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Re: 6776... Is this True?
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lugnet.lego
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Tue, 25 Sep 2001 20:27:33 GMT
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In lugnet.lego, Scott Sanburn writes:
> Well, I don't think the company is anymore, frankly. Most of their products
> are relying in some ways on some kind of violence, whether it is Alpha Team,
> Bionicle, Star Wars, etc. I think they lost most of their "non-violence"
> when they introduced heavily detailed themes. If you take it back further,
> even the first minifig sets, such as castle sets are violent, since they
> have weapons and the like. But their "non-violence" stance has been a double
> standard, and continues to this day, IMO.
(much snippage of a good post)
This issue of violence in Lego has been dragged through debate a few times
already, so I'm not really trying to start it again, per se. I will say that I
think that the difference between classic Castle and Western/Alpha Team/Bulls is
that these latter-day themes are much more blatant in the suggestion of
aggression as part of the play scenarios.
Back in the early 80's, box art might have shown Black Falcons pushing a siege
cart toward a Crusader wall, or something of the sort, but there were never
really any clearly-defined bad guys. Since about 96, the bad guys have looked
really *mean* (The Bulls sub-theme is a good example: there is no neutrality or
ambiguity in their appearance to suggest anything other than being really nasty.
Frankly, I think that the sewn-on eye patches and scars and aesthetically
unattractive grimaces are just going a bit too far.) Things have just gotten
uglier and more aggressive in the playthemes.
Anyway, I don't think this is the 1st step down the ladder; the Union soldiers
vs. Indians and the Pirates vs. Islanders was pretty bad. Memo to self: When I
want a toy that doesn't reinforce negative stereotypes, I won't go to Lego.
james
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| James & All, (...) Well, I don't think the company is anymore, frankly. Most of their products are relying in some ways on some kind of violence, whether it is Alpha Team, Bionicle, Star Wars, etc. I think they lost most of their "non-violence" when (...) (25 years ago, 25-Sep-01, to lugnet.lego)
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