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    Interesting... —Nathan Wells
   Just wondering, Just about everyone knows about the "If-LEGO-can-make-Sh...minifigs?" argument, and the common reply is something like "Kobe and Shaq and real people, Lando and Windu are not. Therefore, LEGO will not release a fictional character (...) (21 years ago, 29-Mar-03, to lugnet.build.minifigs, lugnet.general)
   
        Re: Interesting... —Adrian Drake
     (...) The NBA licence is a different world. The fact that they handle the skin colors differently than the rest of the System world is, in my mind, the best way to do it. And do they specifically name the director? If not, then it's just a likeness. (...) (21 years ago, 29-Mar-03, to lugnet.build.minifigs, lugnet.general)
   
        Re: Interesting... —Terry Prosper
   (...) Ironically, LEGO does this to avoid any controversy about race. Their argument is that if they do release Mace in a brown color, yellow will automatically represent caucasian. But LEGO considers yellow to be yellow, not caucasian, black, red (...) (21 years ago, 30-Mar-03, to lugnet.build.minifigs, lugnet.general)
   
        Re: Interesting... —Ronald Vallenduuk
   In set 215 'Red Indians' (maxi-fig, though the one child has a minifig head) they are definitely red..... Duq "Terry Prosper" <t@rotule.qc.ca> wrote in message news:HCJuA6.1rzJ@lugnet.com... (...) <snip>Just wondering, (...) -Lando-minifigs?" (...) (...) (21 years ago, 30-Mar-03, to lugnet.build.minifigs, lugnet.general)
   
        Re: Interesting... —Joakim Olsson
    "Duq" <lugnetpost@skipthis...tmfweb.nl> wrote in message news:HCJxC2.1y3z@lugnet.com... (...) head) (...) That was not a minifig, it was a baby maxifig. ;-) /Jocke (21 years ago, 30-Mar-03, to lugnet.build.minifigs, lugnet.general)
 

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