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(...) Yeah, I'm aware of that set- in fact, I just referred someone else to it and 215 Red Indians. What I meant wasn't so much that Lego doesn't have the colors available. I meant that as soon as they place one darker toned minifig in, say, a Town (...) (24 years ago, 7-Aug-00, to lugnet.starwars)
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I may be wrong (please correct me if I am), I haven't seen Empire Strikes Back in a long time, but isn't Dak the gunner of Luke's snowspeeder black? If he was black he didn't get any special treatment on lego's version. Michael (24 years ago, 7-Aug-00, to lugnet.starwars)
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(...) Perhaps you should have a peeks at these sets: 215 Red Indians 9171 Duplo World People And get back to us. They're both in the Lugnet database. Thanks, eric (24 years ago, 7-Aug-00, to lugnet.starwars)
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(...) This has probably already been pointed out a few times, and doesn't necessarily apply here because we're talking about minifigs, but I think it's worth noting again that LEGO has for years been selling DUPLO figs in various skin tones: (URL) (...) (24 years ago, 7-Aug-00, to lugnet.starwars)
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(...) of (...) I like this last point. I think the people who are bothered the most about this minifig race issue are suffering from a mistaken impression that yellow figs are/were ever meant to accurately represent caucasians. These Barbie (...) (24 years ago, 7-Aug-00, to lugnet.starwars)
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(...) Because toys should not be politicized. I have a feeling you are just someone bored who is trolling, but I'll bite because I believe this is an important issue. If you are arguing an ideology, take it all the way. What is your ultimate (...) (24 years ago, 7-Aug-00, to lugnet.starwars)
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In lugnet.starwars, Karim Nassar writes: <snip> (...) to (...) I would also think that other problems would arise, besides the is there the "proper" quantity. But what about actual "roles" in the sets. I think some groups would get upset if say a (...) (24 years ago, 7-Aug-00, to lugnet.starwars)
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Okay, the Naboo Stafighter comes with the starfighter, Annakin, R2D2, two droids and that cart thing. The question is: What is that cart thing? I mean, is it supposed to be something from the movie or what? Ian Rutherford (24 years ago, 7-Aug-00, to lugnet.starwars)
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(...) I've mostly stayed out of this discussion, but I've got some questions to ask. I'm not generally opposed to the idea of dark "skinned" minifigs (DSM), but I'm going to play devils advocate here for a minute. Lets say that TLG does in fact go (...) (24 years ago, 7-Aug-00, to lugnet.starwars)
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(...) I'm all for this. In fact, the first thing I'll do with my second Mace Windu is make a John Shaft- he's one baaaaaaaad MF (minifig). :D Seriously, though, I feel that the "all minifigs are one color" line was fine, up until the point at which (...) (24 years ago, 7-Aug-00, to lugnet.starwars)
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