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Re: Panaka is yellow?
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lugnet.starwars
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Wed, 22 Dec 1999 19:14:29 GMT
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In lugnet.starwars, Dave Schuler writes:
> 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.
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> > Quite frankly, I'd prefer to avoid the whole race issue
> > in my Lego collection.
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> 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.
That doesn't necessarily indicate race. Perhaps the Ancient Egyptian Minifigs
only had brownish paint. ;)
> Perhaps it would be worth wondering how Samuel Jackson or Billy Dee Williams
> feels on the matter...
I don't think they have a say in how the characters are represented as figures.
I believe someone mentioned that about Mark Hammil and Harrison Ford earlier
(like, last time this was brought up or something). I could be wrong, though.
Jeff
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| (...) 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 (...) (25 years ago, 22-Dec-99, to lugnet.starwars)
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