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Re: Interview with LEGO at Toy Fair
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Wed, 14 Feb 2001 14:14:55 GMT
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In lugnet.starwars, Tim Saupé writes:
Part one of my interview with LEGO from this year's Toy Fair is now up at FBTB.

Thanks for the heads-up.  That was very interesting.  I was amused by the answer
to the gun questionProps?  Props?  Correct me if I'm wrong, but doesn't every
Western set box, insructios, and artwork show the figs brandishing guns?  Don't
most of the sets have outlaws hiding their ugly mugs behind bandanas?  I wonder
if it was hard for him to keep a straight face while reciting the company line.

james, who believes that God, being perfectly good, would never create a
universe in which Star Wars doesn't exist.

F.U.T. will NOT be set to debate!



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(...) It amused me as well, because Lucas always described Star Wars as half Samurai movie and half Western. So, in the Ninja sets we get katanas and muskets, in the Wild West sets we get revolvers and rifles, and in the Star Wars sets, we get... (...) (24 years ago, 14-Feb-01, to lugnet.starwars)

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Part one of my interview with LEGO from this year's Toy Fair is now up at FBTB. Tim (URL) (24 years ago, 14-Feb-01, to lugnet.starwars)  

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