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(...) Excellent idea (I wish they had done this, in fact), but I don't think the problem really revealed itself until people started begging for a "black" Lando fig. Luke and most of the main characters had already been released by then, so there (...) (21 years ago, 11-Aug-03, to lugnet.starwars, lugnet.general)
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(...) My understanding is that this is not so much a tradition, as it is a necessity. LD does not have the budget or the authority to commission new molds. <snip> (...) Not nearly as annoying as not releasing it at all, which is what probably (...) (21 years ago, 10-Aug-03, to lugnet.starwars)
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(...) Enough to make it worth while creating a set like this... I guess? (...) Which is why I wondered if adult builders would want it. Perhaps it's aimed more directly at pure Star Wars fans than previous sets from this series? Contrasted with the (...) (21 years ago, 10-Aug-03, to lugnet.events.brickfest, lugnet.starwars, FTX)
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(...) About three years ago it was revealed that all Minifigs speak Spanish. ("Re: Who's feelin the black pack") (URL) also suggested we have a separate newsgroup just for this issue! (21 years ago, 10-Aug-03, to lugnet.starwars, lugnet.general, FTX)
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(...) The NBA situation is easy to figure out on the fact that they include not only the first black minifigs, but also the first white ones. If people complained that there weren't any black minifigs in the regular sets, you could finally point to (...) (21 years ago, 10-Aug-03, to lugnet.starwars, lugnet.general, FTX)
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(...) Soo... I guess it is now the turn for us "white skin folk" to start complaining and b*tching about there not being any 'realistic' white humans in any sets? Oh and we aint white, we are just humans, me think -the evil twin of /\/\arkassius But (...) (21 years ago, 10-Aug-03, to lugnet.starwars)
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(...) Brad spoke to this at the BrickFest Q&A session. The NBA minifigures depict actual people. For the most realistic effect, they were made with dark or light skin colors, just like the real people they are modeled after. Generic (yellow) (...) (21 years ago, 10-Aug-03, to lugnet.starwars, lugnet.general, FTX)
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(...) make a "black" minifig is precedent setting, and would also mean that every yellow minifig is white, IMO. I was always under the impression that minifigs were colorblind, so to speak. I know this discussion has been had before either in .Space (...) (21 years ago, 10-Aug-03, to lugnet.starwars, lugnet.general, FTX)
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(...) Doh. That should have been "Mini-fig humans." (...) Too many flame pieces on your mind? -Mike Petrucelli (21 years ago, 10-Aug-03, to lugnet.starwars, lugnet.fun)
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<SNIPPED for focus> (...) LEGO humans??? I thought that was us! *Confused* *ABS neural pathways* *begining* *to* *melt... -Aaron- #279 On my way to 400K (21 years ago, 10-Aug-03, to lugnet.starwars, lugnet.fun)
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