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Re: Has Lego begun producing "war toys"?
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lugnet.general, lugnet.build.military
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Sat, 26 Jan 2008 01:55:33 GMT
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   Clearly LEGO is not making MI Abrahms’ and Apache’s, and it’s nearly impossible for me to imagine them doing so. However, a year ago I would have said the exact same thing about jeeps with guns, technicals, Wermachtt troopers and fighter jets.

A crying shame really, since WW2 models precisely like those would guarantee them my money.

ESPECIALLY M1 Abrahms and Apaches! (Aircraft carriers would rock, too)



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  Re: Has Lego begun producing "war toys"?
 
(...) Thanks John, I think you put to words what many folks feel, but can't articulate. In the US, WWII, has already reached the level of "myth" for most kids. This is of course an unfortunate by product of a collective refusal to honor history, but (...) (16 years ago, 26-Jan-08, to lugnet.general, FTX)  

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