting on my shelf - it's the crown jewel of my small collection. Oh my god the 5.25" drives are amazing. Thanks!
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Jun 28, 2021 18:06
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To be fair to Disney, it does sound like they were trying to sort of quietly drop the use of the name and a LEGO employee dropped the bomb. I think just not using the name in movies/shows is fine. I don’t think it was ever spoken in the real SW movies ever. And calling boba fetts starship on toys is fine too. It would just be a real eye roller if they proudly renamed it on screen or something. Plastik posted:Very long Blockade runner rant I have no idea what you are on about but I was making a joke about the rogue one people insisting that it was pronounced with a “vee” at the end and everyone being like “nope”
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Jun 28, 2021 18:10
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Instead of setting the context for the movie, make the opening crawl a blog post about why they did the name change and why it's important.
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Jun 28, 2021 18:17
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I bought the 20th Anniversary Slave I to build with my kid and keep in his room as a display model. I've been calling it "Boba Fett's Spaceship" for about a year. It's a movie about space wizards not actual history, it's fine to clean it up a little.
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Jun 28, 2021 18:19
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It’s not even the first instance of Disney phasing out the use of a Slave moniker in Star Wars marketing materials. All the same people freaked out about Slave Leia no longer being an official term years ago.
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Jun 28, 2021 18:22
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Should have called it the Boba ‘Vette
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Jun 28, 2021 18:26
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Plastik posted:What's the name of Kylo Ren's Command Shuttle? I'll wait. Penelope.
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Jun 28, 2021 18:30
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I'm upset about the name change because I refuse to be kink shamed.
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Jun 28, 2021 18:47
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 Dug out my childhood LEGO in my parents' house and alarmed at how much I apparently chewed the bricks
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Jun 28, 2021 19:03
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crazy eyes mustafa posted:Should have called it the Boba ‘Vette Fett's Vette? How would he finance such a thing?
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Jun 28, 2021 19:11
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Big Mean Jerk posted:It’s not even the first instance of Disney phasing out the use of a Slave moniker in Star Wars marketing materials. All the same people freaked out about Slave Leia no longer being an official term years ago. Hutt-Slayer Leia is way more rad a name.
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Jun 28, 2021 19:33
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Anakin wasn’t a slave in Tatooine, just an impoverished, rightless kid who could podrace
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Jun 28, 2021 19:40
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Darth TNT posted:I have all three, but only the Dewback has been built. Speaking of names Disney will phase out of Star Wars… SkeletonHero posted:Fett's Vette? How would he finance such a thing? Oh, he has like a 20% APR and was underwater on it as soon as he flew it off the lot because traded in a couple speeder bikes he was still making payments on too.
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Jun 28, 2021 19:48
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SkeletonHero posted:Fett's Vette? How would he finance such a thing? Why he'd obviously bounty hunt for Jabba Hutt. You know, to finance that 'vette.
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Jun 28, 2021 19:52
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Slavery was really bad. Pretending slavery never happened is really bad, too.
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Jun 28, 2021 20:04
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Who is pretending it didn't happen?
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Jun 28, 2021 20:20
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Well see, Boba Fett's ship was named when casual racism was okay so when Disney chose to retcon it they're whitewashing history. Or something.
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Jun 28, 2021 20:23
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SkeletonHero posted:Fett's Vette? How would he finance such a thing? Chase Mandalorian Bank  Also could have gone with Slave ZR-1
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Jun 28, 2021 20:24
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crazy eyes mustafa posted:Chase Mandalorian Bank Thank you all for reminding me I still need to pick up the C8.R and Stingray pack. I don't even love the cars that much, I just want an Oliver Gavin minifig. davebo fucked around with this message at 20:35 on Jun 28, 2021 |
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Jun 28, 2021 20:32
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Waltzing Along posted:Slavery was really bad. Pretending slavery never happened is really bad, too. Yes, that’s exactly what’s happening in this case of *checks notes* updated fictional universe children’s toy packaging for marketing purposes.
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Jun 28, 2021 20:36
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Is Jabba a super fat Hutt that got like that out of rich laziness, or are they all like that? They seem slow, feeble and not great at designing hangout spaces conductive to long life.
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Jun 28, 2021 20:41
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I was kidding about the historical erasure  You will still hear master/slave in the context of computing so don’t get too upset wherever you see it (in sw it is most probably in the context of chattel slavery given that it exists in universe and anakin is one) In any case they might rename it again when yet another version of it inevitably comes out 
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Jun 28, 2021 20:45
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Boba Fett's ship, Critical Race Theory I
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Big Mean Jerk posted:It’s not even the first instance of Disney phasing out the use of a Slave moniker in Star Wars marketing materials. All the same people freaked out about Slave Leia no longer being an official term years ago. I-Indentured Servant Leia?
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Jun 28, 2021 21:09
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crazy eyes mustafa posted:I was kidding about the historical erasure a lot of software disciplines have already changed that terminology
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Jun 28, 2021 21:11
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"Captive" actually seems to fit all these applications better What does Boba Fett do? Takes people captive. What was Leia? A captive. Let's start this here, people!
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Jun 28, 2021 21:12
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Cloks posted:a lot of software disciplines have already changed that terminology Legacy programs are insufficiently woke in this regard
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Jun 28, 2021 21:14
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crazy eyes mustafa posted:I was kidding about the historical erasure Slavers and Slavery was a major plot point of a recent Bad Batch episode. Somehow I doubt Disney is going to say no to making figures of the slavers in other toys. Again, I don't really care what the box calls it, mostly raising an eyebrow ay Disneys cheap way at attempting to look woke. Anyway back to bricks! I need the Mortar Stormtrooper so badly. Probably going to bricklink a mortar squad. And some Darktroopers. The 50$ X-Wing looks pretty good as well, might finally get one.
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Jun 28, 2021 21:43
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Cojawfee posted:Who is pretending it didn't happen? There are parts of the country where it isn't even being taught. To the extent kids end up in college having never learned about it. Disney trying to whitewash it just continues down this path. And as someone else said, there are other connotations of slave. But my point is really that changing the name is just trying to hide from the word and it's history. This has not helped the country at all. Look at Germany. They confronted what happened during WWII directly. If you deny it, you can face legal repercussion. But here in the US? Nope. As such, we've barely moved forward. Ultimately, it's just a kids toy and Disney can do what they want. But to me this looks like trying to hide from americas sad past.
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Well said. Denmark’s proximity to Germany is absolutely part of why the company’s decisions appear “woke” to an american audience. They’re more interested in heading that kind of thing off at the pass based on past experiences.
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I really want a midi-scale Super Star Destroyer. The kid in me wants to get the expensive one, or even the bootleg version, but I think I'd be very happy with one that's only like two feet long or a little less.
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Jun 28, 2021 22:58
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Electromax posted:Is Jabba a super fat Hutt that got like that out of rich laziness, or are they all like that? They seem slow, feeble and not great at designing hangout spaces conductive to long life. They're pretty much all like that.
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Looking more closely at the bricklink entries and nothing’s truly a must have for me. Some entries are kind of nice but I am just not feeling them overall
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Waltzing Along posted:There are parts of the country where it isn't even being taught. To the extent kids end up in college having never learned about it. Germany also pulled down all the Nazi statuary and has banned the use of Nazi iconography outside of educational contexts. The issue is the lack of honest education about slavery in the United States, not what a company calls some made up space ships.
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