I think talk of race customization should start talking about body model selection (not sliders). Some races in this regard could be condensed using it, others could be added on.
Examples:
Humans should get options like skinny humans and fat human (maybe an updated mayor model from wrath.)
Lightforged should have multiple races among it’s ranks since alliance is full of light worshippers (maybe have some npc’s from wc2 that survived among them)
Dwarves should get a taller and leaner model to better represent wildhammers.
Orcs could get the skinny orc or bulky orc models from WoD
Trolls should get forest troll models.
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I think sliders would be better to chose between weight and what not, as well as determing height as well. Although having it similar to like picking the hair or tattoos would be cool too.
The more, the merrier.
…at least an experiment on two races at time. Wouldn’t want to see minimal changes that will disappoint the community. 
The experiment could start with trolls and dwarves.
I am sure people would be estatic if forest trolls/proper wildhammers is represented.
Sliders would be wonderful but they represent a major product update. Second Life started back around 2004 about the same time as WoW and their Avatars were like ours. Then a few years later when technology improved Linden Labs completely reworked their avatar system going from “Classic” to “Mesh” which allowed for things like sliders.
Thing is, this was a major development effort but then Linden Labs does not have to worry about content since content in Second Life is done by the “members” (i.e. the players).
If Blizzard were to put that kind of effort into a new avatar systrem we would have sliders but we would still be playing Dragon Flight four years from now.
I want to make a quick comment on sliders, but don’t want the conversation to go to far into it;
I think the problem with sliders is almost the same problem with armor color-wheel choices, the models art style may not properly use it correctly and the way they do the art (comic book style) would lower it’s quality. WoW art had always been top quality in color and models, and I personally don’t want them to lower the quality standards to make a slider work.