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Firing Canon?
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lugnet.pirates
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Thu, 24 Oct 2002 23:34:30 GMT
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Has LEGO ever given an explanation for the United States not having firing
canon after the original 4 pirate sets release in 1989? If so, could
someone direct me to it. I have been wondering about this issue since 1990.
Susan Williams almost recieved a letter with 20 odd non firing canon
enclosed :) In reality I fared well. My Eldorado Fortress and Caribbean
Clipper each had two firing canon. My younger brother's face dropped and he
was in a poor mood for a week when he found that his first canon had a black
pin which pulled back only a sixteenth of an inch! Any information would be
appreciated.
Ben
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Message has 3 Replies:
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| (...) I think it was due to the "danger" of having it fire projectiles....errr lego pieces. :) I think they were afraid of lawsuits in USA, so they decided to come up with "safe" cannons here in North America. I love the shooting cannons, myself, (...) (22 years ago, 25-Oct-02, to lugnet.pirates)
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| (...) The story as I heard it was that Lego decided to stop selling the firing cannons because of the danger of the projectiles to children. It makes sense as the laws on that type of thing seem to be stricter here in the US. I'd be willing to trade (...) (22 years ago, 25-Oct-02, to lugnet.pirates)
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| You can make your US cannon firing. All you need is a older spring loaded ball point pin. Cut the spring in half, unwind the spring a little (to fit loosely around the plunger shaft) and remove the plastic disc that has been substituted for the (...) (22 years ago, 26-Oct-02, to lugnet.pirates)
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