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Re: strange observation on Rock Raiders
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lugnet.underground
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Mon, 5 Feb 2001 13:28:50 GMT
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Chris Barker wrote:
> Some might think this a bit odd, but I was looking at the Rock Raiders
> minifigs in a Kabaya set and it occurred to me that the male figures
> look "gay". I was reminded of a Simpsons episode where Bart and Homer
> visit the steel mill ("We work hard so we play hard").
I hadn't really given the issue any thought. I think that the younger ones
(Axle, Jet, and the orange-suited mechanic guy) look more "punk" than
"gay", and there's nothing obviously gay about the older ones - but, if you
want them to be, then they are in your world. 8)
Any thoughts on why the Chief's cybernetic arm is teal?
> I don't mean this in any insulting way at all, but perhaps this theme is
> a tribute to hard working homosexual men and women everywhere?
I doubt it - TLC seems to be kind of conservative in their attitudes
(notice
it's always the women doing the cooking, etc), so paying a tribute to
homosexuals isn't very likely. I think they're just supposed to be space
miners.
(In the old days, there wouldn't have even been a "supposed to be". There
just would have been 'figs, no names, no explanations.)
J
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| (...) I tend to disagree. One of the first Town system Idea books clearly names the two lead minifigs as Bill and (I think) Jane. There were stickers included to specify them. They were most definately husband and wife. They had jobs, hobbies, and a (...) (23 years ago, 19-Jun-01, to lugnet.underground)
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| Some might think this a bit odd, but I was looking at the Rock Raiders minifigs in a Kabaya set and it occurred to me that the male figures look "gay". I was reminded of a Simpsons episode where Bart and Homer visit the steel mill ("We work hard so (...) (24 years ago, 4-Feb-01, to lugnet.underground)
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