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(...) Thanks for stepping forward to take the slings and arrows. I have witnessed, as everyone else here has, Lego listening to us. We asked for a small stormtrooper pack, releasing old sets, new colors, new train cars and engines, discounts on bulk (...) (22 years ago, 11-Aug-03, to lugnet.starwars, lugnet.general)
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(...) However, we do have the clear example of (URL) set 215> as skin colour differentiating 'race'; and this set dates back to 1977 - not too long after yellow skin was established. Adieu Richie Dulin (2 URLs) Port Brique Somewhere in the South (...) (22 years ago, 11-Aug-03, to lugnet.starwars, lugnet.general, FTX)
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(...) I disagree with your assumptions. When LEGO first made any attempt at Lego "people", they had very few colors to choose from. Yellow was probably the best looking one available at the time. Perhaps I'm wrong, but I just don't believe there was (...) (22 years ago, 11-Aug-03, to lugnet.starwars, lugnet.general)
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(...) I got so fed up I just created a new profile and copied the old stuff over. That's why you'll find two members named "Paul Baulch"... :-) Cheers, (URL) Sci-Fi LEGO> (22 years ago, 11-Aug-03, to lugnet.general, lugnet.space, FTX)
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(...) It's important to understand that the "race-card" was played a long time ago. A bunch of pale danes sat around a room and decided what primary color would work best as a "flesh" tone. They looked at each other and the choice was ethno-centric. (...) (22 years ago, 11-Aug-03, to lugnet.starwars, lugnet.general)
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(...) Excellent idea (I wish they had done this, in fact), but I don't think the problem really revealed itself until people started begging for a "black" Lando fig. Luke and most of the main characters had already been released by then, so there (...) (22 years ago, 11-Aug-03, to lugnet.starwars, lugnet.general)
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(...) About three years ago it was revealed that all Minifigs speak Spanish. ("Re: Who's feelin the black pack") (URL) also suggested we have a separate newsgroup just for this issue! (22 years ago, 10-Aug-03, to lugnet.starwars, lugnet.general, FTX)
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(...) 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 (...) (22 years ago, 10-Aug-03, to lugnet.starwars, lugnet.general, FTX)
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"Josephine Shih" <bb573@ms45.hinet.net> wrote in message news:HJEprG.1rn6@lugnet.com... (...) [ ... snipped ... ] You and a lot of people. I'd be surprised if you either the magazine or your money. Mike (22 years ago, 10-Aug-03, to lugnet.general)
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Damn.... I had ordered three ...... I subscribed online and paied through paypal. Does anybody have the same case? "Joel Hoornbeek" <joel@webaccess.net> ¼¶¼g©ó¶l¥ó news:HH59Eo.u9I@lugnet.com... (...) of (...) and (...) see (...) (URL) > here>.?I (...) (22 years ago, 10-Aug-03, to lugnet.general)
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