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Re: Women's Soccer Team
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lugnet.loc.au
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Thu, 18 Oct 2001 01:01:15 GMT
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In lugnet.loc.au, Kerry Raymond writes:
> My only gripe with this set is that most of the faces are the standard
> androgynous minifig face (two dots for eyes and a curve for a smile).
Three lipsticks, two smileys (one with eyebrows) and an Anakin.
After all, they're supposed to be playing soccer, not dolled up with
lipstick and mascara!
> I'd been hoping that all the faces would have been more distinctly
> female in appearance, as I am always keen to increase my female minifig
> collection.
I like using smileys for girls! My pirate captain, Jane Hookhand, wouldn't
be caught dead wearing makeup (but apparently has no qualms about wearing
pigtails...hmmm)
> Here's a question for you Lego trivia experts. Which Lego sets feature
> more than 1 female minifig (apart from the women's soccer team)? I don't
> think there can be very many.
Most of the early legoland ones with more than one fig without gender
defining hairpieces? ;-)
> At some later point in my life, I will sit down and try to rationalise
> why a card-carrying feminist like myself wants minifigs with lipstick
> lips and mascara-ed eyelashes :-)
We all have our double standards! At S'Fest X, I boldly stated that I never
apply stickers to LEGO bricks because it limits their usefulness ... but
then Anthony pointed out that I happily draw on minifigs. (I'm still trying
to rationalise that one!).
Cheers
Richie Dulin
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