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In lugnet.announce, Suzanne D. Rich writes:
> In light of recent events, TLC is about to recall 6776 Ogel Control
> Center. Word has it that a consumer was distressed over some graphics on
> the box back and instructions. It will not be re-released with new packaging.
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> Grab 'em while you can...
I was just watching the Today Show (Morning News show on NBC in America). They
had someone from the Consumer Products Safety Commission on talking about what
toys kids should and should not be playing with in the wake of the terrorist
attacks.
Good Toys:
Fire Trucks
Toys that promote Heroism
Bad Toys:
Toys that promote gratuitous violance.
Guess what the first toy they showed in the Bad catagory was... 6776.
They had the LEGO Logo taped over (only toy they did that for Hmmm...) and she
did say that the toy was being removed from shelves thanks to the "Very
conscientious manufacturer".
I guess thats good news and bad news for LEGO. The bad is that they were shown
as being the manufacturer of a toy that promoted gratuitous violance. The good
was that they were doing something about it.
I wonder what TLC's current official stance on violance is? They can't hide
behind their old stance of wholesome nonviolance anymore.
Eric Kingsley
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| (...) Interesting. Of course I'd qualify the Alpha Team theme as a whole as "Toys that promote Heroism". The comic in 6776 shows the "heros" prevailing. Perhaps the set would have been more acceptable with a couple Alpha Team minifigs and a small (...) (23 years ago, 27-Sep-01, to lugnet.general, lugnet.mediawatch)
| | | Re: Update (Re: TLC recalls 6776)
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| (...) On the ABC Radio network news at the top of the 7 o'clock (PDT) hour this morning they mentioned the LEGO recall. It was the last blurb they did-- in the spot they generally reserve for news items of a lighter note. Maggie C. (23 years ago, 27-Sep-01, to lugnet.general, lugnet.mediawatch)
| | | Why recall 6776, why not 1349 ?
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| (...) Hm, I just bought the 1349 Steven Spielberg moviemaker set yesterday. If you leave the T-rex out of the set, you get two skyscrapers designed for destruction and one background with a city-skyline (before) and one with a destroyed skyline (...) (23 years ago, 28-Sep-01, to lugnet.general, lugnet.mediawatch)
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| In light of recent events, TLC is about to recall 6776 Ogel Control Center. Word has it that a consumer was distressed over some graphics on the box back and instructions. It will not be re-released with new packaging. Grab 'em while you can... -Suz (23 years ago, 22-Sep-01, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.market.shopping) !!
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