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Because he wouldn't be recognizable? It would be like making Yoda pink or R2D2 black.

lmm 1y ago
> Because he wouldn't be recognizable? Why not? Did anyone try mocking it up? His facial hair would show up fine against yellow. If the white characters were recognisable with yellow heads, why wouldn't it work for him?
- spagettnet 1y ago
  https://hallofbricks.shop/cdn/shop/files/lego_starwars_minifigure_lando_calrissian.png?v=1739338947&width=1200 https://hallofbricks.shop/cdn/shop/files/lego_starwars_minif... (original) https://imgur.com/a/KzlTbO2 https://imgur.com/a/KzlTbO2 (gpt 5 - yellow plastic)
  - adastra22 1y ago
    Looks fine to me?
    - ben_w 1y ago
      Not disagreeing, but as a bonus they can reuse the head and hair pieces for Tom Selleck in any Magnum, P.I. sets they might make.
  - AlanYx 1y ago
    There's something about the yellow plastic version that feels more Lando, like it reflects some kind of distilled essence of the character.
  - Biganon 1y ago
    I was ready to criticize, but... he looks pretty perfect like that
account42 1y ago
It's really weird how this particular kind of racism is not only acceptable in the current zeitgeist but enforced as dogma. Why is anyone's skin color their most important defining characteristic? This feels more like virtue signaling than any kind of reason: This kind of logic lets you forever find new kinds of racism that you can then make performative fights against so that you can ignore real issues that plague the world.
- ben_w 1y ago
  I think of skin colour like hair colour: it doesn't really mean anything, yet people still have degrading stereotypes; and changing it can make someone hard to recognise, especially in cases where a person is being caricatured anyway (which is lego but also Funko Pop). Take these images, how recognisable would any of the characters (those with hair) be with different hair? https://d2j6dbq0eux0bg.cloudfront.net/images/35476104/2962275752.jpg https://d2j6dbq0eux0bg.cloudfront.net/images/35476104/296227... https://75609.cdn.simplo7.net/static/75609/sku/funko-pop-funko-pop-star-wars-5-pack-64122--p-1660761769903.jpg https://75609.cdn.simplo7.net/static/75609/sku/funko-pop-fun...

lmm 1y ago

> Because he wouldn't be recognizable? Why not? Did anyone try mocking it up? His facial hair would show up fine against yellow. If the white characters were recognisable with yellow heads, why wouldn't it work for him?

spagettnet 1y ago
https://hallofbricks.shop/cdn/shop/files/lego_starwars_minifigure_lando_calrissian.png?v=1739338947&width=1200 https://hallofbricks.shop/cdn/shop/files/lego_starwars_minif... (original) https://imgur.com/a/KzlTbO2 https://imgur.com/a/KzlTbO2 (gpt 5 - yellow plastic)
- adastra22 1y ago
  Looks fine to me?
  - ben_w 1y ago
    Not disagreeing, but as a bonus they can reuse the head and hair pieces for Tom Selleck in any Magnum, P.I. sets they might make.
- AlanYx 1y ago
  There's something about the yellow plastic version that feels more Lando, like it reflects some kind of distilled essence of the character.
- Biganon 1y ago
  I was ready to criticize, but... he looks pretty perfect like that

account42 1y ago

It's really weird how this particular kind of racism is not only acceptable in the current zeitgeist but enforced as dogma. Why is anyone's skin color their most important defining characteristic? This feels more like virtue signaling than any kind of reason: This kind of logic lets you forever find new kinds of racism that you can then make performative fights against so that you can ignore real issues that plague the world.

ben_w 1y ago
I think of skin colour like hair colour: it doesn't really mean anything, yet people still have degrading stereotypes; and changing it can make someone hard to recognise, especially in cases where a person is being caricatured anyway (which is lego but also Funko Pop). Take these images, how recognisable would any of the characters (those with hair) be with different hair? https://d2j6dbq0eux0bg.cloudfront.net/images/35476104/2962275752.jpg https://d2j6dbq0eux0bg.cloudfront.net/images/35476104/296227... https://75609.cdn.simplo7.net/static/75609/sku/funko-pop-funko-pop-star-wars-5-pack-64122--p-1660761769903.jpg https://75609.cdn.simplo7.net/static/75609/sku/funko-pop-fun...