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Re: Color change: Let's go straight to the CEO!
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lugnet.color, lugnet.lego, lugnet.general
Date: 
Tue, 30 Nov 2004 10:57:35 GMT
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Hi Scott,

Out of curiousity, I then ask, why is, for example, the engineer from
'Spiderman's train rescue':
http://www.peeron.com/pics/inv/custpics/3626bpx265.1083604835.jpg Flesh
coloured? Is he a specific character like say, Peter Parker or Harry Potter?

Samarth

SNIP
> The yellow minifig is not dead.  I recall Jake mentioning at a Brickfest
> convention that the flesh-colored minifigs are only done when there's a
> likeness to a person, either in real-life or as an actor/person in a licensed
> product.
> 
> For example:  The F1 racers sets.  All figures are yellow, EXCEPT for
> Barichello and Shumacher.  Since they are real, they are flesh.  The crew is
> yellow.
> 
> World City sets have all yellow minifigs.
> 
> Dora, Harry Potter and Star Wars are flesh figures--for specific characters.
> Non-specific Star Wars characters (i.e. rebel snow soldier in snowspeeder
> set) is yellow.
> 
> So, the yellow minifig is not dead.
> 
> Scott Lyttle



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  Re: Color change: Let's go straight to the CEO!
 
(...) I don't know specifically, but I would assume (note the word "assume") that since the entire Spider-man line is licensed, that the licensing body would have a say in the design, or the fact that so many licensed figures (Mary Jane, Peter (...) (22 years ago, 30-Nov-04, to lugnet.color, lugnet.lego, lugnet.general)

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  Re: Color change: Let's go straight to the CEO!
 
(...) Actually, The yellow minifig is not dead. I recall Jake mentioning at a Brickfest convention that the flesh-colored minifigs are only done when there's a likeness to a person, either in real-life or as an actor/person in a licensed product. (...) (22 years ago, 29-Nov-04, to lugnet.color, lugnet.lego, lugnet.general, FTX)

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