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Re: Panaka is yellow?
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lugnet.starwars
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Wed, 22 Dec 1999 19:03:10 GMT
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In lugnet.starwars, James Simpson writes:
> In lugnet.starwars, Christopher Lannan writes:
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> > I think a yellow Lando would be just fine- it's not like caucasian folks are
> > yellow either.
> Quite frankly, I'd prefer to avoid the whole race issue
> in my Lego collection.
So would we all, if Lego hadn't already opened themselves up to this sort of
probing. The hieroglyphics on a number of Adventurers sets clearly show the
Ancients with dark brown skin, so we can't just pretend that Lego has no
opinion on the matter.
Perhaps it would be worth wondering how Samuel Jackson or Billy Dee Williams
feels on the matter...
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| (...) That doesn't necessarily indicate race. Perhaps the Ancient Egyptian Minifigs only had brownish paint. ;) (...) I don't think they have a say in how the characters are represented as figures. I believe someone mentioned that about Mark Hammil (...) (26 years ago, 22-Dec-99, to lugnet.starwars)
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| (...) EXACTLY!!!!! Nobody has truly yellow skin, and that is the point. Sure, we could go to tan (which might look cool), but that is more likely to offend than generic yellow. Quite frankly, I'd prefer to avoid the whole race issue in my Lego (...) (26 years ago, 22-Dec-99, to lugnet.starwars)
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