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(...) Oh?! (...) light (...) and (...) accept (...) I never recall thinking that lego people were 'white'. In a black and white photo the tones do make sense though. I guess because I can rember never making the association as a child myself, I was (...) (24 years ago, 1-May-00, to lugnet.starwars, lugnet.general, lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) he (...) all-white (...) He doesn't watch the Simpsons. And this was before the current Butterfinger/Simpsons adds. (...) No, the ones to pity, as in the classic tale, are the adults. All my son has to do is look at me and then look at his (...) (24 years ago, 1-May-00, to lugnet.starwars, lugnet.general, lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) the (...) I wonder if this has to do with The Simpson's. I belive that show totally ruined TLC's concept of neutrality. Unfortunatly they aren't old enough to know TLC was first. (...) Thanks. I find it very intriging and puzzeling. Who can (...) (24 years ago, 1-May-00, to lugnet.starwars, lugnet.general, lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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Thanks! I built this freighter following a discussion in .starwars a few weeks back about Tramp Freighters. Maybe I'll build another freighter after I reclaim my parts from the Mithrandir. ~Mark (...) Spacecraft (...) awesome (...) (24 years ago, 1-May-00, to lugnet.space, lugnet.starwars)
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Jeff Stembel wrote in message ... (...) yellow (...) don't (...) these (...) African-American, (...) position (...) slide (...) minifigs (...) rid (...) "proper (...) than (...) color? (...) do. (...) But minifigs are not human. Minifigs are little (...) (24 years ago, 1-May-00, to lugnet.starwars, lugnet.general, lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) Why (...) Yes I would rather Lando was yellow because that is the precedence set by TLC. As for the "healthy" thing, yes that is my opinion based on TLC precedence of mini-fig already created. I would not be at all surprised if that was the (...) (24 years ago, 1-May-00, to lugnet.starwars, lugnet.general, lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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In lugnet.starwars, Mike Petrucelli writes: (major snippage) (...) It failed my "Emperors New Clothes" test. Emperor with non-existant clothes that no one wanted to admit weren't there, but a child pointed out weren't there? Okay, so I explain (...) (24 years ago, 1-May-00, to lugnet.starwars, lugnet.general, lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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I had a charge of $159 show up from Lego Shop-at-Home late last week, raising my hopes for an near-future appearance of the 7191 Ultimate Collector Series X- Wing. I was not disappointed when I arrived home today: one box was waiting on the porch, (...) (24 years ago, 1-May-00, to lugnet.starwars) !
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(...) I (...) They same thing you call yourself. Human. Either I am mentally well beyond the rest of you or I am so naive it is not funny. -Lord Insanity (24 years ago, 1-May-00, to lugnet.starwars, lugnet.general, lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) Lando (...) I couldn't agree more that humans are ignorant. So, no one cared that Han and Luke were yellow. And, IF they release a Lando, and he's yellow, I'll buy him. I would want brown, but I'd buy yellow. But are you telling me that you (...) (24 years ago, 1-May-00, to lugnet.starwars, lugnet.general, lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) All mini-fig humans are yellow. Billy Dee Williams is human therefore a mini-fig copy of him would be yellow. What is so difficult about this. No one cares that Mark Hammill and Harrison Ford were made yellow. (...) Ah but if you go to my (...) (24 years ago, 1-May-00, to lugnet.starwars, lugnet.general, lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| | Re: suing TLC for discrimination (was: Re: A simple answer)
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(...) Ditto with companies I've worked for--except the heads DO get reattached, only not in their original position. best LFB FUT-> o-t.fun (24 years ago, 1-May-00, to lugnet.starwars, lugnet.general, lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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Hi everyone, I just got off the phone with S@H and the person there said that 2000 Adventurers sets 5987 (Dino Research Compound) and 5975 (T-Rex Transport) are now available for order! What's more, the long awaited 7190 (Millennium Falcon Jr.) has (...) (24 years ago, 1-May-00, to lugnet.market.shopping, lugnet.adventurers, lugnet.starwars)
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(...) Seems like those who have been promoted in my company have removed their heads, but forgot to reattach them afterwards :-) -Duane (24 years ago, 1-May-00, to lugnet.starwars, lugnet.general, lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) again, (...) an (...) It's (...) brown (...) Like Dave says, if this is true, then Vader should have had a yellow head too. He's a Star Wars "person/character" too. Yes, I understand that it is gray for effect, and I want it to be gray, not (...) (24 years ago, 1-May-00, to lugnet.starwars, lugnet.general, lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) Holy Crow II. The HF-130 just demands to be LDraw'd! :-, Way awesome freighter. Cheers, - jsproat (24 years ago, 1-May-00, to lugnet.space, lugnet.starwars)
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(...) I think the "American" part refers, right-or-wrong, to North America, South America, or "the Americas," without getting into one nation or another. Similarly, I had a professor from England who was just a few generations removed from Africa, (...) (24 years ago, 1-May-00, to lugnet.starwars, lugnet.general, lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) The yellow helments are available in many of the Unitron sets. -kyle hifiki.tripod.com (...) (24 years ago, 1-May-00, to lugnet.starwars, lugnet.space)
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(...) - (...) machinery"? (...) Yeah, I wouldn't mind having a couple more of those myself. Those came from the 1787 Unitron Crater Crawler. Regarding uniforms, I'm not sure if anyone caught it yet, but I did try to separate occupation by color. The (...) (24 years ago, 1-May-00, to lugnet.starwars, lugnet.space)
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| | Re: suing TLC for discrimination (was: Re: A simple answer)
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(...) Perhaps. But then so could anyone who felt that she'd been denied a promotion because she has four fingers and a thumb instead of the minfig style of hand. Likewise anyone who'd missed a promotion because he couldn't remove and reattach his (...) (24 years ago, 1-May-00, to lugnet.starwars, lugnet.general, lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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