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Re: Factions (and violence)
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lugnet.castle
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Mon, 23 Jul 2001 02:21:24 GMT
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> however, with the advent of fright knights and since, lego has definately
> called on the good guy/bad guy dynamic. i mentioned this before, i think is
> apart of lego's juniorization. that not only have sets become simpler, but
> their ideological outlook has become simpler. i believe almost every theme
> working now has a group dubbed 'good' and one 'bad' (ex. johnny thunder/sam
> sinister, king leo/cedric the bull, alpha squad/ogel, etc).
Possible Exception: Life on Mars.
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| (...) good point.. i think that might be part of why i like LOM so much.. however, in the story version (on lego.com) does have an 'evil' rebel group, which is trying to conquer both mars and earth.. but that story doesn't seem to be definitive to (...) (23 years ago, 26-Jul-01, to lugnet.castle)
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| (...) and (...) my point is that inherent violence is still violence, and by building toys with a militaristic focus Lego is giving an implied acceptance to violence. now it is granted that such a view flows from a 'defensive' violence than (...) (23 years ago, 22-Jul-01, to lugnet.castle)
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