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Re: Lando minifig picutre HERE
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lugnet.starwars, lugnet.general
Date: 
Sun, 10 Aug 2003 07:07:39 GMT
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In lugnet.starwars, Michael Bosch wrote:
  
I have the feeling this is going to open a very large can of worms. To actually make a “black” minifig is precedent setting, and would also mean that every yellow minifig is white, IMO. I was always under the impression that minifigs were colorblind, so to speak.


Brad spoke to this at the BrickFest Q&A session. The NBA minifigures depict actual people. For the most realistic effect, they were made with dark or light skin colors, just like the real people they are modeled after. Generic (yellow) minigures represent no specific person or color of skin. It is up to the imagination of the individual as to what color they are.

KL



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  Re: Lando minifig picutre HERE
 
(...) The NBA situation is easy to figure out on the fact that they include not only the first black minifigs, but also the first white ones. If people complained that there weren't any black minifigs in the regular sets, you could finally point to (...) (21 years ago, 10-Aug-03, to lugnet.starwars, lugnet.general, FTX)

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  Re: Lando minifig picutre HERE
 
(...) make a "black" minifig is precedent setting, and would also mean that every yellow minifig is white, IMO. I was always under the impression that minifigs were colorblind, so to speak. I know this discussion has been had before either in .Space (...) (21 years ago, 10-Aug-03, to lugnet.starwars, lugnet.general, FTX)

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