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Re: Why can't we have a Lando: Lego's Race policy
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lugnet.starwars, lugnet.general, lugnet.off-topic.debate
Date: 
Mon, 1 May 2000 02:54:50 GMT
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In lugnet.starwars, Jeff Stembel writes:
The minifigs *are* accurate.  The Han Solo minifig is a minifig depiction of
Han Solo, just as Harrison Ford was a human depiction of Han Solo.  The minifg
is not a depiction of Harrison Ford as Han Solo.

  One might argue that action figures or minifigs represent the actors who in
turn represent the characters...

I try to be pollitically correct because I see it as being polite.  Also,
sometimes politically correct is just that: Correct.  For Example, I try not
to call Native Americans "Indians" because they are not from India.  :)

  Hmm.  I'm a native American, since I was born in Pennsylvania, even though my
heritage is entirely European.

   Dave!



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  Re: Why can't we have a Lando: Lego's Race policy
 
(...) Just a quick note here: TLC had better hope this isn't provable in a court of law! Didn't Harrison Ford win a case concerning his likeness in the _Indiana Jones_ movies and its transfer to a PC game? I think the case was settled that Ford (...) (25 years ago, 1-May-00, to lugnet.starwars, lugnet.general, lugnet.off-topic.debate)
  Re: Why can't we have a Lando: Lego's Race policy
 
(...) minifg (...) my (...) Hmmmm. Why are they Native AMERICANS? What about us? In all rights they should be Native Canadians, we are the bigger country (1) no matter what the "neighbours" think... <<KM>> (1) landmass wise, not economically, we're (...) (25 years ago, 1-May-00, to lugnet.starwars, lugnet.general, lugnet.off-topic.debate)

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  Re: Why can't we have a Lando: Lego's Race policy
 
(...) Luke and Han are not alive. Mark Hammil and Harrison Ford just depicted the Characters for our entertainment. :) (...) The minifigs *are* accurate. The Han Solo minifig is a minifig depiction of Han Solo, just as Harrison Ford was a human (...) (25 years ago, 30-Apr-00, to lugnet.starwars, lugnet.general, lugnet.off-topic.debate)

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