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Just wondering,
Just about everyone knows about the
"If-LEGO-can-make-Shaq-and-Kobe-minifigs-then-why-can't-they-make-Windu-and-Lando-minifigs?"
argument, and the common reply is something like "Kobe and Shaq and real
people, Lando and Windu are not. Therefore, LEGO will not release a
fictional character that is not Caucasian." Both arguments are good, but
what about this minor detail:
Some Studios sets contain a minifig that looks suspiciously Steven
Spielberg, and he's yellow. Isn't Spielberg a 'real' person?
Your thoughts on this puzzling subject?
Nathan
Lord of the LEGO
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| (...) The NBA licence is a different world. The fact that they handle the skin colors differently than the rest of the System world is, in my mind, the best way to do it. And do they specifically name the director? If not, then it's just a likeness. (...) (21 years ago, 29-Mar-03, to lugnet.build.minifigs, lugnet.general)
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| (...) Ironically, LEGO does this to avoid any controversy about race. Their argument is that if they do release Mace in a brown color, yellow will automatically represent caucasian. But LEGO considers yellow to be yellow, not caucasian, black, red (...) (21 years ago, 30-Mar-03, to lugnet.build.minifigs, lugnet.general)
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