# Lego Announces a Special Rainbow Set for LGBTQ Month **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [May 25, 2021, 1:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lego-announces-a-special-rainbow-set-for-lgbtq-month/942873 "2021-05-25T13:14:39Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Kimstu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ecd19e/32.png) [@Kimstu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kimstu)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2021, 6:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lego-announces-a-special-rainbow-set-for-lgbtq-month/942873/21 "2021-05-26T06:24:29Z")
> [@CalMeacham](#): > > I’m surprised that I haven’t seen anything about this yet on the Board. I was rather hoping that it might be an indication that the SDMB has largely outgrown tiresome pearl-clutching about “woke” toy companies “virtue signaling” to the “SJWs” just because the companies decided to make some products that it hopes potential customers will find appealing enough to purchase. (Which, after all, is kind of the whole point of being a toy company, or any other manufacturer for that matter.) So yeah, if these sorts of topics now have to wait for somebody to notice that the product in question bears a surprising resemblance to some arcane industrial standard in order to get a thread started about them, I would consider that progress. ---
**Author:** ![ctnguy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/6de8d8/32.png) [@ctnguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ctnguy)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2021, 8:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lego-announces-a-special-rainbow-set-for-lgbtq-month/942873/22 "2021-05-26T08:51:59Z")
I’ve always thought the indigo vs. violet distinction was a bit artificial and one could quite happily descripe the rainbow as ROYGBP(urple) which also makes some logical sense as three primary + three secondary colours. Turns out Newton may have decided on seven colours for rather unscientific reasons. > **[Why the colour indigo is disappearing from Sir Isaac Newton's 'occult' rainbow](https://nationalpost.com/news/why-the-colour-indigo-is-disappearing-from-sir-isaac-newtons-occult-rainbow)** > > 'The only reason Newton came up with 'indigo' is because for occult reasons he believed there must be seven basic colours that come together to make white' > “The only reason Newton came up with ‘indigo’ is because for occult reasons he believed there must be seven basic colours that come together to make white. It certainly has little to do with physics and a lot more to do with the relationship between perception and language,” Fleming said. ---
**Author:** ![engineer\_comp\_geek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/engineer_comp_geek/32/504_2.png) [@engineer\_comp\_geek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/engineer_comp_geek)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2021, 4:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lego-announces-a-special-rainbow-set-for-lgbtq-month/942873/23 "2021-05-26T16:55:07Z")
**Moderator Note** > [@Ynnad](#): > > **B** ad **B** oys **R** avish **O** ur **Y** oung **G** irls **B** ut **V** iolet **G** ives **W** illingly For those that are not familiar with it, this is the most common mnemonic that was taught in EE / tech schools for decades for the resistor code given in the OP. Bad = 0 black Boys = 1 brown Ravish = 2 red Our = 3 orange Young = 4 yellow Girls = 5 green But = 6 blue Violet = 7 violet Gives = 8 gray Willingly = 9 white This is followed by a tolerance band which is typically either silver or gold. So a resistor with brown black red gold would be 1 0 00 or 1k ohms, and the gold means 5 percent tolerance. While this is by far the most common mnemonic used for resistor codes, it is considered extremely offensive today, especially with the much more common “Rape” instead of “Ravish” used for the color red. Some variants also use “black boys” instead of “bad boys”. I will leave this here for clarity and historical reference, but let’s refrain from posting this except in proper context (i.e. it is permissible to discuss the offensive or historical nature of it). ---
**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2021, 6:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lego-announces-a-special-rainbow-set-for-lgbtq-month/942873/24 "2021-05-26T18:03:35Z")
> [@Kimstu](#): > > I was rather hoping that it might be an indication that the SDMB has largely outgrown tiresome pearl-clutching about “woke” toy companies “virtue signaling” to the “SJWs” just because the companies decided to make some products that it hopes potential customers will find appealing enough to purchase. You seem to assume the product could only be noticed and announced here by somebody posting their disapproval. I see no reason somebody else can’t post about it approvingly, more like this: > Hey folks: I just saw this product. It’s an interesting sign of another stodgy company starting to move forward and finally get with the program. Given the way most of the board leans and the fact we’re reading in MPSIMS, not the Pit, I’d sooner expect the approving tone. In fact before I opened this thread that’s exactly what I expected from the title. My bottom line: The culture war is not over yet, not by a long shot, but perhaps you’re still fighting last year’s battles more than you realize. (Which, sadly, may well be next year’s battles once again.) ---
