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Re: New Skin Tones coming? (was: Re: Scans from new danish 2004 catalog)
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Tue, 3 Feb 2004 17:10:05 GMT
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In lugnet.general, John Neal wrote:
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In lugnet.general, Marc Nelson, Jr. wrote:
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My point was that at a time when TLC has already made a lot of costly and
pointless changes, they shouldn’t make any more. The minifig is one of the
most recognizable and beloved LEGO products of the last quarter-century.
Putting feet on it and changing the hands would be another yet another
example of TLC turning away from what made them so successful for so long.
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That’s one way to look at it. Another way would be that they are improving
on a good thing.
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I am less concerned about skin tones, but that policy also has its pitfalls.
How long until Jesse Jackson shakes down TLC for money, threatening a
boycott if sets do not feature enough black characters in positive roles?
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lol Nothing will forstall the destructive actions of that man, the worst
enemy blacks ever had.
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But
personally, the new skin-toned figs don’t affect me a whole lot, since I
won’t be buying any sets with the new grays.
I think one of the things that makes the appeal of LEGO timeless is its
separation from the troubles of the real world.
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But one of the troubles of TLC’s separating itself from the real world is
bankruptcy-- they cannot exist and produce in a vaccum.
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Once TLC got mixed up in the
licenses, it opened the door for all sorts of problems - for example, TLC
producing a minifig of someone who may be convicted of rape.
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Touche.
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I think TLC
should stand on its own values, and not attach itself to movies and
organizations which tarnish the timeless appeal of the LEGO brand.
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There is definitely a struggle going on-- between values and viability. I’m
sure that TLC would love to simply produce bricks, but they must be sensitive
to the market. There is no victory for a business in clinging to its ideals
as it circles the drain. It is a time when TLC needs to think creatively so
that they may have their ideals and eat them, too;-)
JOHN
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You are making the case that TLC needs to change in order to get back to
profitability. But you are ignoring the fact that TLC was profitable up to the
point when it started making radical changes. Those changes were not a response
to yearly losses, they were the cause of the losses.
I think reversing the original changes (changes away from a tradition that
brought TLC 50+ years of profits) is a better response than piling more changes
on top of the old ones. Maybe TLC has finally
figured that out:
“We tried to follow trends, to have toys that were in fashion, that are ‘in’ one
year and ‘out’ the next. But it didn’t work.”
Marc Nelson Jr.
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