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I've read with interest the "Building equality one female minifig at a time" thread started by CL Janey. There's some interesting discussion there, though I do wonder if there isn't a motive not quite as noble as building equality in the solutions (...) (17 years ago, 2-Jul-07, to lugnet.dear-lego, FTX)
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Great points Janey, and nice to see some interesting and friendly debate here on Lugnet. I think there are two related issues here: One is whether LEGO, as a company (and quite frankly a cultural institution in certain parts of the world), has a (...) (17 years ago, 1-Jul-07, to lugnet.dear-lego)
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(...) Surely we fans have lamented about this before, but like all classic topics, it is worthy of bringing up again every now and then so newer members of the community can share their thoughts. I also feel you presented yourself well, and the (...) (17 years ago, 1-Jul-07, to lugnet.dear-lego, FTX)
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(...) You missed one, but I'm not entirely sure being included in the only $500 set ever produced will really help her stats that much... (...) Ah, but one of those sets includes the other, less expensive set, making her presence in the smaller set (...) (17 years ago, 29-Jun-07, to lugnet.dear-lego, FTX)
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(...) I did something similar, but went more towards the classic Batgirl design. Catwoman's body and head (yellow-corrected, of course), Batman's cape and cowl, and one of the gold batsymbols from the Arkham sticker sheet (with the black border very (...) (17 years ago, 29-Jun-07, to lugnet.dear-lego, FTX)
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Hey, I highly agree. In my own theme-of-choice, castle, we get about one female fig for every 50 male figs. Of course, part of that is due to the over-emphasis on action and conflict, where most castle figs are knights and soldiers (traditionally (...) (17 years ago, 29-Jun-07, to lugnet.dear-lego, FTX)
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(...) Just a thought to add on that point; The cost of a few discarded figs is minuscule if it means more girls are buying lego sets. Imagine the profit to be made if both genders could share the fun of system. Profit... cha-ching. (17 years ago, 28-Jun-07, to lugnet.dear-lego)
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(...) in the meantime you can go "virtual" ;-) (URL) more can be found at: (URL) bye, w. (17 years ago, 28-Jun-07, to lugnet.dear-lego, FTX)
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(...) the problem solved. :-) (17 years ago, 28-Jun-07, to lugnet.dear-lego)
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(...) LOL! You reveal your own ABS sexism by assuming that the woman would have to be decapitated! Why not yank off the man's head instead? Or why not include a headless body with the pair of heads alongside? Dave! (17 years ago, 28-Jun-07, to lugnet.dear-lego, FTX)
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(...) I don't know how I feel about including a decapitated woman's head in every LEGO set. Doesn't seem to send the right message about gender equality. -Lenny (17 years ago, 28-Jun-07, to lugnet.dear-lego, FTX)
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(...) I built my own: (URL) Well, this one is Batwoman, but the concept would be the same. Catwoman's face under Batman's cowl works pretty well. -Elroy (17 years ago, 28-Jun-07, to lugnet.dear-lego, FTX)
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(...) They already beat Hermione a few years ago with the Studios redhead 2-sider face, which features a more obvious, but far more girly lipstick design (and only a faint bit of detailing on the eyes to suggest anything was applied there): (URL) (...) (17 years ago, 28-Jun-07, to lugnet.dear-lego)
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(...) But are there any? I've got long hair, and for my personal minifig I carved down a Qui-Gon hair (ostensibly one of the more "female" looking hairs in the line, except that it was designed specifically for a very recognizable male character). (...) (17 years ago, 28-Jun-07, to lugnet.dear-lego)
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(...) I would like to request a very specific female minifig. Batgirl. She's historically one of the more important and recognizable members of the Bat-family (even moreso than Nightwing, IMO), and she's still going to be absent going into the third (...) (17 years ago, 28-Jun-07, to lugnet.dear-lego)
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(...) I heartily agree. I have always thought that females were sadly underrepresented in LEGO sets. I would like to see more female minifigs in med-large sets alternate female heads and headgear in the majority of sets. I'm not worried so much (...) (17 years ago, 28-Jun-07, to lugnet.dear-lego)
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(...) I too hate the lipstick laden minifig heads. I really don't know any women that wear that much makeup. For my female figs, I always try use the gender neutral heads. However, I have been impressed with the latest Harry Potter figs for (...) (17 years ago, 28-Jun-07, to lugnet.dear-lego)
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(...) I bought a Doctor's Car (7902) for a friend's daughter's birthday and took along a female hair piece which I gave to her along with the set. Voila! Instant female. Would that really have negatively affected TLC's bottom line to include that (...) (17 years ago, 28-Jun-07, to lugnet.dear-lego, FTX)
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(...) This reminds me of one of LEGO's internal rules in the Model Shop (where many of the cool big displays are created) - Minfigs can never be alone. They're always in pairs or groups. They are *interacting* with each other. This was the rule when (...) (17 years ago, 28-Jun-07, to lugnet.dear-lego)
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(...) <snip> This gets me thinking, what is it that defines a 'female' minifig? Personally, when I populate a scene I try to get a good gender balance and there are a variety of things that define 'female' A definitively 'female' torso A (...) (17 years ago, 28-Jun-07, to lugnet.dear-lego)
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