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Re: Future Wild West Possibilities
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lugnet.western
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Wed, 22 Mar 2000 22:14:49 GMT
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In lugnet.western, Damien Nesbit writes:
> On 30 Dec. 1999, in lugnet.western, David little writes:
> "...the pirate era was [when] most of the slave trading [ocurred] and lego
> avoided that just as they could with the Civil War sets."
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> I'm all for African minifigs. I want minifig heads in all shades of
> brown and in betwween. Imagine a shipful of slave trade escapees turned
> pirates and terrorizing the seas of the carribbean. It's gotta start with
> Lando and Mace! Let's Organize! How do we campaign for lego to create this?
> Who's e-mail can we flood?
> I'm ready.
> Damien
I read somewhere here that Lego only does yellow heads to stay away from race
issues. Is this actually true? Has anyone confirmed this with Lego? Earlier
I had just took the yellow head thing for gospel when I read it.
Honestly I don't see what the big deal would be if they did make other ethnic
figs. What is there reasoning if this is true? Maybe I will write Lego and
find out if I don't hear anything back.
David
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| In lugnet.western, David Little writes: I whole heartedly agree on this one, if Lego wants to do something, it gets done, the star wars contract is a good example of that. I for one stopped waiting for black minifigs years ago. I've been making my (...) (25 years ago, 24-Mar-00, to lugnet.western)
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| | Re: Future Wild West Possibilities
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| On 30 Dec. 1999, in lugnet.western, David little writes: "...the pirate era was [when] most of the slave trading [ocurred] and lego avoided that just as they could with the Civil War sets." I'm all for African minifigs. I want minifig heads in all (...) (25 years ago, 22-Mar-00, to lugnet.western)
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