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Re: This topic sounds familiar... (was Re: NBA)
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Mon, 30 Sep 2002 01:52:51 GMT
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In lugnet.general, John P. Henderson writes:
> I just read this whole thread so far (although didn't read the previous
> threads on the subject).
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> This is a tough one. I can see valid arguements on both sides. Make all
> mini-figs based on the original yellow standard, or allow for various skin
> tones for realism but with the risk of racism or PC backlash. I'm not sure
> where I stand on this.
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> My first thought is that the market studies that led TLC to make
> yellow-skinned figs were probably conducted in mostly-white Europe
> (Denmark?), and the yellow at the time was the closest to Caucasian color.
> But the truth is that Lego yellow is *not* Caucasion. It is pretty much
> non-racial. Sure, it is far from black or brown skin-tone, but it isn't
> white either. In some ways, that is the safe route for TLC to go. If they
> start making brown color mini-figs, then they would need to make black, and
> white, and tan, etc. etc. There would be a lot to represent. Could they do
> it, yes, but as I say, this is the easier way.
I don't think it has to be an all-or-nothing solution. I'm not advocating
using realistic skin tones for all, just two - yellow for 'light races'
(i.e. most of them) and brown for 'dark races' (african and aboriginal
descent). I know yellow isn't realistically caucasian but there's no way it
could be used to represent a member of a 'dark race', so if Lego wants to do
one (Lando, Mace etc) then it has to do them in brown.
In my opinion :)
Michael Dallaston
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| (...) I disagree, using yellow for Lando, Mace, etc. would be no more silly than Luke, Han, Obi-wan, etc. already look in bright yellow. When TLC announced the Star Wars licence I had hoped they would make the characters skin toned but leave (...) (22 years ago, 30-Sep-02, to lugnet.general)
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| I just read this whole thread so far (although didn't read the previous threads on the subject). This is a tough one. I can see valid arguements on both sides. Make all mini-figs based on the original yellow standard, or allow for various skin tones (...) (22 years ago, 28-Sep-02, to lugnet.general)
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