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Re: NBA
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lugnet.general
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Fri, 27 Sep 2002 19:59:10 GMT
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In lugnet.general, Tommy Rainwater writes:
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> We DO have brown ABS for Chewbacca. We have a tan(ish) color for JarJar
> binks. I mean, we even have green in the Mars line and Blue in Watoo.
> Certainly Lego could load up some other vats of colors and give us a broader
> range of ethnicities.
Well, those figs are not based on real people. Jar-Jar, Chewbacca, Watto and
the LOM figs are "made-up" so thats most likley why they are different
colors, because it is safe and there is no potential to anger any race. So
when a minifig is based on what is a real life person (or character) then I
think its a good idea for them to stick with the yellow.
Mark P
http://www.landofbricks.com
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| (...) That is completely the problem. When every fig was a classic smiley, it was easy to think of them as this abstract race of toy spacemen (or whatever). Once they started giving them more expressions, facial hair, etc, they started trying to (...) (22 years ago, 27-Sep-02, to lugnet.general)
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| (...) Should be interesting to see what they unveil. I for one would love to see other skin tones in the minifig line. I respect Lego's insistence on JUST yellow... it's their company..... but then again...... We DO have brown ABS for Chewbacca. We (...) (22 years ago, 27-Sep-02, to lugnet.general)
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