**Author:** ![Kimstu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ecd19e/32.png) [@Kimstu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kimstu)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2021, 6:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lego-announces-a-special-rainbow-set-for-lgbtq-month/942873/25 "2021-05-26T18:07:25Z")
> [@LSLGuy](#): > > You seem to assume the product could only be noticed and announced here by somebody posting their disapproval. > > I see no reason somebody else can’t post about it approvingly Sure they could, but in practice that has generally not been the pattern. ---
**Author:** ![Ynnad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/4491bb/32.png) [@Ynnad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ynnad)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2021, 6:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lego-announces-a-special-rainbow-set-for-lgbtq-month/942873/26 "2021-05-26T18:14:58Z")
> [@engineer\_comp\_geek](#): > > This was flagged as inappropriate, but it’s actually the mnemonic that was taught in EE / tech schools for decades for the resistor code given in the OP. > > Bad = 0 black > Boys = 1 brown > Ravish = 2 red (the actual mnemonic used to be “rape”, so if you think this one is offensive the original is worse) > Our = 3 orange > Young = 4 yellow > Girls = 5 green > But = 6 blue > Violet = 7 violet > Gives = 8 gray > Willingly = 9 white > > This is followed by a tolerance band which is typically either silver or gold. > > So a resistor with brown black red gold would be 1 0 00 or 1k ohms, and the gold means 5 percent tolerance. > > While many find the mnemonic very offensive these days, it is appropriate to the OP of this thread. “Bad” used to be “Black” for some people. That is also offensive in modern times. ---
**Author:** ![MrDibble](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mrdibble/32/114_2.png) [@MrDibble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrDibble)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2021, 6:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lego-announces-a-special-rainbow-set-for-lgbtq-month/942873/27 "2021-05-26T18:16:31Z")
Newton was a giant nutbar who happened to be good with numbers. And he was a vindictive, jealous asshole, too. We should reduce the spectrum to 6 - just to spite his memory. And name it the Hookebow while we’re at it. ---
**Author:** ![Darren\_Garrison](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/darren_garrison/32/92_2.png) [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2021, 6:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lego-announces-a-special-rainbow-set-for-lgbtq-month/942873/28 "2021-05-26T18:47:03Z")
> [@elfkin477](#): > > I find it creepy that they don’t have faces. **All** the other mini-figures have faces except the ghosts and given that it feels like a weird attempt at symbolism… The ghosts Legos that I have have faces–and are a pull-off shell that has a skeleton Lego underneath. Is there a different kind? ---
**Author:** ![furryman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/furryman/32/99_2.png) [@furryman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/furryman)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2021, 7:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lego-announces-a-special-rainbow-set-for-lgbtq-month/942873/29 "2021-05-26T19:01:04Z")
Purple should be before blue, not after. Ugh! IMHO ---
**Author:** ![saucywench](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/85e7bf/32.png) [@saucywench](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/saucywench)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2021, 7:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lego-announces-a-special-rainbow-set-for-lgbtq-month/942873/30 "2021-05-26T19:14:28Z")
You’re kidding right? ---
**Author:** ![Enjoy\_Slurm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/enjoy_slurm/32/3937_2.png) [@Enjoy\_Slurm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enjoy_Slurm)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2021, 10:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lego-announces-a-special-rainbow-set-for-lgbtq-month/942873/31 "2021-05-26T22:01:41Z")
Technically shouldn’t it be red, blue and then purple? Since red and blue make purple and not red, orange, banana. ---
