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Re: New Skin Tones coming? (was: Re: Scans from new danish 2004 catalog)
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Mon, 2 Feb 2004 05:52:25 GMT
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In lugnet.general, Matthew Miller wrote:
Larry Pieniazek <lpieniazek@mercator.com> wrote:
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

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.

I've had mixed feelings about this, but now I am prepared to welcome the
changes. While I love yellow minifigs, I believe having the chance to see
skin-toned figures will enhance the realism of the LEGO line.

-Tim



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  Re: New Skin Tones coming? (was: Re: Scans from new danish 2004 catalog)
 
(...) I question the need to "enhance" the realism. The Lego world is its *own* very special and unique realism. Changing the minifigs to be more like exact models of the real world rather than abstract (and well-recognized!) representations is a (...) (20 years ago, 2-Feb-04, to lugnet.general, lugnet.dear-lego)  

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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. (20 years ago, 2-Feb-04, to lugnet.general)

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