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I wasn't really directing that at you, Nick, but just as a sort of general comment. Personally, I'm a subtitles man. I LIKED hearing all the alien languages in the original trilogy. ~M (24 years ago, 7-Aug-00, to lugnet.starwars)
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(...) I didn't mean to sound racist, that's just the way the aliens sounded to me. It just reminded me of some old anime shows I used to watch with the subtitles. Talking about subtitles, when I rented Ep 1, I made my dad watch it and when Jar Jar (...) (24 years ago, 7-Aug-00, to lugnet.starwars)
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You know, the first time I heard them, I didn't think it was an Asian accent. I don't think we should blame ol' George for our own racisms being ascribed to his movie. Still, I think he shoulda kept subtitles, just to cover his bum. ~Mark (24 years ago, 7-Aug-00, to lugnet.starwars)
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(...) I believe you mean the guys with the terrible Asian accent. "Our blockaaaade is perfectry regal!" And BTW, you forgot to mention a Lego Yoda with the green body pieces! :-) ~Nick (URL) (24 years ago, 7-Aug-00, to lugnet.starwars)
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Yep, the fig jumped right out to me as Lando...and Jabba...lol!!! (...) believe) (...) (24 years ago, 7-Aug-00, to lugnet.starwars)
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(...) They're cowards! You can make a Sebulba-like mould for them. ;) (...) These would be wonderful. Actually, you know, the upcoming Statue of Liberty green would be *much* better for them...and for us! (...) I see the Deep Ones have come back in (...) (24 years ago, 7-Aug-00, to lugnet.starwars)
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The recent threads about ethnic minifigs got me to thinking... When is LegoCo gonna make some Neimoidians? (These are the green-/dark grey-skinned fishy-/lizard-people evil, yet cowardly merchant-villains in "Star Wars: Episode I".) From a SW purist (...) (24 years ago, 7-Aug-00, to lugnet.starwars, lugnet.build.minifigs, lugnet.castle, lugnet.space, lugnet.general)
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Check this Lando out: (URL) recognizable, and with a yellow face. (Credit given where credit is due, the creator's name is on the page I believe) Jason (24 years ago, 7-Aug-00, to lugnet.starwars)
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(...) Take a look at the copy of the 1997 (...) page. (...) Neither do I, but here is an excerpt from the above copy: "Gallop over the plains free as the wind, build your tepee and canoe down a swift river like the Native Americans... ...Food and (...) (24 years ago, 7-Aug-00, to lugnet.starwars)
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(...) carefully at the pic). Do you know if in the game you actually play the cowboys vs the indians? In any case, I guess I should ammend my statement to say that in the actual LEGO sets, and advertizing for the sets, the above is true. --Karim (24 years ago, 7-Aug-00, to lugnet.starwars)
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(...) a (...) Can't say that I've ever heard of "skin albedo" (not albeido, by the way). "Value" in this sense is an artist's term for relative light and dark. (...) world, (...) So, are you arguing that pale yellow is okay, or pale yellow is not (...) (24 years ago, 7-Aug-00, to lugnet.starwars)
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(...) Don't know if that was supposed to be a funny remark, there are "Cowboys" (US soldiers, really) and "Indians" on the same team duelling with "Cowboys" and "Indians" of another team in that pic. =) See? They can get along! =) They can even join (...) (24 years ago, 7-Aug-00, to lugnet.starwars)
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(...) (URL) (24 years ago, 7-Aug-00, to lugnet.starwars)
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(...) Equipment (...) I disagree, I think that it is a piece of generic tech from the Naboo hangar, as there were battle droids attacking all of the characters in the hangar when Anakin climbed into the fighter to "stay put". In fact, for a brief (...) (24 years ago, 7-Aug-00, to lugnet.starwars)
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(...) don't (...) I never saw the marketing for this, I only assumed. Good call. So is it just our societal assumptions that pits the blue clad US soldiers vs. the "indians"? Ehhhhh... I still think it was risky, on TLG's part. They MIGHT have been (...) (24 years ago, 7-Aug-00, to lugnet.starwars)
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(...) - (...) Not at all... in fact you've hit the nail right on the head as far as I'm concerned about the entire race question. What you call "value" is more acurately termed (in this discussion anyway) skin albeido. That is, the level of light (...) (24 years ago, 7-Aug-00, to lugnet.starwars)
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(...) <snip my comments> (...) Ok, Day. Don't give me a nickname and I will not give you one. (...) I think now that you are sincere. Your first posts seemed almost satirical. I withdraw this comment. (...) I must ask. Why do you have to refer to (...) (24 years ago, 7-Aug-00, to lugnet.starwars)
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(...) You're right, of course. There are no Indians in the Cowboy sets, or vice-versa. I think closing your eyes to the idea that this is how the toys were, to some extent, expected to be played with is a little naive, though. And it doesn't change (...) (24 years ago, 7-Aug-00, to lugnet.starwars)
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(...) foundations (...) Be very VERY careful with this assertion... TLG has NEVER made any indication that the Cowboys were vs the indians... If you'll note, every one of the adversarial themes TLG has produced has some character crossover (IE: a (...) (24 years ago, 7-Aug-00, to lugnet.starwars)
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(...) Well, judging by the cover of the box, I think it's a peice of Random Equipment (TM) from the hangar bay of the Droid Control Ship, which Anakin flew into. Judging by the inclusion of the Battle Droid figs, TLC was trying to re-create that (...) (24 years ago, 7-Aug-00, to lugnet.starwars)
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