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Re: Lego seems to be copying Mega Blocks
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lugnet.general
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Sat, 22 May 2004 23:38:31 GMT
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In lugnet.general, Neb Okla wrote:
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“Matt Hein” Pyrokid17@hotmail.com wrote in message
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In lugnet.general, Jonathan Wilson wrote:
I asked a while back about that (the military stuff) but of course
those suggestions didn’t have much reception (as always : )
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Last I checked, the Red Baron and Sopwith Camel planes were “military
stuff”. ;)
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While this is true. 2 years ago at Brickswest the then VP of LEGO Direct
stated something to the effect that TLC was not ready to deal/create toys
dealing with conflict from WWII and onward. The VP personally liked the models
that AFOLs had made and were on display at Brickswest of WWII tanks but advised
that TLC was not ready to go down tat route.
The models you pointed two are WW I. My take on it was that TLC did not want to
deal with any issues veterans and their family might have with the toy and its
depiction of the conflict.
WWI is “somewhat” a safer time-frame because there are *NOT* that many veterans
left from that war or their families (son & daugthers) - not the grandkids). and
it’s be 75+ years. WWII is a more recent condlict. So perhaps in another 25-30
years TLC might revisit the topic of models of the WWII era. In the meantime
look at the secondary market for these models. Which IMOP are MUCH better than
what TLC will make although very costly.
-AHui
A&M LWorks
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| (...) I think it's more an issue that they don't want to produce toys that look like they can be used to emulate the modern warfare that they see on the news and such. Nobody fights with bi-planes anymore, but fighter jets are pretty much fighter (...) (20 years ago, 23-May-04, to lugnet.general, FTX)
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