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Re: MOC: German WWII halftrack and armoured car
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Mon, 13 Jan 2003 14:04:47 GMT
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In lugnet.build.military, Craig Stevens writes:
> The intention of my original email was to answer Henry Henkleman's comments
<snip>
First of all, my name is HARVEY, and my last name is spelled HENKELMAN, get
it right next time
> that TLC should produce military based sets. He seemed to miss the point
> that many parents do not like buying war related toys for their young
> children.
<snip>
Miss the point? I beg to differ
> I think Star Wars and WW1 planes (And yes, I do know about WW1
> thank you) are about as far as they will go. We are not about to see tanks,
> trench playsets and barbed wire. TLC are NOT producing military sets in the
> same style as their
> competitors (I'd mention the company names, but I'd have to spit on the carpet).
<snip>
And it's too bad that LEGO® refuses to tap into it's competitor's market
(i.e. megabloks)
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> In the same vein, there have been countless books, films and television
> programmes aimed at young children, based on sci-fi, pirates and knights.
> There have even been family films and programmes based on WW1 flyers. At no
> point has the nitty gritty of the ground conflict come into the picture.
> You guys may have missed the point, but you don't get titles like "Peter the
> Panzer" next to "Captain Pugwash." There is a distinct difference.
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> I do not know if military models are "crowd pleasers." I doubt if TLC
> appreciates seeing them. I am curious to know if such themes are present at
> Lego shows where TLC has lent it's support. I did not see a single military
> based model at Lego World last year. I'm in the business of running Lego
> shows myself, so I'd like to know.
<snip>
Then you've got your blinders on
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> If AFOLs must build military based MOCs, at least show some real skill and
> construct a working technic model - not have minifigs rolling around in
> tanks and totting machine guns. I have seen bombed out buildings, suicide
> bombers and the like on Brickshelf. Elsewhere some guy has made a German
> extermination camp from Lego. Is this "harmless"? We are all adults, right?
> Where are you lot going to draw the line? Is there going to be some nice
> battle scenes on Brickshelf, with dead bodies strewn eveywhere? Their happy
> smiling faces would no doubt add to the grizzly humor. Would you display
> that at a Lego show to please the crowd?
<snip>
Grisly, you mean?
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> While TLC has the noble (If financially painful) stance of not producing
> military sets, I'll lend my support. If others do not want to respect that
> policy and continue to construct military based models, to use an old phrase
> "it isn't clever and it isn't funny."
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> Good day to you.
>
> Craig Stevens.
Who are you to condemn what others build? Perhaps you are Ritvik's
spy...come to destabilize LEGO®'s budding effort to introduce a
military-themed line of models while (shudders at the mention of the name,
not out of fear, but rather disgust) megabloks rakes in the benefits.
It's all a conspiracy you know <chuckles>
-Harvey
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| Hi Harvey, You are the person I was trying to have a discussion with, before I got tangled up in all that morality of war toys stuff. (...) Okay, no problem. I'm not going to risk winding you over your name and type it in wrong again. As for me, I (...) (21 years ago, 14-Jan-03, to lugnet.build.military)
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| The intention of my original email was to answer Henry Henkleman's comments that TLC should produce military based sets. He seemed to miss the point that many parents do not like buying war related toys for their young children. I think Star Wars (...) (21 years ago, 12-Jan-03, to lugnet.build.military)
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