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Re: MOC: German WWII halftrack and armoured car
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Thu, 9 Jan 2003 18:37:29 GMT
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In lugnet.announce.moc, Mattias Martensson writes:
> Hi all
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> Happy new Lego year to you.
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> I have opened 2003 with some new models of German WWII vehicles. The
> half-track SdKfz 251 and the armoured car SdKfz 222. I have been
> experimenting a little with different colours. Nowadays most parts are
> available in dark gray but not in tan so therefore I made in multicoloured
> version instead.
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> http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?f=31055
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Mattias, I have heard people at my local Wal-Mart comment that 'they
couldn't build military vehicles from LEGO®, so they bought megabloks instead'.
I disagreed with them, knowing that MOC's such as yours, Dan Siskind's, etc.
absolutely blow away anything that our enemy Ritvik can ever attempt to
market (and megabloks military stuff is purpose-built to boot)
Knowing LEGO®'s unofficial policy of not producing (contemporary)
military-related models (although that facade is cracking with the release
of the Sopwith Camel, Red Baron, and such)-- for LEGO® to give in and
actually produce such models would, in my view, be a potential gold mine for
TLC and possibly strike a death blow to Ritvik's megabloks.
Now you've inspired me to build tanks, halftracks, and the like...for
flatcar loads! (My one-track mind coming into play again)
Play Well,
-Harvey
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 | | Re: MOC: German WWII halftrack and armoured car
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| I for one support LEGO's policy of not producing modern military themes sets. In fact it kind of makes me uncomfortable seeing WW2 tanks and the like built from Lego. There are not many havens for children from war and conflict in the world of toys, (...) (22 years ago, 11-Jan-03, to lugnet.build.military)
| | | Re: MOC: German WWII halftrack and armoured car
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| (...) Harvey Thanks for you kind words about my models. I am glad you like them. The scale (6-stud width) make them suitable for flatcar loads as you suggest. I understand that this type of models will not be included in the Official Lego assortment (...) (22 years ago, 12-Jan-03, to lugnet.build.military)
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