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Subject:	Re: New Skin Tones coming? (was: Re: Scans from new danish 2004 catalog)
Newsgroups:	lugnet.general
Date:	Mon, 2 Feb 2004 05:42:40 GMT
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In lugnet.general, John Neal wrote:

In lugnet.general, Marc Nelson, Jr. wrote:

They already make minifigs like that: http://www.playmobil.com/

What is your point? That because Playmobil uses flesh tones TLC shouldn’t? I’m sorry but I don’t get your drift.

I think he’s saying that if you want fleshtoned figures that have some of the other features you ask for, maybe Playmobil may suit your needs better.

I’m not sure I agree.

but I am also not sure I think that changing from yellow to fleshtones is a good idea. I would have preferred that all figs remain yellow fleshed

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		Re: New Skin Tones coming? (was: Re: Scans from new danish 2004 catalog)
(...) Minifigs are one of the huge appeal of Lego, at least to people from my generation. (The first sets I had had the armless variety.) Mucking with that doesn't seem like a great idea to me either. (21 years ago, 2-Feb-04, to lugnet.general)

		Re: New Skin Tones coming? (was: Re: Scans from new danish 2004 catalog)
(...) At this point, I think I'd rather see the line get partially Simpsonized. Mixing yellow with Caucasian or Oriental fleshtones would just look stupid, but Lando has pretty effectively opened the door for at least having brown as a second (...) (21 years ago, 2-Feb-04, to lugnet.general)

		Re: New Skin Tones coming? (was: Re: Scans from new danish 2004 catalog)
(...) Ahhh, but Pandora's box has been opened, and going back is not possible. And frankly, I think it was cowardice to remain "neutral" WRT the racial issue. They simply chose to stick their collective heads in the sand. Look at the figs in the (...) (21 years ago, 3-Feb-04, to lugnet.general, FTX)

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		Re: New Skin Tones coming? (was: Re: Scans from new danish 2004 catalog)
(...) What is your point? That because Playmobil uses flesh tones TLC shouldn't? I'm sorry but I don't get your drift. JOHN (21 years ago, 2-Feb-04, to lugnet.general, FTX)

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