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| | | (...) 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) —Larry Pieniazek
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| | | | | (...) Why is going back not possible? If DUPLO can be revived, so can yellow figs (...) We may need to agree to disagree. I know I've taught my children well when they tell me who their friends are without referring to skin color. In an ideal world, (...) (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) —John Neal
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| | | | | | (...) They haven't been discontinued AFAIK (...) I'm not really interested in belaboring the point, but I think the message we should be sending our kids is that people should be treated equally, even though they are very different. Having only one (...) (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) —Matthew Miller
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| | | | | (...) I've always liked Steve Bliss's idea from 1998 or so: (URL) (As you can see from my reply there. *grin*) But I don't think they're going to do that. (21 years ago, 3-Feb-04, to lugnet.general)
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| | | | | Re: New Skin Tones coming? (was: Re: Scans from new danish 2004 catalog) —Ray Sanders
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| | | | (...) ( here goes Ray making yet another offhand/foolish suggestion ) So, TLC appears to be getting into the groove of making things in varying colors (i.e. "Collect the Entire Set!"). So I think they should carry this to the next logical step... (...) (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) —Matthew Miller
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| | | | | (...) Yup. :) (21 years ago, 3-Feb-04, to lugnet.general)
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| | | | | | Re: New Skin Tones coming? (was: Re: Scans from new danish 2004 catalog) —David Laswell
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| | | | (...) And of the nightmare at the sorting plant, trying to match up like-colored body parts before packing them in a set. And the nightmare in Customer Affairs, trying to figure out exactly which color head the dog ate. And the nightmare of people (...) (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) —Matthew Miller
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| | | | | (...) It's basically all automated anyway. I figure they can handle it. :) (21 years ago, 3-Feb-04, to lugnet.general)
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| | | | | | Re: New Skin Tones coming? (was: Re: Scans from new danish 2004 catalog) —Ray Sanders
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| | | | (...) Yep, yep, all of the above are quite valid points. Something that occured to me last night... Was Lando the first minifig patterened on a real live person who was not caucasian ? I'm thinking that there were no prior SW movie characters, which (...) (21 years ago, 4-Feb-04, to lugnet.general, FTX)
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| | | | | | Re: New Skin Tones coming? (was: Re: Scans from new danish 2004 catalog) —David Biller
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| | | | (...) It has been proven that a slight hint of yellow is used in school room walls. It helps to foster learning. It's a fact. David Just think outside the box for my e-mail address. (21 years ago, 4-Feb-04, to lugnet.general, FTX)
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| | | | | | Re: New Skin Tones coming? (was: Re: Scans from new danish 2004 catalog) —Allister McLaren
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| | | | (...) Apparently it also has a laxative effect. Make of that what you will. A (21 years ago, 4-Feb-04, to lugnet.general, FTX)
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| | | | | | Re: New Skin Tones coming? —Jonathan Nichol
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| | | | (...) And if you mix it with blue, you get green. Weird, huh? (21 years ago, 4-Feb-04, to lugnet.general)
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| | | | | | Re: New Skin Tones coming? —Mike Kollross
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| | | | | (...) I thought that was toilet bowl cleaner and .... Never mind. Mike (21 years ago, 5-Feb-04, to lugnet.general)
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| | | | | | Re: New Skin Tones coming? —Mike Kollross
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| | | | (...) I thought that was toilet bowl cleaner and .... Never mind. Mike (21 years ago, 5-Feb-04, to lugnet.general)
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