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Re: Lando poll
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lugnet.starwars
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Wed, 9 Oct 2002 04:02:11 GMT
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In lugnet.starwars, Brendan Powell Smith writes:
> I would agree with Pedro in that this should be looked at as a skintone
> issue, not a race issue.
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> As analogy: Before LEGO made an Episode 2 Anakin minifig, they never made
> minifigs with orangey-brown hair. Before that, you had to choose red or
> brown to represent someone with that shade of hair. Was this a slight to
> all people with orangey-brown hair? No. It's just that this is a color
> LEGO has only recently begun using.
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> Now that LEGO regularly uses brown, it seems only natural to make minifigs
> with darker skintones, namely brown.
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> I don't buy the whole "LEGO uses other minifig skin colors - but only for
> non humans". Underneath Darth Vader's helmet, he's got a grey head! Vader
> is 'human', but to (questiobably) more accurately portray Darth's skintone
> when his mask was removed in RoTJ, LEGO used grey.
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> -Rev. Smith
Hum.. Vader is more machine than human. His consumption of the dark side
made him lose his humanity. Sure Luke helps him regain it but that is later on.
Even if YOU say it is not a rqcial issue it WILL BECOME one. TLC does not
want to step into this minefield...
-AHui
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 | | Re: Lando poll
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| I would agree with Pedro in that this should be looked at as a skintone issue, not a race issue. As analogy: Before LEGO made an Episode 2 Anakin minifig, they never made minifigs with orangey-brown hair. Before that, you had to choose red or brown (...) (22 years ago, 7-Oct-02, to lugnet.starwars)
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