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Re: LEGO sells "violent" toys?
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lugnet.mediawatch
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Mon, 15 Nov 2004 18:07:40 GMT
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In lugnet.mediawatch, Steve Bliss wrote:
> But Bionicle (and a number of other products in LEGO current
> offerings) are huge step away from their classic stance of
> non-violent play.
When did this "huge step" take place? I've got a poor grasp of LEGO history,
but if you want sets with slightly implicit violence, this "trend" has been
going on for at least decades (western theme, with cowboys & indians, guns, bows
and arrows, etc., in 1996). I know that my old Galaxy Explorer (70's) had a
front-mounted laser on it (and oh yes, did I blow things up with that... not to
mention the mass-destruction capabilities of the 462 Rocket Launcher, '78).
Personally, I think the lowest point of this is that the media has focused on
LEGO, with a tradition of non-violence (or at least strictly limited violent
content) that is well-known (at least within the community). The opinions of the
group in question (via some quick Googling) seem rather conservative at least,
and I question what if anything they found that was good.
> There are certainly reasons LEGO has decided to move in
> this direction, but denying the change seems kind of pointless.
The only complaint I had with Bionicle was the more limited outlets for
creativity, certainly not the "violent content". I certainly don't see this as a
"change".
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Brian Davis
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| (...) No no no. According to Bricklink (URL) are clearly "handles". This is so your super-strong minifig can pick up the spaceship by the nose and put it away on the shelf. (...) Again, you are misconstruing. Both this and the Alpha-1 Rocket Base (...) (20 years ago, 15-Nov-04, to lugnet.mediawatch)
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| (...) I was flipping through a toy catalog the other day (Hearthsong, I think), and I came upon a page with some Bionicle sets. I was shocked to realize how out-of-place the Bionicle sets seemed. Very evil and ominous seeming. (...) That's true. But (...) (20 years ago, 15-Nov-04, to lugnet.mediawatch)
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