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Re: 10123 Cloud City
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lugnet.starwars
Date: 
Sat, 9 Aug 2003 21:12:55 GMT
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In lugnet.starwars, Tim Saupé wrote:
With the official unveiling last night, FBTB now has the official web premier of
the set online - details at http://www.fbtb.net . . .

Yes!  Lando!!  Looking just swell in his realistic skin tone.  I was hoping the
basketball sets would open the door for that.  I know the yellow-headed argument
of "any-race" for "any Lego person" is true enough in most cases, but dangit,
Billy Dee was not a yellow dude.

That said, this set looks like a big piece of juniorized garbage.  But hey,
that's yet another argument right there.  I'll still buy it, because I'm a
sucker for all things Star Wars Lego.  :o)

--Dave (jot and jab)



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  Re: 10123 Cloud City
 
(...) Billy Dee may not have been yellow, but neither were Harrison, Carrie, Mark, Sir Alec, Natalie, Liam, Ewan....I'm sure they would've "looked swell" in realistic skin tones as well. And since the basketball "opened the door" as you say, are the (...) (21 years ago, 9-Aug-03, to lugnet.starwars)
  Re: 10123 Cloud City
 
(...) I'm at BrickFest and have seen this set in person. It is 100% the opposite of juniorized - everything is made of smaller parts - after all, the set has hundreds of pieces! Roy (21 years ago, 10-Aug-03, to lugnet.starwars)
  Re: 10123 Cloud City
 
(...) Soo... I guess it is now the turn for us "white skin folk" to start complaining and b*tching about there not being any 'realistic' white humans in any sets? Oh and we aint white, we are just humans, me think -the evil twin of /\/\arkassius But (...) (21 years ago, 10-Aug-03, to lugnet.starwars)

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  10123 Cloud City
 
With the official unveiling last night, FBTB now has the official web premier of the set online - details at (URL) . . . (21 years ago, 9-Aug-03, to lugnet.starwars) !! 

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