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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 04:37:35 GMT
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In lugnet.general, Mark Riley wrote:
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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
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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 that are museums. However, while nobody uses the battleship it is
still a 20th century ship-of-war and fits under the catgegory of WWII type
vehciles of war.
-AHui
A&M LWorks
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| (...) True. But the Soviets (and now the Russians) might disagree; the Kirov and her sisters? are sometimes classed as "battleships" or "battlecruisers." We in the US more often call them "very heavy cruisers" or "command ships." all best LFB (20 years ago, 23-May-04, to lugnet.general, FTX)
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| (...) The U.S. Navy has apparently decommissioned all of its battleships: (URL) 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... :-( (20 years ago, 23-May-04, to lugnet.general, FTX)
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