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| | | "Dan Boger" <dan@peeron.com> schrieb im Newsbeitrag news:200111271500.fA...ldomain... (...) Yeah. An a-bomb can too... (...) more (...) These are all fictional or historical themes as you may have noticed. Show me a LEGO theme that plays in our (...) (23 years ago, 27-Nov-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| | | | | Re: Using Lego to build weapons? (was Re: The Lego Beretta just won't die) —Dan Boger
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| | | | | (...) really? how do you figure? or was that sarcasm? if so, it doesn't refute my argument... (...) something like town? with bank robbers, police officers? All armed, by the way. (...) you maybe didn't tell him how to play, but you did tell him to (...) (23 years ago, 27-Nov-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| | | | | | | Re: Using Lego to build weapons? (was Re: The Lego Beretta just won't die) —Jennifer Clark
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| | | | | | (...) Yeah yeah, tanks rule. Huhuhuhuhu, hehehe, huhuhu. Tanks are cool. Needless to say I also enjoy tanks, aircraft, in fact any kind of cool machinery, even gun mechanisms, just so long as I am not on the receiving end. If this makes me a nutter (...) (23 years ago, 27-Nov-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| | | | | Re: Using Lego to build weapons? (was Re: The Lego Beretta just won't die) —Frank Filz
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| | | | | (...) I think the romanticism of violence implicit in Pirate, Castle, Wild West, and Adventurers is far worse than the desire to make as accurate as possible a model of something which happens to be a weapon, though I obviously don't actually think (...) (23 years ago, 27-Nov-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| | | | | | | Re: Using Lego to build weapons? (was Re: The Lego Beretta just won't die) —Scott Arthur
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| | | | | | (...) But do these themes not represent the battle of "Good" against "Bad" in a simple way? I'm not sure a *model* gun does that? Jeff's gun is a model *not* a toy. As a model it is great. It is impressive. However, I don't want one. What affirmed (...) (23 years ago, 27-Nov-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| | | | | | | | Re: Using Lego to build weapons? (was Re: The Lego Beretta just won't die) —Richie Dulin
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| | | | | | (...) But that's just plain funny - what other sort of 1x1 cone is there? Cheers Richie Dulin (23 years ago, 28-Nov-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| | | | | | | | Re: Using Lego to build weapons? (was Re: The Lego Beretta just won't die) —Ross Crawford
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| | | | | | | (...) Well, you could probably model more standard ammo with just 1x1 rounds (pun not intended!) - the stud would give the appearance of a "round" tip...use grey for the bullet & colour of your choice for the casing. ROSCO (couldn't figure out where (...) (23 years ago, 28-Nov-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| | | | | | | | Re: Using Lego to build weapons? (was Re: The Lego Beretta just won't die) —Jeremy H. Sproat
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| | | | | | (...) I suppose you could do a 1x1 cone with an antenna piece through the middle -- you know, that ubiquitous 9-mm discarding sabot round for maximum penetrating power. :-, Cheers, - jsproat (23 years ago, 28-Nov-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| | | | | Re: Using Lego to build weapons? (was Re: The Lego Beretta just won't die) —Eric Brouwer
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| | | | | (...) He didn't build a weapon, as far as I can tell. He build a MODEL of one. Big difference. If he built an all plastic, working, lethal hand gun that could be assembled and disassembled from easily obtainable parts, you'd have a point. Something (...) (23 years ago, 27-Nov-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| | | | | | | Re: Using Lego to build weapons? (was Re: The Lego Beretta just won't die) —Jennifer L. Boger
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| | | | | | (...) heh, i have it bookmarked for just the same reason. :) Along with Dave Eaton's little piano, go figure :) (23 years ago, 27-Nov-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| | | | | Re: Using Lego to build weapons? (was Re: The Lego Beretta just won't die) —David Eaton
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| | | | | (...) Isn't the idea of non-violent toys that we don't encourage the IDEA of violence? I mean, isn't an A-Bomb a historical weapon? Is that ok for a toy? How about a medieval torture chamber? At what point in history or fiction does a weapon (...) (23 years ago, 27-Nov-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| | | | | Re: Using Lego to build weapons? (was Re: The Lego Beretta just won't die) —Kenneth Wright
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| | | | (...) My post is directed at the reply: (...) By this comment is it safe to say that you feel historical weapons and any death they caused are acceptable, but any in our "current time" are not? Weapons are an unavoidable part of our history and our (...) (23 years ago, 28-Nov-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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