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Re: Black Seas Barracuda - Hooray!
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lugnet.loc.uk, lugnet.pirates
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Sun, 12 Jan 2003 15:42:43 GMT
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That's a shame. Maybe toy-related injuries could teach a little bit of
respect for firing mechanisms. I remember having an Action-Man field gun
that had a hell of a kick to it...
Jason J Railton
In lugnet.loc.uk, Craig Stevens writes:
> Toy manufacturers in America have been very carful since the 70's when a kid
> fired a missile from a Battle Star Galactica toy into his brother's mouth,
> who unfortunately choked and died. This led to changes in other "action"
> toys such as the infamous "rocket firing" Boba Fett which ended up with a
> glued in missile. Micronauts also suffered buy having all of their springs
> taken out! Even to this day, the US is definitey not the place to release a
> toy which fires something.
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> Craig Stevens.
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> In lugnet.loc.uk, Michael Dallaston writes:
> > In lugnet.loc.uk, Stephen Kane writes:
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> > > It's strange isn't it ... I mean when you compare the gun control laws in
> > > Australia and in the US to have shooting cannons in Australia but not the
> > > US. Go figure ...
> >
> > I always thought it was due to Lego in America being scared of litigation if
> > some kid ever managed to injure themselves with those things. But I do
> > appreciate the irony with the gun control. Ah, America - land of
> > contradiction...
> >
> > Michael Dallaston
> > (Guns don't kill people, shooting cannons kill people)
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| (...) Okay, admittedly not fatal injuries. Apologies if that sounded a little crass. But, I think that coccooning kids because of one unfortunate accident won't prepare them well for the rest of their life. It just screws up their values because you (...) (22 years ago, 12-Jan-03, to lugnet.loc.uk, lugnet.pirates)
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| Toy manufacturers in America have been very carful since the 70's when a kid fired a missile from a Battle Star Galactica toy into his brother's mouth, who unfortunately choked and died. This led to changes in other "action" toys such as the (...) (22 years ago, 6-Jan-03, to lugnet.loc.uk, lugnet.pirates)
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