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(...) I agree. They have got to make them or it will be obvious why they didn't (...) kind (...) Do Harrison, Carry, Mark, etc have a right to be upset? As a "white" guy I would be upset of someone implied that my skin is yellow. (...) there Well (...) (24 years ago, 9-Aug-00, to lugnet.starwars)
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(...) Probably not. I think that LEGO has been going by a rule that normal HUMANS are all yellow. Maul is not a human, and Vader is no longer a normal human. Jar Jar is tan because he's not human. Chewie isn't human either. The Emperor, who (...) (24 years ago, 9-Aug-00, to lugnet.starwars)
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So darth maul and darth vader get their own colored heads, but lando and mace won't? ---D (24 years ago, 9-Aug-00, to lugnet.starwars)
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Hi! Dave Schuler schrieb: <snip> (...) I my opinion the announcer was THE worst thing in Ep. 1!!! He doesn't even look like a Star Wars creature. CU, Stefan (24 years ago, 9-Aug-00, to lugnet.starwars)
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(...) As far as I can tell human "race" is as meaningless in the SW universe as it is in Legoland. There are plenty of references to the differences between alien species and humans, and even some references to different human cultures, but there's (...) (24 years ago, 9-Aug-00, to lugnet.starwars)
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(...) Hey, or maybe it was a misplaced decimal? UCS AT-ST for $99.99, anyone? (I'm not mocking you, by the way, in fact, I say you're most likely right or pretty close to it.) Greg "There was a guy... an underwater guy who controlled the sea... got (...) (24 years ago, 8-Aug-00, to lugnet.starwars)
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(...) movies. ;-) Chef (24 years ago, 8-Aug-00, to lugnet.starwars)
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(...) Yeah. I really can't imagine an AT-ST for $10. You try making a AT-ST out of the Flash Speeder.... =\ -- Andrew, Agent 0007 (24 years ago, 8-Aug-00, to lugnet.starwars)
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You guys are all saying that the new atst is going to suck because it is only $9.99, but a at-st at that price isn't even feasible. Could it be that there was a cut off at the begining of the price? I'm only a kid so I might be like totally wrong (...) (24 years ago, 8-Aug-00, to lugnet.starwars)
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(...) Right on. I'd suggest they are delving in WAY too much. Suggesting that TLG make different coloured heads to represent "black heroes" in minifig form is imposing foolish Western Hemisphere PC politics upon a company based in a place that is (...) (24 years ago, 8-Aug-00, to lugnet.starwars)
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(...) And this is the problem with licensing movies, books, etc. If the main character is to be "acurately" represented, there must be "colored" minifigs. This has not been done with Star Wars to date. Luke Skywalker (as seen in the movies) is not (...) (24 years ago, 8-Aug-00, to lugnet.starwars, lugnet.general, lugnet.dear-lego)
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(...) Nonsense! They clearly represent indivual characters. Whether they represent the races of the actors who portray those characters is debatable. The most consistent thing (with the LEGO yellow is neutral assumption) would be to release Mace and (...) (24 years ago, 8-Aug-00, to lugnet.starwars)
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(...) I've avoided commenting on this discussion (I'm pretty sure I have. I may have posted in RTL the first time it came up.) <sarcasm>After all, I'm a European-descended male from the States. I'm not allowed to have opinions on race.</sarcasm> My (...) (24 years ago, 8-Aug-00, to lugnet.starwars)
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(...) No one here is suggesting that ABS is flesh or that minifigs are real people, but to assert that the Luke, Leia, Han, et al minifigs do not represent a particular group is flatly incorrect. Dave! (24 years ago, 8-Aug-00, to lugnet.starwars)
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Blah blah blah. I'm an Asian-American--which means I'm "yellow." So his whole time, Lego minifigs have been Asian-American. Right? Give me a break. Unlike flesh, the ABS plastic used to make Lego is specifically-colored--NOT gradients of other (...) (24 years ago, 8-Aug-00, to lugnet.starwars)
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Damien, I really don't want to reply to this thread, but it seems to me that this whole race issue is being blown to the infinite amount of distortion on this thread. I will let TLC decide whether or not to make DSM's or whatever politically correct (...) (24 years ago, 8-Aug-00, to lugnet.starwars)
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Judging from our posts to this thread, I'm finding that we really agree on most of the points of this issue, a relief for sure because i was getting really depressed about some of the viewpoints that were expressed on this issue by lugnetters. But (...) (24 years ago, 8-Aug-00, to lugnet.starwars)
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Darth Maul's whole body is tattooed, see: (URL) (24 years ago, 8-Aug-00, to lugnet.starwars)
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(...) I agree with this wholeheartedly. I was looking forward to having both a helmet and a backpack piece from Boba Fett, able to be used seperately. (...) Hmm. Ok. I have to find that other post first, though, so I can remember everything I (...) (24 years ago, 8-Aug-00, to lugnet.starwars)
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Not just your opinion, mine too. Well put. ---D (24 years ago, 8-Aug-00, to lugnet.starwars)
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