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Re: Has Lego begun producing "war toys"?
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lugnet.general
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Thu, 24 Jan 2008 01:21:35 GMT
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In lugnet.general, Karl Paulsen wrote:
> I am curious to hear folks opinions on this one. I happened across a pics in
> brickshelf showing the boxes for new sets for 2008. It is my understanding that
> we do not allow links to leaks, so you will have to find it yourself.
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> Long and short, for the first time in LEGO history, Sets are being sold that are
> neither "historical" (pirates, western) or a licensed product (star wars,
> indiana jones) with modern looking weapons.
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> The sets are the "agents" series. In the series is a fighter jet, a
> "techinical" Jeep with mounted machine gun, and attack helicopter and the Batman
> series pistol and the star wars sniper rifle are included in these sets. Box art
> features minifigs shooting at each other.
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> Slightly mitigating these features are the lack of military uniforms,
> non-military color scheme, and somewhat playfull james bond 'esque nature of the
> playsets.
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> Between these sets and the German and Soviet military that we see in the Indiana
> Jones sets, are we seeing a trend toward TLG being more willing to make the "war
> toys" that the company delcared it would never make?
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> If so, does anybody care?
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> Personally, I am torn between my like for the Indy sets and my dissapointement
> at this possible trend for TLG.
Lego actually produced a plastic, full size gun in the late 50s or early 60s.
Also there were lighters with the Lego logo on it back then.
I too, do not like the idea of weapons in Lego sets, they took a no violence for
many years. There were pieces that could be substituted with a little
imagination to take the place of weapons. With all the violence in movies, TV,
ganster rap and the news it was just a matter of time. While I am moralily
against kids playing with guns, I do not feel that it really hurts anything. I
would rather have them playing with the Lego weapons rather than the Mega
Block's guns.
John P
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