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> I think Lego's biggest mistake was making minifig darker. That is, some • of
> those Aquazone-villain-thingy-monster-minifigs, and the UFO uglies. That
> alone has kept me from buying those sets as gifts. I like variations on • mini-
> fig heads, but I've got a certain aversion to demons in my toy box. And I
> betcha most parents who shop creative, postive toys for their kids would • avoid
> the same sort of stuff. The reason my mom liked to get us Legos was • because
> of the absense of Darkness, and the presence of Build, Imagine, Sky's the
> Limit.
>
> In fact, I think that whole season of Time Twister, AquaCrud, UFOs, • Insectoid,
> (and even to a lesser degree the Angry Rock Raider Crew,) all do poorly
> because they grate against that innocence. I think in Rock Raiders, the • Rock
> Monster is really the good guy. I don't care what the video game/lego • box/
> says.
I would have to agree with you 100%. I'd even go so far as to add some of
the Ninja, Adventurer, Castle, and Wild West minifigs to your list. I think
Blacktron and the Black Falcons prove that it's possible to depict "bad
guys" without actually making them look bad. In the same vein I question
the necessity of the overtly sexy "babe" minifigs. Call me a prude but I
really don't think kids need to be exposed to that sort of thing while at
play.
Lego Beach Department of Emergency Services
www.crosswinds.net/~hokie
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| (...) I object-ithink that the babe minifigs are ok.the feminisation means that gender differenciation is not made on the basis of hairlength and there may be long haired males.this is less sexist not more!...and good guys need not be on prozac-of (...) (24 years ago, 18-Jun-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.build.minifigs)
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| (...) These female figs that are overly, say, developed are digusting. I think we can all see that a fig with red lipstick and long hair(although not so now) is a woman. The new Castle sets looked promising, a female knight and all, but the shape of (...) (24 years ago, 19-Jun-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.build.minifigs)
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| (...) The only female I found "overtly sexy" was the islander babe. I'm not real familiar with the whole line up but that's the only one I can recall saying, "Boy... I don't know..." I don't really have a problem with red lipstick to represent (...) (24 years ago, 19-Jun-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.build.minifigs)
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| (...) I think Lego's biggest mistake was making minifig darker. That is, some of those Aquazone-villain-thi...-minifigs, and the UFO uglies. That alone has kept me from buying those sets as gifts. I like variations on mini- fig heads, but I've got a (...) (24 years ago, 17-Jun-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.build.minifigs)
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