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Subject:	Re: Why can't we have a Lando: Lego's Race policy
Newsgroups:	lugnet.starwars, lugnet.general, lugnet.off-topic.debate
Date:	Sun, 30 Apr 2000 15:46:57 GMT
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In lugnet.starwars, Chris Maddison writes: > I was snooping through Brickset today, and came upon something. TLC has > firmly taken a stand on the race issue, saying that they give children yellow > heads and let them play with them however they want to. They say they don't > take sides when it comes to race and ethnic background. But, I found these > Duplo sets (5089, 5090, 5091) that are families from 1996. African-American, > Asian, and Hispanic, respectively. So, if TLC has taken such a firm position > on not making alternate colored heads for Lego Systems, why can Duplo slide > by? I want a Lando fig, and Billy Dee Williams ain't yellow! Do you realize how many problems Lego would have if they started making non-yellow human minifigs? First, they'd have to stop making yellow minifigs altogether. If they didn't, and let them slide as "caucasians", they'd be opening themselves up to lawsuits from all over the world. Assuming they rid themselves of yellow as a skin color, they would then have to create a "proper distribution" of races in all themes. Of course, what would the "proper distribution" be? After all, America has a different ethnic distribution than Europe, Africa, or India. Also, what about all the variations in skin color? Hopefully you can see that this is not feasible for a company like Lego to do. They'd be opening themselves up to lawsuits and critisism from people the world over. Lego, Please stick with yellow as the universal human minifig color... Jeff

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		Re: Why can't we have a Lando: Lego's Race policy
(...) Aye, true. But, as I said before, this particular theme is based in something real. This is the first time that TLC has made minifigs based on real live people, and I question their stand on it, because it doesn't make sense to me. They strive (...) (25 years ago, 30-Apr-00, to lugnet.starwars, lugnet.general, lugnet.off-topic.debate)

		Re: Why can't we have a Lando: Lego's Race policy
Jeff Stembel wrote in message ... (...) yellow (...) don't (...) these (...) African-American, (...) position (...) slide (...) minifigs (...) rid (...) "proper (...) than (...) color? (...) do. (...) But minifigs are not human. Minifigs are little (...) (25 years ago, 1-May-00, to lugnet.starwars, lugnet.general, lugnet.off-topic.debate)

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		Why can't we have a Lando: Lego's Race policy
I was snooping through Brickset today, and came upon something. TLC has firmly taken a stand on the race issue, saying that they give children yellow heads and let them play with them however they want to. They say they don't take sides when it (...) (25 years ago, 29-Apr-00, to lugnet.starwars, lugnet.general, lugnet.off-topic.debate)

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