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Re: Dino Attack: Militarization of LEGO?
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lugnet.build.military
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Fri, 25 Feb 2005 06:14:45 GMT
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In lugnet.build.military, Chris Klint wrote:
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Greetings, all:
I’ve been lurking in this group for quite some time; if you remember me at
all, it’d be for my ancient Hind gunship design back when that
Soviet-helicopter craze hit out here. Anyhow, I’m back because I’m stunned by
FBTB.net’s coverage of the new Dino Attack set designs at this year’s Toyfair
(http://www.fbtb.net/toyfair/2005/). Not only has LEGO apparently plunged
headlong into making helicopter gunships
(http://www.fbtb.net/toyfair/2005/dino/74773m.jpg) and Humvee variants
(http://www.fbtb.net/toyfair/2005/dino/74751m.jpg) among others, they’ve
also done so on a scale that looks positively wacky. The T-1 Typhoon appears
to be about half again the overall length of a Republic Gunship, and the Fire
Hammer is built around two 6-stud windshields side-by-side like the townies’
new XXL Mobile Crane. I don’t have any philosophical problems with the new
line since LEGO’s “we don’t do modern violence” case pretty much crumbled with
Wild West, but I was curious what y’all think of the designs. Odds are I’ll
buy a T-Rex vs. Typhoon set regardless and melt down the T-rex for an
ashtray...that ship’s fearsome.
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Well the colour change pretty much rules out me buying any of these sets...
BUT even if they were in the original colours, I would still be put off by the
new dinosaur moldings.
Anyways...
I must say, even though I build futuristic military MOCs, I do find it odd that
LEGO is now recreating real-life weapon systems & vehicles such as the rocket
pods and machine guns on the heli, and the HUMMER... er I mean “Fire Hammer”.
Modeling a Winchester 73 (I’m assuming that the Wild West gun is modeled off it)
is one thing, modeling something so close to real-life weaponry you see on CNN
is another.
TLG... you’re slippin’.
Mladen Pejic
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