 | | Re: Less-Common Colors —Scott Smallbeck
| | | | (...) How is LEGO non-violent if it produces cannons, rifles, pistols, swords, lances, etc, etc. Scott Smallbeck scotts@contactics.com (25 years ago, 20-Sep-99, to lugnet.faq)
| | | | | | | | | | Re: Less-Common Colors —David Eaton
| | | | | (...) I think the answer that Todd suggested (at the last NELUG meeting) was that swords, lances, etc., were added because they're 'historical'... and also you "can't have knights without swords"... as for the cannons, rifles, and pistols, well, I (...) (25 years ago, 20-Sep-99, to lugnet.faq)
| | | | | | | | | | | | Re: Less-Common Colors —Steve Bliss
| | | | | | (...) Sorry, I didn't mean to imply it was a direct quote. The words in quotes are my attempt to re-state what I perceived to be the long-term reasoning from TLG. Steve (25 years ago, 21-Sep-99, to lugnet.faq)
| | | | | | | | | | | | | Re: Less-Common Colors —Eric Kingsley
| | | | | <snip> (...) You will also notice that there are not any real hand-held blasters in Star Wars. The closest they have come to blasters is a Classic Space camera thingy for the Rebel Soldier in the Snowspeeder set and Megaphones with trans-red 1x1 (...) (25 years ago, 21-Sep-99, to lugnet.faq)
| | | | | | | | | | | | Re: Less-Common Colors —David Eaton
| | | | | (...) I have to agree. If TLG wants to be non-violent, no guns anywhere. On the other hand, I think maybe they could draw a line with things like modern day weapons. I think they can give the police hand-held pistols, and still do without (...) (25 years ago, 21-Sep-99, to lugnet.faq)
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