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General => News => Topic started by: Oliver on March 13, 2022, 16:32:51
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I don't think this has been discussed anywhere....
Following on from Starbucks, Korean Air is the latest Korean company to have a collaboration with Playmobil. Pilot, Air Stewardess, and technician are all available - and they seem to ship worldwide, though they're definitely on the pricey side even without the shipping
https://www.e-skyshop.com/EN/prod/productList.aspx?cate=NEW
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Did they use the wrong eyes, or is this a south vs north thing?
Thanks for the info, I’d love to get the attendant and captain
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Cute! I like the stewardess.
Did they use the wrong eyes, or is this a south vs north thing?
It's only foreigners that insist on using different eyes for Asian people. No one's eyelids open in perfect circles (that would be terrifying), and within Asia, there's no particular need to signal that these klickies are Asian.
I've noticed this with Korean/Chinese/Japanese comics. Occasionally, an American will interpret characters as white because the eyes aren't narrow, but a lot of these characters have giant bug-eyes anyway. Big round eyes are used to represent cuteness and youthfulness, not whiteness.
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Oh, I guess all the double eyelid surgeries are for something else ???
Similar to how all the Jesus sets should be darker skin tones (as the joke goes “ what’s one thing not in the Bible? White people” :lol:
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Oh, I guess all the double eyelid surgeries are for something else ???
Similar to how all the Jesus sets should be darker skin tones (as the joke goes “ what’s one thing not in the Bible? White people” :lol:
I'm just talking about artistic representations. East Asian people aren't always drawn with narrow eyes.
Double eyelid surgery is a complex topic. Not everyone who gets it is aiming to look more white, although western beauty standards do play a factor.
There are Romans in the Bible.
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I'm just talking about artistic representations. East Asian people aren't always drawn with narrow eyes.
Double eyelid surgery is a complex topic. Not everyone who gets it is aiming to look more white, although western beauty standards do play a factor.
There are Romans in the Bible.
I think Jesus spent time roman in the desert.
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I think Jesus spent time roman in the desert.
That’s clever funny :lol:
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There are Romans in the Bible.
Romans aren't white
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Romans aren't white
PM thinks they are. Whiteness is a social construct, so the definition is fluid and not necessarily meaningful. Romans were European (mostly?) and, if modern Italians are anything to go by, had a range of skin colors. Moreover, not all Roman citizens were solely born from the peoples of the Italian peninsula. Maybe the light tan PM skin color is the best estimated "average." There are a number of Romans in the Bible, and surely at least one of them was quite pale.
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Nope.
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Well.. our korean klickys have asian eyes.
There are not THAT many changes for klickys. It's like the female torsos - I know, there are flat women. But I don't much like it in klicky form. I just don't think it works well...
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Well, I managed to get all three of them - in box - and I am completely over the moon with them.
Considering their price, I 'only' got one of each which now raises a new dilemma.
Do I open them or leave them in their boxes (as the box art is really nice).
And if I should happen to open them - how?
Normally, I would rip the boxes apart like a madman possessed - but these were too expensive, too nice , and too unique in my collection to do so.
Decisions, decisions, decisions ...
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In the old days when I cared about boxes I would use a clothes iron to heat up the box end and melt the hot glue they use to seal the boxes. Haven't done it in a while but should still work?
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Hair dryer works to melt the glue too.
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Thanks Klickteryx and Tiermann for your suggestions.
I think I will try and practise on a few non-important boxes first. That should help me get some convidence too ;)
Normally, I wouldn't care much for the box art too, but for these special sets, I really want to keep some as their box-art is generally quite non-Playmobil like ;) and really nice.
Thanks again!
Mark