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> Very interestingly, they have two colors here. I'll have to display my
> basketball ignorance here, but I don't know the players Kukoc and Kidd.
> Does the tan head indicate an African-American with a lighter complexion, or
> is this a new solution for Caucasian skin. Either way, I look forward to
> making my Lego world more diverse.
Don't feel bad about not knowing Toni Kukoc, he was a pretty good role
player with the Chicago Bulls during the Jordan era, but has done little
else of note since then. He is from Croatia, so naturally he is white. Kobe
Bryant is black, (before anyone starts any kind of flame I follow Thomas
Jefferson's belief that there are no "-americans", you are either African or
American, but I digress) and I wish they would have included his old school
huge afro he wore a couple of years ago. Finally Jason Kidd is black, but
you would hardly know it by looking at him, he has a very light complexion,
and is married to a white woman with a very white looking child.
I actually like the way TLC skirted the color issue, making these figures in
the exact likeness of the players rather than dark brown vs. yellow. My
question is why, other than complexion would you pick these three? Bryant
and Kidd are definitely deserving of the #1 group, but Kukoc, whose best
year was four years ago. I just don’t understand. I know that the NBA is
almost 80% black, and of the top players there are few whites but there are
better choices, John Stockton, Dirk Nowitzky, Predrag Stojakovic, rookie
Mike Dunleavy Jr., just to name a few. We will see how this list of athletes
fills out as January approaches. Personally I am most looking forward to a
Shawn Bradley figure, no he is not all that good but come on the guy is 7-6,
you gotta make him in creator scale to keep the dimensions correct.
Scott
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