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Re: Thoughts on the (pre EpII) 2002 range
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lugnet.starwars
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Tue, 13 Nov 2001 23:09:35 GMT
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In lugnet.starwars, Dave Schuler writes:
> In lugnet.starwars, Mark Chittenden writes:
> > According to Lego Mania Magazine, Dec 2001 issue:
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> > "Why are LEGO mini-figures yellow?"
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> > "Okay, the truth is that back in 1972 the LEGO Company asked kids what color
> > they thought mini-figures should be and they said yellow."
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> Interesting, but what does it mean? Is TLC saying that they'll run their
> business according to a vote cast 30 years ago by children? What do you
> suppose those kids would have said if they'd been asked what sex astronauts
> and firefighters should be? 30 years is a long time; there's no reason to
> continue to manufacture a product based on a decades-old decision. And why
> is this the decision they choose to honor? I mean, they certainly don't
> adhere to any standards of quality or piece:price value from that time...
> For me, it's never even been a question of race, but rather of
> representational accuracy. If I intended to make a minfig version of
> myself, given the choice between a green head and a yellow one, I'd choose
> yellow. But given the choice between a caucasian-hued minfig head and a
> yellow one, I'd choose caucasian.
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> > > > i personally belive either everyone should be proper flesh tones or
> > > > everyone should be yellow.
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> This is exacerbated by the fact that Best-Lock has released some figures
> with yellow "skin" and others with brown "skin," presumably to represent
> "white" and "black."
Actually Best-Lock produced yellow heads then switched to tan and brown heads.
> In addition, MegaBloks has had no problem releasing a
> range of skin tones, from pale pink, to less-pale pink, to brown. If
> MegaBloks and Best-Lock are inferior products, why can't LEGO do at least as
> well as its inferiors?
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> Hmm... It must be two or three days since we had a good ol' "why yellow
> minifigs" discussion.
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> Dave!'
Two or three days passed without this topic coming up? Holy Cow!
-Mike Petrucelli
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| (...) Interesting, but what does it mean? Is TLC saying that they'll run their business according to a vote cast 30 years ago by children? What do you suppose those kids would have said if they'd been asked what sex astronauts and firefighters (...) (23 years ago, 13-Nov-01, to lugnet.starwars)
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