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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 23:51:56 GMT
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In lugnet.general, Ahui Herrera wrote:
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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.
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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
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| (...) Well actually, Russian/Soviet classifications of warships were slightly skewed to gain a 'numerical' superiority over the United States Navy. By announcing the construction of a battleship/battlecruiser, they could claim a superiority in (...) (20 years ago, 24-May-04, to lugnet.general, FTX)
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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 (...) (21 years ago, 23-May-04, to lugnet.general, FTX)
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