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Re: LEGO sells "violent" toys?
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lugnet.mediawatch
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Mon, 15 Nov 2004 21:48:33 GMT
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In lugnet.mediawatch, Brian Davis wrote:
> I know that my old Galaxy Explorer (70's) had a
> front-mounted laser on it
No no no. According to Bricklink
http://www.bricklink.com/catalogItem.asp?P=3839
those 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.
> not to
> mention the mass-destruction capabilities of the 462 Rocket Launcher, '78).
Again, you are misconstruing. Both this and the Alpha-1 Rocket Base were
clearly for launching satelites into lunar orbit. Nope, not ICBMs* at all.
And the cowboys and indians . . . oh, never mind.
;)
*I suppose they couldn't really be ICBMs as my childhood imagination put these
on the moon rather than some hypothetical planet that has continents, but oh
well.
Bruce
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| (...) 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 (...) (20 years ago, 15-Nov-04, to lugnet.mediawatch)
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