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Re: How will/should they...
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Wed, 28 Apr 1999 13:47:10 GMT
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Karim,
I would also have to agree. If TLG were to make one racially spacific
character then they would have to go all the way and that would open up one
hugh can of worms that I don't think TLG will want to get involved in.
I think they will probably just avoid the issue and not give us a Lando or Mace
Windu. Mace is a minor character anyway and Lando although much more a major
character than Mace I think he is minor enough for TLG to avoid and get away
with it.
I think we all think race equality is an important issue as I also think TLG
does but they have stood by their "Generic Yellow" for so long I don't see them
changing their standards now.
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In lugnet.starwars, Karim Nassar writes:
> Josh Spaulding wrote:
>
> > > How would that work, in themes such as RES-Q or Ninja's?
> >
> > Well, RES-Q would be easy - just print Moustache Guy, Shades Guy, or some • other
> > face onto a brown head. It's very reasonable to expect a modern rescue squat • to
> > have some diversity.
>
> Ah, but How much diversity? You see, this is the sticking point when it comes • to
> this question... If a set that is manufactured in Denmark represent Danish • ratios
> of minority figures, or French? (or whereever else it's sold). American • numbers
> would be significantly out of place in some countries, so you would end up
> manufacturing different versions of each set in order to cater to the local
> minority lobbies and keep from getting sued...
>
> > Ninjas, on the other hand, would make more sense if they were all yellow. • Same
> > with Medieval sets. This might be a bit awkward for TLG.
>
> Oh? And why are Japanese figures Yellow? They should be closer to brown than
> yellow, if you are being realistic... TLG would then have to discontinue • yellow
> heads, because Caucasians are NOT Yellow skinned, and TLG would have to start • using
> Tan... Pretty soon, the Yellow Smiley would be all but extinct, making brief
> appearances in hospital sets and so on... (perhaps in the "Jaundice & Psyche • Ward"
> set).
>
> Anyway, sorry for the rant... As you can see, this is not a path that I would • like
> Lego to go down...
>
> --Karim
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| (...) I don't think adding one more generic skin tone requires them to seek realism or to mirror local demographics. I don't have a problem with the idea of canary yellow representing caucasians, latinos, asians, etc. But I think it is much more of (...) (25 years ago, 28-Apr-99, to lugnet.starwars)
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| (...) So, if LEGO comes out with a yellow Lando what happens? Does everybody complain, or do they (we) just say "OK, that's the solution then. Everybody's yellow." The above would work for me because LEGO minifigs have always been yellow, nearly (...) (25 years ago, 29-Apr-99, to lugnet.starwars)
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| (...) Ah, but How much diversity? You see, this is the sticking point when it comes to this question... If a set that is manufactured in Denmark represent Danish ratios of minority figures, or French? (or whereever else it's sold). American numbers (...) (25 years ago, 28-Apr-99, to lugnet.starwars)
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