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| | | (...) I think you finally hit the nail on the head; it's fine that they want to make everyone equal and the same (although in fact we are equal and different, but that's a different topic) but the choice of yellow lends itself better to some (...) (24 years ago, 4-Aug-00, to lugnet.build.minifigs)
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| | | | | Re: African American Minifigs —Eric Joslin
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| | | | (...) A generic Naboo soldier, which is exactly what TLC was trying to represent. Evidence: 1) Panaka wore an outfit with Blue sleeves, the minifig has tan/beige ones. 2) Panaka was not in the Flash Speeder during the assault on Theed Palace, he was (...) (24 years ago, 4-Aug-00, to lugnet.build.minifigs)
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| | | | | | Re: African American Minifigs —Gene Weissinger
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| | | | I think that the 'equality' comment was incorrect. Color is not what denotes equality. Having one 'color' would mean superiority of that color. equality means everything is equal DESPITE things such as race. To show real equality among LEGO models (...) (24 years ago, 5-Aug-00, to lugnet.build.minifigs)
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| | | | | | Re: African American Minifigs —Dan Simonson
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| | | | I think Lego is just trying to cut corners and save money. They are aimed at the younger audience, and all they do is get their parents to buy the latest hyped up theme. I think it would be a good idea though to have "Dark Skin Toned" minifigs, (...) (24 years ago, 6-Aug-00, to lugnet.build.minifigs)
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| | | | | | Re: African American Minifigs —John Rudy
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| | | | (...) Well, I don't want to sound racist, but I think that if TLG played the race card, there would be major controversy, IMO. Anyways, back to your post (...) If we look at the original ideas, see (URL)Adventurers Safari, What is stopping TLG now (...) (24 years ago, 6-Aug-00, to lugnet.build.minifigs)
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| | | | | | Re: African American Minifigs —Adam Myers
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| | | | If you are looking for an african american minifig and willing to settle for something non-lego Toys 'r' Us has a set manufactured by best blok (i think dont quote me on the name). It's a dump truck and comes with a dark skin toned minifig. (...) (...) (24 years ago, 5-Sep-00, to lugnet.build.minifigs)
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| | | | | | Re: African American Minifigs —Adam Myers
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| | | | just a quick correction. It's best lock not best blok (24 years ago, 5-Sep-00, to lugnet.build.minifigs)
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