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Re: Lego and the NBA
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Fri, 31 May 2002 17:55:23 GMT
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If they do these sets with minifigs I wonder if this will force LEGO to
address the "race" issue with the figs? If they try to make the figures
after real athletes then I would think so.
jt
In lugnet.announce, Danny Sullivan writes:
> From Bloomberg News, I read this blurb in Friday's San Francisco Chronicle,
> business section, page 2, column 1:
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> LEGO TO MAKE BASKETBALL TOYS FOR NBA
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> New York - Lego A/S, the Danish maker of its namesake plastic toy building
> blocks, will make National Basketball Association-related toys under a
> multiyear agreement with the NBA.
> Terms weren't disclosed. Closely held Lego will introduce a line of Lego
> Sports toys that will include NBA-themed items and Lego Soccer products (DS
> - huh?), company spokesman Michael McNally said. Product details will be
> released later this year, he said.
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> Not sure what they meant by the Soccer products statement seeing as the line
> has existed for years already, but that's what it said.
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> This brings a whole new meaning to the dis "BRICK!", doesn't it?
> Danny
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| I say keep all the minifigs yellow. Don't get into color. As soon as you do then you will not have enough shades. The shade they use will not be dark enough or light enough. Also most ethnicities are not color but facial features as well. Do you (...) (22 years ago, 31-May-02, to lugnet.sports)
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| I am fairly certain that Lego will not change from yellow faces. For one thing, the yellow face is one of their most famous and endeared trademarks. Everyone identifies with the smiling yello face. Second, if you look at Lego.com where the press (...) (22 years ago, 5-Jun-02, to lugnet.sports)
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| (...) I think Lego sells a basketball pen with all yellow heads. I'd rather see them stick to yellow heads, especially in minifig & technic scale. Belville, Duplo, & the others' flesh colors don't matter to me-- I tend to think of the (...) (22 years ago, 7-Jun-02, to lugnet.sports)
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| From Bloomberg News, I read this blurb in Friday's San Francisco Chronicle, business section, page 2, column 1: LEGO TO MAKE BASKETBALL TOYS FOR NBA New York - Lego A/S, the Danish maker of its namesake plastic toy building blocks, will make (...) (22 years ago, 31-May-02, to lugnet.announce) !
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