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Re: Panaka is yellow?
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Wed, 22 Dec 1999 15:37:20 GMT
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Dave,
Parallax wrote:
> Panaka's character in SW:I is a black man; there are even pictures of him
> inside the instruction manual, but his mini-fig is still the requisite yellow
> in complexion. His hands are brown (a new piece, by the way), but I would
> assume these are gloved hands, otherwise I'd be even more troubled. It's
> almost as if Lego is showing the pictures, saying, "See? This is the character
> you are playing with in the model. Just in case you were confused..."
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> Is it really that big a deal to make brown mini-fig heads? Would the
> cartoon-like "black dot eyes and smile" imprint not show up well enough on a
> brown piece, therefore making it necessary to use "white dots and a red smile,"
> making some kind of horrific "Sambo" effect? As an artist, I'll admit that I
> can't even figure out a solution here.
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> However, this appears to be a no-win scenario. I just wish the whole thing
> about "yellow is the official international Lego mini-figure skin tone" wasn't
> a mysterious unwritten rule that we have to figure out for ourselves.
>
> I apologize if this posting should have been elsewhere...it really was a
> question which started with my little Flash Speeder set (I love green pieces!).
> I also apologize if at any point I failed to cover all the necessary bases when
> discussing a touchy subject like this. I sincerely mean to defend, not offend.
>
> Dave (jot and jab)
I think that the Flash Speeder minifig is not Panaka. In the movie, the
flash speeder was used in the first moments of the seizure of the castle
/ government building, and he was not driving it, and that is what IMHO
TLC (TLG, LG, LC) was modeling after, thereby going completely around
the race issue. I think we have enough problems here in the US involving
race, so they decided to just go around it.
Scott S.
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| (...) Indeed, this would have been an easy way to circumvent racial issues, this particular time. Still, there are four thumbnail pictures from the movie towards the top of the instruction pages, and the human portrayed most clearly (in two of the (...) (25 years ago, 22-Dec-99, to lugnet.starwars)
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| I'm sure the topic of race amongst mini-figures is an ancient one, but I just wanted to hear theories from the more informed AFOL's this time. I'm pretty sure TLG just wanted to circumvent any racial issues by making ALL the heads "yellow." There've (...) (25 years ago, 22-Dec-99, to lugnet.starwars)
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