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Re: who's feelin the black pack?
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Date: 
Tue, 8 Aug 2000 20:57:39 GMT
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In lugnet.starwars, Sid Mark Dinsay writes:

ABS is NOT FLESH.  Lego minifigs are NOT REAL PEOPLE.  They live in LEGOLAND.
Any person trying to say that minifigs represent any particular group is
probably delving a little too much into the meaning of an imaginary world in
the hopes of playing the race card.

  No one here is suggesting that ABS is flesh or that minifigs are real
people, but to assert that the Luke, Leia, Han, et al minifigs do not
represent a particular group is flatly incorrect.

     Dave!



Message has 2 Replies:
  Re: who's feelin the black pack?
 
(...) Nonsense! They clearly represent indivual characters. Whether they represent the races of the actors who portray those characters is debatable. The most consistent thing (with the LEGO yellow is neutral assumption) would be to release Mace and (...) (24 years ago, 8-Aug-00, to lugnet.starwars)
  Put the issue to bed (was: who's feelin the black pack?)
 
(...) And this is the problem with licensing movies, books, etc. If the main character is to be "acurately" represented, there must be "colored" minifigs. This has not been done with Star Wars to date. Luke Skywalker (as seen in the movies) is not (...) (24 years ago, 8-Aug-00, to lugnet.starwars, lugnet.general, lugnet.dear-lego)

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  Re: who's feelin the black pack?
 
Blah blah blah. I'm an Asian-American--which means I'm "yellow." So his whole time, Lego minifigs have been Asian-American. Right? Give me a break. Unlike flesh, the ABS plastic used to make Lego is specifically-colored--NOT gradients of other (...) (24 years ago, 8-Aug-00, to lugnet.starwars)

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