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Re: NBA LEGO: Minifig skintone issue apparent;y settled
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Date: 
Sat, 12 Oct 2002 05:57:36 GMT
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Here's my old opinion.  I never really pondered on this topic too long,
didn't really matter in my youth, legos were legos.  But now that I think
about it, my quick judgment would be this:  I think the singular race of
minifigs reflected the area where lego was developed.  In Denmark, my
close-minded opinion is that it's probably all white.  I could be totally
wrong there.  But I always assumed that the minifigs reflected that area.
If that were to hold true it would only seem that as lego grows globally
they would face this issue some day.  It seems that they are.  Just the
reasoning I came up with years ago.


This about the most complex issue with lego in my opinion, one of those
things you can't think about too much but somthing that unavoidably crosses
your mind at one time or another.  I bet our demographics might show that
people who are not white are far less likely to use bricks chronically.  My
lug is all white people.  Are most lugs as homogenized as mine?

don't want to fan the flames, but it is an uber interesting thing to think
about.

peace to everyone,

-tk
I would be really intrested in seeing some stats on race and AFOLs.  Not
that we need racial profiling here.  Too much of that already.

e.



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  Re: NBA LEGO: Minifig skintone issue apparent;y settled
 
A few years ago I posted an article to alt.toys.lego about this very subject. I was inquiring as to the seeming whiteness of the lego minifig. Truthfully I was just bored and trolling to see if anyone else had ever really put the question out. The (...) (22 years ago, 12-Oct-02, to lugnet.general)

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