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Re: Lego seems to be copying Mega Blocks
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lugnet.general
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Date:
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Sun, 23 May 2004 02:16:34 GMT
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In lugnet.general, J. Spencer Rezkalla wrote:
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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 way I’ve heard it is that they don’t produce any weapons developed in the
20th century or later, and that the only reason why we have the Sopwith/Red
Baron pair is because LEGO Direct operates under slightly different rules when
developing sets that are intended to be S@H exclusives. This WWI vs. WWII
theory might explain why they were able to get permission to go ahead with them,
but I think it’ll prove to be a bit more complicated than tech-level alone.
Even if our technology advances beyond the jet airplane as a staple fighter
platform, I doubt we’ll see WWII-era military vehicles produced as LEGO sets if
it involves putting a swastika on the box.
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Message has 1 Reply:
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| (...) I don't think TLC will even do such a thing! But that has not stopped others from doing it already. Like this guy: (7 URLs) In addition there has been at least 1 instance that I know on ebay in which someone (do not remember the name and (...) (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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