<rumor=unsubstantiated> I have heard that the Laura Croft character was being designed by men, and looked so politically correct that you could not tell her gender. Everyone on the design team knew this would not be very appealing to young teenaged males (the target consumet) but were afraid to offend the lone female on the design team by creating yet another female stereotype witl large breasts and an absurdly-proportioned waist. Finally, the woman on the game design team said "Give me that!", grabbed a drawing board and proceeded to draw the character we see today. </rumor>
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What's a bigger shame is that I recognize most if not all of those figures.
(randomly surfing the web last week, went to a fanboy site of Lara Croft worship. One guy had posted pictures of his bedroom---everything of an LC nature, he had one on his walls, shelves, desktop. Star Trek nerds are fair-weather fans by comparison.
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It could be worse, a woman could have plastic surgery done to look like Ms. Croft.
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Don't joke about such things. I saw a BBC production about Barbie called "Boobs in Toyland (Barbie was the first doll with breasts). One person they interviewed was such a Barbie fan she had plastic surgery so she could look more like a life-size Barbie.
Strange people indeed.
--Baloo
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