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Re: The Lego Femme Fatale : A Reprise
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Mon, 24 Apr 2000 20:31:50 GMT
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In lugnet.general, Jeff Johnston writes:
> In lugnet.general, Shiri Dori writes:
> > In lugnet.general, Lindsay Frederick Braun writes:
> > >
> > > 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.
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.
> > I like her torso which is plain and generic, it could be used in many themes
> > and settings which is great IMO.
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> Yes! You could use it for anything from Town to Star Wars...I think it'd
> make a great female Rebel of some kind.
Exactly! She's perfect for any kind of theme. (OK, maybe she won't fit in a
space rocket :)
> > Ah, but did you see Princess Storm? She's the second female in 6091/8. Very
> > fierce and "kick-butt"ish.
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> True, although I don't think Storm's a "bad guy" - unless you subscribe to
> my "King Leo axe theory" I suppose.
:-) I mentioned that in my other post. She's sided with the "good guys" but
she's still very fierce and has that "bad girl" look to her.
Can't you see? She's in a teenager (OK, late teens), a rebel! Go figure, maybe
she's rebelling against her parents --> opposing the good guys --> she's a bad
guy (gal?)... ;-)
> 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".
Yeah, with her official face she looks more crazy (maniac) than bad.
> 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?
I don't think anything was mentioned about that. AFAIK, the insectoids were
opposing the insect-like creatures on the planet by camouflaging (sp?)
themselves as insects. That's what I remember from my 1998 Han-Toys hebrew
catalog, at least.
> 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".
Well... I dunno about her... she's very mysterious!
> 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.
Same here!
> > > 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.
> >
> > 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...
I mentioned in .adventurers; I doubt Gail has changed her Jungle wardrobe...
check out the brickset pic of the island set, she has a green shirt strikingly
similar to the jungle outfit (Sorry to be a kill-joy... I'd love another torso
too).
-Shiri
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