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| I don't know if anyone else has asked this in the past, but I was curious if anyone has an explanation as to why LEGO seem to add prison/jails to such a large percentage of lego sets? Any ideas? Benjamin Whytcross [And Mandy...the person behind the (...) (23 years ago, 23-Jan-02, to lugnet.loc.au, lugnet.pirates, lugnet.castle, lugnet.western, lugnet.town, lugnet.space, lugnet.general)
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| (...) I don't know, but you might want to get that shrinking lego budget looked at by a proffessional... do you know if its terminal? --Anthony (23 years ago, 23-Jan-02, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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| Same reason they add falling axes/swords to every set a lazy way of adding what they see as playability -- James Stacey ---...--- www.minifig.co.uk #925 - I'm a citizen of Legoland travelling Incommunicado "Benjamin Whytcross" (...) (23 years ago, 23-Jan-02, to lugnet.loc.au, lugnet.pirates, lugnet.castle, lugnet.western, lugnet.town, lugnet.space, lugnet.general)
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| (...) Have you never seen the a-team? Jails are for the good guys to break out from! :) Scott A (23 years ago, 23-Jan-02, to lugnet.loc.au, lugnet.pirates, lugnet.castle, lugnet.western, lugnet.town, lugnet.space, lugnet.general)
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| (...) Because kids like to play "good guy / bad guy" games (cops and robbers, cowboys and indians, etc) and locking people up is part of that game's scenario. The bad guy locks up the good guy as part of the evil plan, and the good guy escapes, and (...) (23 years ago, 24-Jan-02, to lugnet.loc.au, lugnet.pirates, lugnet.castle, lugnet.western, lugnet.town, lugnet.space, lugnet.general)
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| (...) ...or Guantanamo Bay perhaps. (23 years ago, 24-Jan-02, to lugnet.loc.au)
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| (...) And then the bad guy can escape to start the cycle again... (...) Right, and IIRC sets with a prison cell also include an opposition character to lock up in it. Hmmmm interestingly, King Leo's castle missed out on a cell (though it did get the (...) (23 years ago, 24-Jan-02, to lugnet.loc.au, lugnet.pirates, lugnet.castle, lugnet.western, lugnet.town, lugnet.space, lugnet.general)
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| a carefully designed conspiracy with the sole purpose of annoying lego collectors (and the pleasant side effect of droping the price of jail doors). hope that explains everything. please note the jail doors have NOTHING to do with playability or (...) (23 years ago, 24-Jan-02, to lugnet.loc.au, lugnet.pirates, lugnet.castle, lugnet.western, lugnet.town, lugnet.space, lugnet.general)
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| (...) Hmmm.... Lots of jail doors .... check Orange torso's .... check black ninja cowls .... check beardless heads with sunglasses .... check sand coloured baseplates .... check In fact, the facility seems to reflect current LEGO designs... no (...) (23 years ago, 24-Jan-02, to lugnet.loc.au)
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| (...) We'll need some Blockmen(TM) barbed wired coils though. Can we incorporate G-Bay into the game of Pirate-Wars ? Will Red Beard regain control of the G spot ? (...) Maybe the set-designers of the late 80s/early 90s are held in a similar (...) (23 years ago, 24-Jan-02, to lugnet.loc.au)
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| (...) Sounds like a Brikwars scenario - 'Rescue the old Lego set designers' AFOLS vs management...:) (All old Lego set designers function as super-mechanix, able to build absolutely froody-lookin' vehicles with an extremely limited amount of parts) (...) (23 years ago, 24-Jan-02, to lugnet.loc.au)
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| (...) Well, the answer is simple...... They want more Police Officers! lol Or They want to teach the kids early on how to escape! lol Nah, but really, toys are a reflection of our society, and unfortunately it includes more and more prisons. Who (...) (23 years ago, 24-Jan-02, to lugnet.loc.au, lugnet.pirates, lugnet.castle, lugnet.western, lugnet.town, lugnet.space, lugnet.general)
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