**Author:** ![Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/slow_moving_vehicle/32/291_2.png) [@Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slow_Moving_Vehicle)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2021, 11:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lego-announces-a-special-rainbow-set-for-lgbtq-month/942873/32 "2021-05-26T23:48:33Z")
> [@MrDibble](#): > > Newton was a giant nutbar who happened to be good with numbers. And he was a vindictive, jealous asshole, too. We should reduce the spectrum to 6 - just to spite his memory. > > And name it the Hookebow while we’re at it And Fig Hookes? ---
**Author:** ![SCAdian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scadian/32/3292_2.png) [@SCAdian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SCAdian)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2021, 11:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lego-announces-a-special-rainbow-set-for-lgbtq-month/942873/33 "2021-05-26T23:50:04Z")
Red Orange (red + yellow) Yellow Green (yellow + blue) Blue Violet (blue + red) I was taught “… Girls Behind Victory Garden Walls” in BE&E, but my brother told me the older version. ---
**Author:** ![elfkin477](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a9a28c/32.png) [@elfkin477](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elfkin477)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2021, 1:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lego-announces-a-special-rainbow-set-for-lgbtq-month/942873/34 "2021-05-27T01:16:00Z")
> [@Darren\_Garrison](#): > > The I’ve only seen them like these - the head is 100% black [BrickLink Reference Catalog - Inventory of Minifigure gen002](https://www.bricklink.com/catalogItemInv.asp?M=gen002) ---
**Author:** ![begbert2](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/begbert2/32/3357_2.png) [@begbert2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/begbert2)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2021, 1:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lego-announces-a-special-rainbow-set-for-lgbtq-month/942873/35 "2021-05-27T01:25:46Z")
> [@elfkin477](#): > > I find it creepy that they don’t have faces. **All** the other mini-figures have faces except the ghosts and given that it feels like a weird attempt at symbolism… For at least a decade Darth Vader, Boba Fett, and all stormtroopers and the like had totally black heads under their helmets. ---
**Author:** ![Darren\_Garrison](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/darren_garrison/32/92_2.png) [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2021, 1:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lego-announces-a-special-rainbow-set-for-lgbtq-month/942873/36 "2021-05-27T01:58:44Z")
> [@elfkin477](#): > > I’ve only seen them like these - the head is 100% black [BrickLink Reference Catalog - Inventory of Minifigure gen002](https://www.bricklink.com/catalogItemInv.asp?M=gen002) [This](https://rebrickable.com/sets/970661-1/skeleton-and-ghost-for-amusement-park-set/#info) is the kind that I have 3 or 4 of. ---
**Author:** ![MrDibble](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mrdibble/32/114_2.png) [@MrDibble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrDibble)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2021, 5:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lego-announces-a-special-rainbow-set-for-lgbtq-month/942873/37 "2021-05-27T05:57:32Z")
😀 Hooke’s Cradle. ---
**Author:** ![Richard\_Pearse](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/richard_pearse/32/13144_2.png) [@Richard\_Pearse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Richard_Pearse)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2021, 7:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lego-announces-a-special-rainbow-set-for-lgbtq-month/942873/38 "2021-05-27T07:57:27Z")
Technically there shouldn’t be purple as it doesn’t correspond to a single wavelength of light and therefore doesn’t occur in the rainbow. It is the colour we perceive when our eyes detect red and blue light. Violet, on the other hand, does correspond to a wavelength of light. More correctly, when we talk about the purple in the rainbow, we really mean violet. ---
**Author:** ![Gyrate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gyrate/32/3588_2.png) [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2021, 9:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lego-announces-a-special-rainbow-set-for-lgbtq-month/942873/39 "2021-05-27T09:50:17Z")
> [@Enjoy\_Slurm](#): > > I like how all the hairstyles are very stereotypical so we know which one is which. Like the black one is obviosuly black. The purple one is obviously drag queen and the red one is obviously soulless. The yellow one has a straight-haired bowl cut. Hmm. ---
**Author:** ![Snowboarder\_Bo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowboarder_bo/32/229_2.png) [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2021, 12:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lego-announces-a-special-rainbow-set-for-lgbtq-month/942873/40 "2021-05-27T12:29:34Z")
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