I compiled a list of all racially/speciesially unbiased Lego themes. Entry posted by Xaeraz January 2, 2013 1,426 views Share More sharing options... Followers 1 FriendsStar WarsCreator
dotcom Posted January 2, 2013 Do non-licensed minifigures even have race? I always figured it was like in Homestuck, except instead of "blank" white everyone was bright yellow. Quote Link to comment
Chols Posted January 2, 2013 Do non-licensed minifigures even have race? I always figured it was like in Homestuck, except instead of "blank" white everyone was bright yellow. The yellow tone was intended to be racially neutral, yes.(With maybe a few exceptions)Also Town/City is like the only line with a decent gender ratio. Bionicle A line where there were only like two heroic species in every main set. :V Quote Link to comment
dviddy Posted January 2, 2013 Do non-licensed minifigures even have race? I always figured it was like in Homestuck, except instead of "blank" white everyone was bright yellow. The yellow tone was intended to be racially neutral, yes.(With maybe a few exceptions)Also Town/City is like the only line with a decent gender ratio. Bionicle A line where there were only like two heroic species in every main set. :V And where females were outnumbered like 10 to 1. Quote Link to comment
Makaru Posted January 3, 2013 And where females were outnumbered like 10 to 1. And also Star Wars. Quote Link to comment
Hahli Husky Posted January 3, 2013 I would say Spongebob but there's only like two females? Sandy and Ms. Puff (I don't know if they made Pearl or not?) And there's a high amount of aquatic creatures compared to non-aquatic so yeah. Quote Link to comment
xccj Posted January 3, 2013 Insectoids had a couple of sets with female alien-bug-whatevers. And it wasn't a "good vs bad" theme, so they weren't necessarily unfairly labeled as evil. Quote Link to comment
Chols Posted January 3, 2013 Insectoids was like just bug people IIRC.We haven't had any space sets like that for too long lol. Quote Link to comment
Xaeraz Posted January 3, 2013 SlizersThrowbots Sexist. Do you remember any girls? • TECHNIC All the technic people are yellow! Why no blue ones, hm? * Znapz* FabulandZnapz doesn't count because it lacked american release, and was also just barely lego by the furthest reach. Fabuland was inherently speciesist because I don't remember any cephalopods. Quote Link to comment
Queen of Noise Posted January 3, 2013 Finally, Jen and I are no longer the only people pointing out how sexist Bionicle was Were gendered pronouns ever used for Throwbots and Roboriders? I don't recall. I had always assumed them to be sexless and genderless. Also, I'd question Town/City having a "decent" gender ratio; there definitely are many more women in the line, but it's still a lot heavier on the dudepresence than the ladypresence, which is a wholly inaccurate representation of reality. What gets me though is how all the AFOLs whine and moan about the Friends line having only one male fig......while they have absolutely no problem with the fact that we're lucky to get one female fig in any other given line. All that aside, you forgot that Clikits are not racist, speciesist, or sexist. • TECHNIC All Technic figs are male, IIRC. Sexist. Quote Link to comment
Queen of Noise Posted January 3, 2013 forget monorail. it's pretty much single-track. Quote Link to comment
Paleo Posted January 3, 2013 SlizersThrowbots Sexist. Do you remember any girls?---------------I don't recall any GENDERS. Quote Link to comment
Xaeraz Posted January 3, 2013 SlizersThrowbots Sexist. Do you remember any girls?---------------I don't recall any GENDERS. Check the wiki page, they all get masculine pronouns. Quote Link to comment
Lyichir Posted January 3, 2013 -Mindstorms -Dinosaurs -Master Builder Academy -Architecture -Model Team -Spybotics You're ruling out a lot of debateable themes (a small number of female figs in Kingdoms, for instance, suggests less that the theme is sexist than that the historical era it depicts was). But it's pretty easy if you use themes where there are either no characters or all the characters are gender/racially neutral. Quote Link to comment
Aanchir Posted January 3, 2013 Bricks & MoreDinosaurs (so politically correct when it came to species that you could get in even if you weren't actually a dinosaur!) Quote Link to comment
dotcom Posted January 3, 2013 What about Collectable Minifigures? For the past four lines we've been getting at least 5 female figs, and figs without a discernible gender/aliens/merpeople/OTHERS have been present since the beginning. Granted, still not prefect, but it's getting there. Quote Link to comment
Bfahome Posted January 3, 2013 • TECHNIC All Technic figs are male, IIRC. Sexist. It improved over time. Quote Link to comment
Xaeraz Posted January 3, 2013 I love the fact that a joking entry has been taken so insanely seriously. Quote Link to comment
Scanty Demon Posted January 3, 2013 I love the fact that a joking entry has been taken so insanely seriously.THANK THE MAKER!! Sorry just wanted to say that because things just went downhill after a few replies. So thank you for clearing that up. Quote Link to comment
dotcom Posted January 4, 2013 I love the fact that a joking entry has been taken so insanely seriously. Why can't it be both. Quote Link to comment
Makaru Posted January 4, 2013 I love the fact that a joking entry has been taken so insanely seriously.I saw each of these posts as one-upmanship in ridiculousness. Quote Link to comment
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