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The Lego Femme Fatale : A Reprise
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Sun, 23 Apr 2000 03:52:57 GMT
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Hi everyone,
Well, today I got two more of my 2000 Adventurers sets (5955 and 5935,
the All-Terrain Trapper and Island Hopper sets respectively), and in
5955 came the newest example of a long and distinguished line of
minifigs: females. There haven't been nearly enough, either in total
quantity or in variation, so a new example is always welcome.
But the new Adventurers female minifig is remarkable, because fairly
obviously a "bad girl." I've dubbed her the Femme Fatale at least until
her actual name can be discovered, and I think she's the neatest female
minifig I've ever seen--even better than the Pirate Wench or the Forest
Babe (heresy!). I have a close-up of her up on the web:
http://www.msu.edu/user/braunli1/femmefatale.jpg
A couple of things: First, how does she fit into the "feminization" of
female minifigs that's especially apparent this year (see the uproar
over female attributes in 2000 Castle from a ways back, which I thought
was pretty interesting), and second, does anyone else think she's got a
real "kick-butt-and-take-names" look about her? I can't think of the
last time we had a female "bad guy" (the Pirate Wench is the only case I
can think of--but she didn't have any "good" counterpart, unlike FF and
Gail Storm).
Anyways, I'm happy about how cool this minifig is. I also got a 2000
second-release in-box catalogue with the Island Hopper that shows all of
the new Race and Adventurers sets in detail; the Dino Research Compound
is a definite must-buy, even at MSRP of $80.
So...whatcha think?
best
Lindsay
n.b.: I have posted pictures of the dinosaurs and boxes as well; see my
post in .adventurers for those pics.
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| (...) [Femme Fatale leaps out of view screen and proceeds to beat the livin' bejeesus out o' Franklin using her rifle...] (...) [Franklin shakily raises a hand] "Yup..." Thanks, Franklin (25 years ago, 24-Apr-00, to lugnet.general)
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| (...) Personally, I am just happy for the resurrection of straight long hair. How do you think that hair would look on castle peasants? Switch em if ya got em... Best wishes, Aaron (maniac@vol.com) (25 years ago, 24-Apr-00, to lugnet.general)
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| (...) Yes, EVIL females... HA HA HA HA HA HA : ) (...) I can't think of any bad females, perhaps they are starting to realize that women can be bad too. She definately looks like a "kick butt and take names" kind of lady. The only other bad female (...) (25 years ago, 24-Apr-00, to lugnet.general)
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| (...) Aaah! No way, Lindsay, you've gotta be kidding! OK, seriously now: I love the pirate wench and the forest wench *torsos*, but I never thought much of their faces. I don't think it's quite as nice as it could be. (...) I think TLC is off to a (...) (25 years ago, 24-Apr-00, to lugnet.general)
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