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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, 21 Jun 2001 18:22:35 GMT
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In lugnet.general, Tom Heverly writes:
> wow! that looks like it is a better model than even the 8480 shuttle!
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> I wish it would make it into production, I'd buy it!
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> http://www.geocities.com/Area51/Zone/9500/jeroen/f-14.html
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> Tom Heverly
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> On Fri, 11 May 2001 16:57:01 GMT, "Mr L F Braun"
> <braunli1@pilot.msu.edu> wrote:
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> > In lugnet.general, Jonathan Lill writes:
> > > As an example for this argument here is the explanatory text from the
> > > shop.lego.com page:
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> > > Now you can construct a replica of the Sopwith Camel, one of the most famous
> > > British planes of the early 20th century! This detailed model is fun to work
> > > on by yourself, or with friends and family you'll be building a little piece
> > > of history. Includes all the pieces you need to create this amazing biplane,
> > > detailed building instructions and colorful decals. Plane measures
> > > 16"/41.4cm long, 6 ?"/17cm high and the wingspan is over 18"/46.5cm.
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> > > Note that it doen't mention the war at all (why the plane was famous in the
> > > first place).
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> > Good point. And they were, after all, the "Knights of the Sky."
> > I've always found it odd, the love affair with the Camel--there's
> > only one left in existence, after all.
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> > Side note: I mentioned this in .loc.nl, but I'll add it here:
> > Anyone else see Jeroen Ottens's handiwork in 3451? He got his
> > job with LEGO as a Technic designer after that amazing F-14
> > Tomcat model, which shows that even if LEGO doesn't market
> > military models, they do recognise their technical merit:
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> > http://news.lugnet.com/general/?n=3088 (the site is still up)
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> > Just a thought. I haven't seen Jeroen around and so I can't
> > really speak to it, more than simply to speculate.
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> > all best
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> > Lindsay
Historical Designs of military and non-military vehicles by LEGO would be
welcome. I think there is an untapped market that LEGO could sell to.
I was told that this model was not of a high enough quality to be offered
in an aviation related magazine. It's LEGO, not finescale modeling!
The ability of children (and adults) to make their own creations (MOC's)
is the beauty of LEGO. If LEGO will not provide the models due to legal
ramifications or "minimal forecasted sales response". What about a series
of special design books of contributions relating to history? space?
transportation? naval? air? military vehicles?... you get the idea.
Just wanted to add my two cents. Thanks.
Bill
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