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Subject: 
Re: Factions (and violence)
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Date: 
Fri, 27 Jul 2001 21:34:39 GMT
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I think there are too many cases being AGAINST Lego have a non-stated
non-violence policy.

1. Star Wars sets. Both Empire & Rebel models. We ALL know how well those
two groups got along (and there are several sets that have figures of
opposing sides in the same kit).

2. Pirates & Imperial sets. Can anyone really come up with a plausible
justification that "Pirates" are non-violent???

3. The soon to come out (if not already) Jurassic Park III tie-in sets. Oh
yeah, T-Rex's and Velocoraptors are non-violent...

If Lego has a non-violence policy - what the heck are all those minifig
swords, pikes, spears & GUNS are for????

Now - has anyone come close to modeling the round shield in LDRAW/MLCad yet?



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I agree. Just about everytheme has some form of violence worked into it. I mean, even city center sets had Jail Break Joe. Violence is kind of hard to completely avoid. Most of our society is built around action, and action more often than not (...) (23 years ago, 28-Jul-01, to lugnet.castle)

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(...) Actually, "wasn't" was refering to a lego set which came out many years ago, as in, "was there not a USS Constitution lego set?" and which I was only vaguely familiar with. I had heard about a lego Model Team-type warship, and that it was the (...) (23 years ago, 27-Jul-01, to lugnet.castle)

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