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Subject:	Re: Why can't we have a Lando: Lego's Race policy
Newsgroups:	lugnet.starwars, lugnet.general, lugnet.off-topic.debate
Date:	Sat, 29 Apr 2000 19:21:01 GMT
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In lugnet.starwars, Chris Maddison writes: > I was snooping through Brickset today, and came upon something. TLC has > firmly taken a stand on the race issue, saying that they give children yellow > heads and let them play with them however they want to. They say they don't > take sides when it comes to race and ethnic background. But, I found these > Duplo sets (5089, 5090, 5091) that are families from 1996. African-American, > Asian, and Hispanic, respectively. So, if TLC has taken such a firm position > on not making alternate colored heads for Lego Systems, why can Duplo slide > by? I want a Lando fig, and Billy Dee Williams ain't yellow! > -Chris At Lego's Imagination Center at the Mall of America in Twin Cities MN, there are many large "minifigs" made out of regular lego bricks. Several of them are African American. I have pictures, I just need to scan them. I find it interesting that TLG won't make brown colored heads, but they will construct giant "minifigs" with brown colored heads. (all they gotta do is pour some brown plastic into one of the minifig head molds! It's not that difficult!) -Bryan

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		Re: Why can't we have a Lando: Lego's Race policy
(...) are (...) EXACTLY my point! It's almost like they're trying to play both sides of the fence. Oh heavens, we need to be politically correct, but we don't want to get into it. I say that's bantha fodder. Give consumers what they want. -Chris (25 years ago, 29-Apr-00, to lugnet.starwars, lugnet.general, lugnet.off-topic.debate)

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		Why can't we have a Lando: Lego's Race policy
I was snooping through Brickset today, and came upon something. TLC has firmly taken a stand on the race issue, saying that they give children yellow heads and let them play with them however they want to. They say they don't take sides when it (...) (25 years ago, 29-Apr-00, to lugnet.starwars, lugnet.general, lugnet.off-topic.debate)

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