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Re: The Lego Femme Fatale : A Reprise
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Mon, 24 Apr 2000 20:20:57 GMT
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In lugnet.general, Shiri Dori writes:
> In lugnet.general, Lindsay Frederick Braun writes:
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> > 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),
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> I think TLC is off to a nice start. Queen Leonara was, well, um... not exactly
> representing the female population... Princess Storm, OTOH, was definitely a
> fierce warrior and I like her 'fig a lot.
I think it's good that TLC has both a "traditional" and a
"non-traditional" female character in the current Castle line. After all,
there's nothing *wrong* with the "traditional" feminine role (no matter
what some folks would have you believe) as long as it's not presented as
the only option available to you.
> I like her torso which is plain and generic, it could be used in many themes
> and settings which is great IMO.
Yes! You could use it for anything from Town to Star Wars...I think it'd
make a great female Rebel of some kind.
> > 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).
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> Ah, but did you see Princess Storm? She's the second female in 6091/8. Very
> fierce and "kick-butt"ish.
True, although I don't think Storm's a "bad guy" - unless you subscribe to
my "King Leo axe theory" I suppose.
There's Willa the Witch. She makes a far better "bad guy" if you give her
a different head - I used the "lipstick face" to turn her into a "Witch
Queen".
The Insectoid Queen might have been a "bad guy". I'm not sure what "side"
they were supposed to be on - weren't they officially against the UFOs
*and* the Exploriens/Roboforce?
The same goes for the Ninja Princess - it *looks* like she's allied with
the young Emperor guy, and for some reason I got the impression that he
was opposed to the older Shogun from the first series, who I always
thought of as the "good guys".
Oddly enough, I thought of the Pirate Wench as a "good guy" - I always
thought of the Pirates as the "heros" of the theme, with the various
soldiers as the antagonists.
> > 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.
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> Cool! Can't wait to see it. Any chance of scans?
Yesyesyesyesyesplease! And a pic of the other new 'fig from the ATT, and
if Gail's got a new outfit...
Excited,
J
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| (...) Oh, I don't think Queen Leonara was a "bad" fig at all. I like her a lot, and I like the other "wenches" too. It's just that I like Princess Storm and Femme Fatale much better. (...) Exactly! She's perfect for any kind of theme. (OK, maybe she (...) (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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