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Re: Say it ain't so...
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Sun, 11 Aug 2002 17:03:17 GMT
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In lugnet.general, Aaron West writes:

TLC will not release any Military sets unless Hasbro buys them out.  Their
company credo states that they will never base their product of violent
war-like, gun toting toys.  Wait a minute!!  All those Castle, Pirate,
Western and Star Wars sets are military and have weapons of personal or mass
destruction.  Oh well, there goes the credo!!  Bring on the LEGO GI JOE
license!!!  Hmmm...  That has a nice ring to it!
COBRA!!!

Heh, that's what I was thinking. It's kind of ironic that they would go
against their own policy and market toys that in their creed 'advocate personal
or mass destruction'. But that's good isn't it? There should at least be some
sense of reality in lego, because without militarization in castle, star
wars or westerns, are people going to engage in karate fights and jyudo matches
to determine superiority? Sounds kind of ficticious, and unrealistic.

Why not create a militaristic theme if they go against their own creed anyway?
Anybody can make a lego cannon out of 1x1 cylinders, so marketing something
cool like lego reneditions or aircraft or naval carriers would be a great idea.
Not only that, but they have some sort of historical precedence, so they
could market them in that fashion. Now, if only to see some cool german
panzer faction tank remakes, that would be great. No need to buy our Gi Joe
when you have uncle sam.

<<_Matt Hein_>>



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(...) Fpr those of us that veiwed the transcripts of Brickfest 2002 or perhaps those lucky enough to attend, the question regarding whether lego would produce a military set garnered a large no reaction from the crowd. Now this was Lego Direct the (...) (22 years ago, 17-Aug-02, to lugnet.general)

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(...) company credo states that they will never base their product of violent war-like, gun toting toys. Wait a minute!! All those Castle, Pirate, Western and Star Wars sets are military and have weapons of personal or mass destruction. Oh well, (...) (22 years ago, 11-Aug-02, to lugnet.general)

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