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RE: New 2000.2 catalogue - sexism rules OK?
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Tue, 20 Jun 2000 04:02:24 GMT
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I take it from this posting you've never seen the lego cars...Have a look on
brickshelf at the 1965 UK catalogue. It shows some of the cars lego produced
[I forget what webpages have acuall photos and a list of them] as well as
set 310 petrol station, which uses clear macaroni bricks.
Benjamin Whytcross
BWhytcro@PacificAccess.com.au
Ph: (03) 9856 5282
Directory Technology Pty Ltd
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Box Hill, 3128
Growing older is compulsory..Growing up isn't :-)
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Peter Callaway [mailto:pcallaway@bmcl.com.au]
> Sent: Tuesday, June 20, 2000 1:59 PM
> To: lugnet.loc.au@lugnet.com
> Subject: Re: New 2000.2 catalogue - sexism rules OK?
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>
> In lugnet.loc.au, Peter White writes:
> > In lugnet.loc.au, Kerry Raymond writes:
> > > Of course, the catalogue is age-ist as well as sex-ist. • When did you last
> > > see a middle-aged person depicted as playing with Lego in • the catalogue (as
> > > opposed to being shown smiling approvingly in the • background as a child
> > > plays with Lego)? Actually, there exists at least one. • Check it out at:
> > >
> > > http://user.tninet.se/~hbh828t/ideabook/12a.jpg
> >
> > I'm glad he's just sucking that pipe, rather than smoking • it, hope that
> > wasn't some early form of product placement by the tobacco industry.
> > I like the prominent display of wedding rings too, imagine • single adults
> > contemplating the construction of dwellings together.
> > What Lego part has the woman got stuck on her ear (Paradisa • umbrella ?)
> >
> > > [Aside. Ah, that photo takes me back; I used to have that • set of Lego trees
> > > when I was a kid. More 2-D than the current ones but much • more lifelike. Of
> > > course, the trunks were very easy to break, speaking from • experience.]
> > >
> > Those trees were great, the new trees are bizarre when compared.
> > I think I had six or seven types of 2D trees.
> >
> > > Maybe we should do a mock-up of a Lego catalogue depicting • only adults at
> > > play; we could include children, but only if they are shown • as being elbowed
> > > out of the way :-)
> >
> > Smiling contentedly in the background (and proudly).
> >
> > > The stupid part about the whole sexism/ageism thing is that • it doesn't
> > > actually make a lot of economic sense. Surely Lego want to • sell their
> > > products as much as possible, so why unnecessarily create • in the minds of
> > > the reader of the catalogue, the inference that certain products are
> > > more/less suitable for particular ages or sexes? (Obviously • minimum age
> > > ranges are needed for reasons related to motor skills and • choking hazards,
> > > but otherwise?).
> >
> > Especially stupid when you consider who has the disposable income.
> > What we need is a new age religion advocating Lego use as leading to
> > spiritual enlightenment.
>
>
> Go to the index page http://user.tninet.se/~hbh828t/ideabook/
> and check out
> some of the other images. It looks like they're using pre
> superfast wheeled
> Matchbox cars in the town scene on page 4a (and where did the
> road plates come
> from?). They could make some pretty cool stuff back then
> without the need for
> BURPS, POOPS, CRAPPs and SPUDS [1](even the younger kids if
> you believe the
> pictures), so what's changed?
>
> And tell me, do they look like clear macaroni bricks on page
> 5a on the red
> tram/train? Does anyone recall them in any particular set?
> They'd have to be
> rare as!!
>
>
> Pete Callaway
>
> [1] See Shiri's most excellent Acronym FAQ page for explanations
> http://www.lugnet.com/~88/acronym_faq/
>
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| (...) Thanks Ben, The image of 310 isn't terribly clear, but even if they are clear macaroni's they'd still be rare as. As for the cars, OMG! I need to get my hands on them! They look excellent! I thought LEGO only made wooden stuff before the (...) (25 years ago, 20-Jun-00, to lugnet.loc.au)
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