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Re: How will/should they...
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Date: 
Mon, 26 Apr 1999 02:29:41 GMT
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In lugnet.starwars, Karim Nassar writes:
Mike Poindexter wrote:

It is my recollection that there have been mini-figs that ALREADY changed • that
yellow only policy.  I do believe that Darth Vader has a grey head.  If they
can do grey, why not brown?  I think black may be out, since it will not
contrast enough to the paint.

Hmm, a sickly-grey, scarred head hardly compares with a deliberately racially
specific brown head.  IMHO, Black would be far more offensive than brown, but
either one, I'd hate for TLG to get into the racial game.  If everybody is • canary
yellow, no-one can complain.

In my opinion, even in doing more Classic Era SW sets, there is no reason why • they
would need to do Lando.  He is a prominent character in the story, but he is • not a
prominent character VISUALLY.  He is not inherently tied to any particular
ship/setting.  For example, Story-wise, Lando is a  very important character • on
Bespin, but visually, I don't think he gets nearly as much "face time" as • Leia,
Han, and Chewie.

And even if they do a MF set, there is absolutely NO reason for them to • include a
Lando figure.

What?!? Lando is the intergalactic space pimp! I need him!!!

Darth Ryan



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(...) Hehehe... "...whenever I visit the Mos Eisly Canteena, I order a Colt45!" -Lando Calrisian, in a failed attempt to recoupe losses incurred in the Tibana Gas Mines Incident through product endorsements. (26 years ago, 26-Apr-99, to lugnet.starwars)

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(...) Hmm, a sickly-grey, scarred head hardly compares with a deliberately racially specific brown head. IMHO, Black would be far more offensive than brown, but either one, I'd hate for TLG to get into the racial game. If everybody is canary (...) (26 years ago, 24-Apr-99, to lugnet.starwars)

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