Black Skin Lego Minifgures

[FabuFabu]

Hello!

i really want to have a multiracial Town, so i need some Black Legos.

i discover that in Star Wars Lego there are 2 characters with black skin: Lando Carlisslian and Mace Windu (2 different versions).

then, the other day i found here in Italy in an old shop, a box of NBA Lego from Sports Line.

so, NBA Lego is full of black skin faces and torsos.

do you know where i can find more Black Legos? Maybe also female???

thanks! :)

[badboytje88]

Well that's all there is... Lando, Mace, that guy form Prince of Persia and those NBA head, but I personally think they are hideous. LEGO has yet to produce female heads in dark flesh. But since flesh colored faces only come with licensed sets we might have to wait a while. We might get Tia Dalma (spelling) from Pirates of the Caribbean.

[Tamamono]

Well that's all there is... Lando, Mace, that guy form Prince of Persia and those NBA head

Don't forget this head from 4857 Doc Ock's Fusion Lab, this head in Reddish Brown, and several of the "zombie pirates" from POTC.

I think having an multiracial town is a good idea, and while there are very few head in Dark Flesh or Reddish Brown, there are several in Flesh, such as this one, and a couple of heads in Dark Orange, such as this one.

Good luck on your town!

[badboytje88]

I totally forgot about the head from the spiderman set! And it happens to be one of my favorite dark flesh heads... Shame on me!

[Brickdoctor]

As far as Town is concerned, if you use the yellow faces you are being multiracial. It's only in the Licensed themes were you're supposed to represent people with a properly colored face.

[badboytje88]

As far as Town is concerned, if you use the yellow faces you are being multiracial. It's only in the Licensed themes were you're supposed to represent people with a properly colored face.

So true!

[lgorlando]

The Brown traditional minifig head was in the Slave 1 second edition set.

There are quite a few brown heads on bricklink, I have quite a few of these and a few of the the pink flesh color; I like a diverse city as well!

http://www.bricklink.com/catalogPG.asp?P=3626bp01&colorID=88

Edited May 2, 2011 by lgorlando

[Aanchir]

It should be noted that there are a lot of skin tones that have been used for minifigures (ignoring unusual skin tones used for non-human minifigures like aliens, monsters, and robots).

• 24 Bright Yellow (BL's Yellow): The traditional minifigure color. This has been used in all non-licensed themes as well as all licensed themes prior to 2002. The switch to realistic skin tones occured in all licensed themes between 2003 and 2004. LEGO's official standpoint on this skintone is that it has no connotations of race, something that is supported by their use of the color for multiracial characters in the Wild West/Western, Islanders, and Ninja themes, along with the more recent Collectible Minifigures.
  Many people dislike mixing yellow-skinned figures and more realistic darker-skinned minifigures in the same display. LEGO did this in only one set, the 2003 Star Wars set 10123 Cloud City, a decision they seem to regret and rarely acknowledge. But even within yellow-skinned minifigures, not all minifigure face designs are perfectly consistent-- there are varying levels of detail that one might prefer to keep separate (for instance, as a habit I never mix minifigures with a white "eye sparkle" with those that lack the sparkle). List of Bright Yellow minifigure heads
  
• 18 Nougat (BL's Flesh): The first realistic skin tone for LEGO figures, it was used for white/Caucasian characters in LEGO offshoots like Duplo, Belville, and Galidor. It first appeared on minifigures in the NBA-licensed Basketball subtheme of LEGO Sports. However, as of the switch to realistic skin tones as the default for licensed sets, it is no longer the default "white" skintone, and appears primarily on characters who are expected to have slightly darker or tanned skin. For instance, it appears on certain Middle-Eastern characters in the Indiana Jones theme. List of Nougat minifigure heads
  
• 25 Earth Orange (BL's Brown): Earth Orange (not to be confused with the Bricklink color of the same name) is a common color from LEGO's history, used for pretty much anything that needed to be a brown color for many years. It was notably used for black-skinned minifigures in the Basketball sets in 2002 and later in the Cloud City set of 2003. However, in 2004 this color was discontinued. It should be noted that many heads in this color (specifically those from the Basketball sets) are dreadfully inconsistent with the regular minifigure aesthetic, having caricatured facial features and eyes with whites. List of Earth Orange minifigure heads
  
• 283 Light Nougat (BL's Light Flesh): This color debuted during the 2003-2004 switch to realistic skin tones for all licensed themes, representing white/Caucasian characters. Like 18 Nougat it is noteworthy for having never appeared as anything other than a skintone. List of Light Nougat minifigure heads
  
• 192 Reddish Brown: This color is one of two that replaced Earth Orange in 2004. It is the more frequent of the two colors that replaced Earth Orange, and is still on LEGO's color palette today. Like Earth Orange, it is primarily used for characters with black skin. As with Light Nougat and Bright Yellow, there is some inconsistency within this color depending on whether or not faces include the now-standard "eye sparkle". List of Reddish Brown minifigure heads
  
• 217 Brown (BL's Dark Flesh): Brown first appeared in 2004 as a replacement for Earth Orange, primarily in minifigure faces and BIONICLE parts rather than basic bricks. It was discontinued after 2006. List of Brown minifigure heads
  
• 38 Dark Orange: Although not a recent color, this is a rarer color that made its first and only appearance in 2008 as a mid-range minifigure skin tone from the Indiana Jones theme. List of Dark Orange minifigure heads (currently includes only one example)
  
• 312 Medium Nougat (BL's Medium Dark Flesh): Medium Nougat debuted in April 2010 in the Prince of Persia line, used primarily for architectural details. It also appeared in many hair pieces and minifigure accessories in the Collectible Minifigures, but this year's Pirates of the Caribbean sets mark its first use as a minifigure skin color. It will also be used for Captain Panaka in one of this year's Star Wars Episode I sets, but regrettably it is still a very rare skin color-- in fact, minifigure hands in this color have not yet been spotted in sets. List of Medium Nougat minifigure heads (currently empty, but that will change when this minifigure is inventoried)

Personally, I don't tend to like mixing of realistically-colored minifigure heads with yellow minifigure heads, but it's purely a matter of preference. I hope you find plenty of minifigure heads that suit your needs!

[FabuFabu]

Thank you so much guys!

I will follow all your advices to find those characters :)

thank you again!