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Re: Lego seems to be copying Mega Blocks
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lugnet.general
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Sun, 23 May 2004 01:18:45 GMT
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In lugnet.general, J. Spencer Rezkalla wrote:
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In lugnet.general, Ahui Herrera wrote:
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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.
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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 jets - regardless of era. Same thing goes with tanks or
battleships.
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The U.S. Navy has apparently decommissioned all of its battleships:
http://www.chinfo.navy.mil/navpalib/ships/battleships/
Do any other navies have battleships, or is the battleship pretty much obsolete
nowadays?
Mark
Note: Still no generic lugnet.off-topic group to send this to... :-(
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Message has 2 Replies:
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| (...) Mark there are NO more battleships in any navy in the world the last time I checked. The aircraft carrier replaced the battleship as the "main ship-of-war" in modern navies of the world. The only battleships you can still see/get on are those (...) (20 years ago, 23-May-04, to lugnet.general, FTX)
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| (...) They didn't have much choice in the matter. The main guns have to be fed ammo in a specific sequence to compensate for changes in gun barrel geometry due to heat from firing the previous round(s). Rumor is that they've just been working (...) (20 years ago, 23-May-04, to lugnet.general, FTX)
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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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