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In lugnet.castle, Jay Rodarte writes:
> Hello All! I have a question about the new African American Lego Mini-figs.
> Is Lego going to start making African American Mini-figs? I thought that was
> a kewl idea, although all of them are men and they have scary faces. But I
> think that it's about time that Lego acknowledges the African American
> Community with Mini-figs. I mean, come on!
>
> Jay
To answer your question (even though .castle is a little out of the way to
talk about it), they are making African-American mini-figs. However, you
may also want to note that this is the first time Lego has made Caucasian
mini-figs as well. Up until this point, they have been a nice neutral yellow.
(BTW, I responded to this question in .castle so that the original poster
would be able to find his answers. Seems he's a little new. Maybe move
future discussion to .build/minifigs?)
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In lugnet.castle, Nathan Schroeder writes:
> In lugnet.castle, Jay Rodarte writes:
> > Hello All! I have a question about the new African American Lego Mini-figs.
> > Is Lego going to start making African American Mini-figs? I thought that was
> > a kewl idea, although all of them are men and they have scary faces. But I
> > think that it's about time that Lego acknowledges the African American
> > Community with Mini-figs. I mean, come on!
> >
> > Jay
>
> To answer your question (even though .castle is a little out of the way to
> talk about it), they are making African-American mini-figs. However, you
> may also want to note that this is the first time Lego has made Caucasian
> mini-figs as well. Up until this point, they have been a nice neutral yellow.
>
> (BTW, I responded to this question in .castle so that the original poster
> would be able to find his answers. Seems he's a little new. Maybe move
> future discussion to .build/minifigs?)
Yellow does not = caucasian. The Native-Americans of the Wild West series,
the Japanese of the Ninja Castle subtheme, the Indians, Chinese and Tibetans
of the Adventurers Orient series aren't exactly caucasian either.
I think they differenciated the races by using facial features rather than
color. Like the eyes for the Japanese, noses for the Native Americans as
well as the new "African-looking" yellow figs with their larger lips.
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In lugnet.castle, Nathan Schroeder writes:
> In lugnet.castle, Jay Rodarte writes:
> > Hello All! I have a question about the new African American Lego Mini-figs.
> > Is Lego going to start making African American Mini-figs? I thought that was
> > a kewl idea, although all of them are men and they have scary faces. But I
> > think that it's about time that Lego acknowledges the African American
> > Community with Mini-figs. I mean, come on!
> To answer your question (even though .castle is a little out of the way to
> talk about it), they are making African-American mini-figs. However, you
> may also want to note that this is the first time Lego has made Caucasian
> mini-figs as well. Up until this point, they have been a nice neutral yellow.
Yes, minifigs is neutral yellow, but DUPLO figs have been African and
Caucasian for decades - pre-school children can have race-figures, but older
children must settle with neutral figs?!??
Arne, Copenhagen
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In lugnet.castle, Arne Lykke Nielsen writes:
> Yes, minifigs is neutral yellow, but DUPLO figs have been African and
> Caucasian for decades - pre-school children can have race-figures, but older
> children must settle with neutral figs?!??
> Arne, Copenhagen
Ofcourse they should! All these questions and remarks regarding the color of
the minifigs show just why the older children (including most of us!) should
settle for neutral.
You see, small children don't care for color/race/religion/shoe-size/etc.
They just see people, like in the real world.
After some time, children get infected by us grown-ups with ideas about
"color matters!", "don't talk to those people" and "stay away from their kind".
Why should color matter? If I talk to an other colored person (not _exactly_
my color), they seem convinced that they should convince me that color does
not matter. They keep telling me that 'their kind' is the same as 'my kind'.
Now I never start on this toppic, they do. I am afraid that it is brought up
to cover up some (alian/government/religious) conspiracy to get LEGO to make
colored people! :-/
In the case of Lando (StarWars), I agree: it's in the movie so it should be
in the sets. But all the other lines (from ancient castle to futuristic
Space) I say: stay with the neutral yellow toy-people. That way, older
children and grown-ups won't have to decide which
color/race/religion/shoe-size/whatever should be the captain of the
(space)ship/king of the castle/general of the army!
Mark "returning the soapbox to the store; I want my money back!" de Kock
FUT lugnet.build.minifigs as there is no .color.doesnt.matter yet.
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