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Re: War Toys? (was: Re: New Dino sets now available from US Shop At Home.)
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lugnet.general
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Thu, 10 May 2001 18:56:40 GMT
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Mr L F Braun wrote:
> In lugnet.market.shopping, Jonathan Lill writes:
> > I ordered the Styracosaurus and the Mosasaurus! I held off on the other two
> > adults because after ordering the Sopwith Camel earlier today my wife is
> > going to kill me. But as I've told her, its nothing compared to shelling out
> > $500 this time last year for the two UCS sets and the Millenium falcon. I am
> > very excited to see the exact nature of these sets and parts because it is
> > such a leap for lego, much different than just bringing out a set like the
> > Bi-plane. I'll post a review when I get them.
>
> I just thought about this, and figured I'd pop it in .general
> to get (hopefully) an intelligent conversation going.
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> Does the appearance of 3451 Sopwith Camel--so out-of-character
> for TLC, IMHO, that I originally thought it was a MOC of some
> kind (albeit with parts in colours I had never seen before)--
> indicate a shift in TLC's attitude towards the dreaded War Toy?
> Or does this merely mean that the more antiseptic elements of
> the First World War are now "fair game," given that the genera-
> tion of the Great War and, in large part, their children are
> gone now (a la Wild West)?
>
> It's an interesting case. I think this is the most clearly
> modern-war themed item TLC has produced to date (though maybe
> Gary Istok can tell me if I'm wrong; my knowledge of pre-1980
> LEGO history is topical at best). Does it bode changes for
> the pacifistic policy? Or is it "only a model"? ("We're knights
> of the Round Table, we dance whene'er we're able...")
>
> best,
>
> Lindsay
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> XFUT -> .general
Lindsay, you are correct. That includes pre-1980 as well. :-)
I too have been "casting a covetous glance" at those curved red railing/fence
pieces. Do they make the red straight railings??? I just loooooove those
railing pieces. I built a "Leaning Tower Of Pisa" with a large group of the
white curved ones (along with some 4x4 white quarter circle bricks, and some very
old 4x4 white turntables).
Gary Istok
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