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(...) slaves (...) I never heard that TLC only had yellow figs to stay away from race issues. If so fine. But they shouldn't stay away from the Civil War just because of slavery or race issues. I mean this is part of our history. What a great way to (...) (25 years ago, 30-Dec-99, to lugnet.western)
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(...) I agree. TLC were definitely either real smart to avoid the issue, or just so stupid that they didn't even think about it. (Well... that's a bit far- fetched... :-) (...) I don't know about that - after all, it IS part of the US history. They (...) (25 years ago, 29-Dec-99, to lugnet.western)
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(...) faces? (...) That is where TLC will run into a problem. All minifigs are yellow so that any child, of any race can relate to them. no other toy on the market is as neutral as lego. for example the are 4 diffrent types of the same barbie doll- (...) (25 years ago, 29-Dec-99, to lugnet.western)
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(...) faces? (...) Go to the .starwars group, they've been debating the race issue for at least a week. Karl Martinson raymart@jam21.net (25 years ago, 29-Dec-99, to lugnet.western)
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(...) left (...) I do!!! Cool... An Abraham Limcoln minifig... Black slaves... Black? There's a problem here. How would TLC deal with the issues of racism, slaves, etc.? Up till now, there weren't any black-white-minorities issues, since all (...) (25 years ago, 29-Dec-99, to lugnet.western)
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(...) If (...) Now were talking. Who else wants a Civil War theme? David (25 years ago, 29-Dec-99, to lugnet.western)
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(...) A Civil War theme would be great!! They can have little forts, or some of the armored ships that started to appear then! Tons of playset possibilites . . . . -Jonathan (25 years ago, 29-Dec-99, to lugnet.western)
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(...) I think they will go back to Wild west within the next three to four years. For now they are too busy with star wars and some of the other new themes. If we show more interest here for the western theme than in the past maybe they will take (...) (25 years ago, 29-Dec-99, to lugnet.western)
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(...) Hard to say... you are measuring it to a very demanding scale... Pirates and Castle (and Space) are the most popular themes LEGO has produced; it's a hard act to follow. I liked western - some good sets for parting out(1), and decent (...) (25 years ago, 28-Dec-99, to lugnet.western)
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(...) And what about a desert theme with 1. cattle skeleton 2. cactuses 3. vultures 4. coyote Arnold (25 years ago, 28-Dec-99, to lugnet.western)
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