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Re: Blue Hopper Car Mania...
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Date: 
Sun, 10 Oct 1999 20:46:14 GMT
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On Sun, 10 Oct 1999, Michael Huffman (<3800E233.F0D7D927@mindspring.com>
) wrote at 19:00:03
> > 
> > Good point. You don't have shooting cannons, do you ;-)
> 
> If I did [1], TLG would take them away from me; being an American
> and all.  I'd just end up shooting an eye out with a round 1x1 [2]
> or something.  :)
> 
> *fumbles around awhile with his cannons* Ouch, my eye!!!  Hey,
> somebody should do something about those shooting cannons; they
> might put someone's eye out someday [3]...
> 
> You know what surprises me, LEGO does sell #8239 Cyber Slam Spider;
> that's got a shooting mechanism on it.  Doesn't make sense does
> it?

Ahh. Consistency is the hobgoblin of small minds. Or something like
that.

Perhaps they're more worried about kids shooting 1x1s up each other's
noses?
> 
> --Mike.
> 
> [1] I do, but I can't admit it publicly or the LEGO police (TLP)
>    will come after me.
> 
> [2] Not only a round 1x1, but a black round 1x1.  My imperials don't
>    like using those namby-pamby pink or yellow round 1x1.  If they
>    did that, they'd probably get some funny name like
>    "Queen's Regiment" or something silly like that.  :)

Ooh. That's fighting talk - I'll get me handbag :-)

Just as a matter of interest: which Paradisa set had a shooting cannon?

Beach Barbecue with Buccaneer?
--
Tony Priestman



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(...) Smells quite fishy to me... I guess I plundered that pun didn't I? Actually, I think it was the League of Whining Little Sisters that made TLG remove the shooting cannons; they were tired of getting shot at. (...) I've got me fall frock, me (...) (27 years ago, 11-Oct-99, to lugnet.loc.uk, lugnet.off-topic.pun, lugnet.pirates)

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  Re: Blue Hopper Car Mania...
 
(...) If I did [1], TLG would take them away from me; being an American and all. I'd just end up shooting an eye out with a round 1x1 [2] or something. :) *fumbles around awhile with his cannons* Ouch, my eye!!! Hey, somebody should do something (...) (27 years ago, 10-Oct-99, to lugnet.loc.uk, lugnet.off-topic.pun)

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