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(...) I think the official line is that anytime something is licensed, then the flesh-colored figures can be used. If you look at the Ferrari sets, the crew is yellow, but Barichello and Shumacher are flesh-colored. Spider-Man, Harry Potter, and (...) (20 years ago, 25-Jan-05, to lugnet.mediawatch, FTX)
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Hello! Political correctness leads to silliness. Bye Jojo (20 years ago, 25-Jan-05, to lugnet.mediawatch)
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(...) Wow. yet another poor, deluded schmoo in need of a life. I feel sorry for this fellow. I mean one has to have a pretty lousy outlook on life to be spending it trying to find racism in the commercial world and stil manage to miss so blatantly. (...) (20 years ago, 25-Jan-05, to lugnet.mediawatch, FTX)
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(...) To be honest, I was most upset by the title. Boycott? The article didn't even call for a boycott. Nor do I think that the article's voracity warranted one even in the eyes of the author. It seemed like the title was just meant to be attention (...) (20 years ago, 25-Jan-05, to lugnet.mediawatch, FTX)
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(...) Well we do have a brown head in Star Wars sets for Lando and they are used in the new Spider Man sets as well, so they have broken way from just the NBA sets. But I do understand your point. jt (20 years ago, 25-Jan-05, to lugnet.mediawatch, FTX)
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(...) Keep in mind that caucasian NBA players were also included in flesh tone: Steve Nash (Canada) Dirk Nowitzki (Germany) Pau Gasol (Spain) Tony Kukoc (Croatia) ... so I don't believe the stereotype is in the NBA figs (although, they were a bad (...) (20 years ago, 25-Jan-05, to lugnet.mediawatch, FTX)
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(...) Actually, I think there are some good issues that are raised in this article. (...) There is some validity to the argument that yellow more closely represents light-skinned people. The author oversteps by calling it "Aryan yellow" to be sure, (...) (20 years ago, 25-Jan-05, to lugnet.mediawatch, FTX)
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(...) Admire the sentiment Steve, but you might be (if Eric is right and it IS a humour piece) playing right into their hands... they'll collect the best/goofiest mail and publish it for the laughs. Also, (referring to your next post) the use of (...) (20 years ago, 25-Jan-05, to lugnet.mediawatch, FTX)
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(...) Holy s***. Youve got to be kidding. I KNEW this would happen eventually, what with the introduction of the flesh figs. But to think they'd target the themes themselves is really weird. Now, I don't know the half of set designing, but I suspect (...) (20 years ago, 25-Jan-05, to lugnet.mediawatch, FTX)
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(...) Here is the email I sent to the boneheads. Steven Weiser Subj: Boycott Lego Date: 1/25/2005 11:09:16 AM Eastern Standard Time From: WsrSteven To: letters@dogstreetjournal.com First, there is no plural for Lego. Second, are you people thinking (...) (20 years ago, 25-Jan-05, to lugnet.mediawatch, FTX)
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(...) I suggest every single fan send them an email. I just did. What a bunch of kooks. Steven Weiser (20 years ago, 25-Jan-05, to lugnet.mediawatch, FTX)
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(...) lol-- the ultimate smack critique:-) I weep for the future. JOHN (20 years ago, 25-Jan-05, to lugnet.mediawatch, FTX)
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(...) This is a humor piece, right? (20 years ago, 25-Jan-05, to lugnet.mediawatch, FTX)
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(...) The column has some good points. Too bad it suffers from lazy journalism. Like describing traditional minifigs as "aryan yellow". Aryan. Yellow. Yeah, right. And the columnist missed out on some other good discussion points: 1. Lego has (...) (20 years ago, 25-Jan-05, to lugnet.mediawatch, FTX)
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(...) It's always enlightening just how blind people can be. Either that author from my POV, or me from the POV of the author. Wow. Are we *sure* this isn't satire? (...) Yes, he mentions that all the LEGO minifigs are "aryan yellow". Now *that's* a (...) (20 years ago, 25-Jan-05, to lugnet.mediawatch, FTX)
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Published in the DoG Street Journal, a student paper at the College of William and Mary: (URL) Some highlights are: "One look at a child’s Lego village will show the company’s disdain for an integrated society." "...minorities are often (...) (20 years ago, 25-Jan-05, to lugnet.mediawatch, FTX) !
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"Stephane Simard" <plague@videotron.ca> wrote... (...) comic and I run across an old Lego Ad. I see them all the time. Especially the old 70s Marvels. They have tons of them on the back covers. They captivated me as a child. Very convincing (...) (20 years ago, 23-Jan-05, to lugnet.mediawatch)
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In lugnet.mediawatch, Jason Spears wrote: (snip) Cool, innit? See also this (URL) post>, and its tree, and the refs within it. ++Lar (20 years ago, 23-Jan-05, to lugnet.mediawatch, FTX)
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(2 URLs) Jason Spears | (URL) BrickCentral> | (URL) MichLUG> | (URL) CLB> (20 years ago, 23-Jan-05, to lugnet.mediawatch, FTX) !
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