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Re: who's feelin the black pack?
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lugnet.starwars
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Mon, 7 Aug 2000 21:23:36 GMT
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In lugnet.starwars, Jason Rowoldt writes:
> In lugnet.starwars, Karim Nassar writes: • Take a look at the copy of the 1997
> > IHTICWI catalog... They are listed on facing pages, with no mention of the
> > cowboys on the indians page and no mention of the indians on the cowboys • page.
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> > --Karim
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> Ehhhhh... I still think it was risky, on TLG's part. They MIGHT have been
> promoting just a western theme . . . I guess maybe I was reading too much into
> it. Are the "indians" all scowling? Do they look mean? I acutually do not
> own any.
Neither do I, but here is an excerpt from the above copy:
"Gallop over the plains free as the wind, build your tepee and canoe down a
swift river like the Native Americans...
...Food and water are plentiful-- but so are slithering snakes!... Cook dinner
on the fire and then settle in your tepee for the night-- but make sure someone
keeps watch through the long, dark night!...
... It's time to... wish each other luck in the hunt... After a successful
hunt, ... swap stories of curageous deeds...."
All sorts of stuff like that. I've omitted mainly references to set names and
such. As far as I can tell from the catalog pics they are all smiling, if
somewhat sternly.
--Karim
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| (...) don't (...) I never saw the marketing for this, I only assumed. Good call. So is it just our societal assumptions that pits the blue clad US soldiers vs. the "indians"? Ehhhhh... I still think it was risky, on TLG's part. They MIGHT have been (...) (26 years ago, 7-Aug-00, to lugnet.starwars)
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