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Re: Future Wild West Possibilities
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lugnet.western
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Tue, 21 Mar 2000 22:42:23 GMT
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In lugnet.western, Jonathan Little wrote:
> I'm confused. There's all this talk about how Lego won't do a Civil war
> theme, because it's American and Lego is European. The thing is, the whole
> western theme is American, in the first place. The whole cowboys and indians
> (or Native AMERICANS) thing is from US history. The blue-clad soldiers are
> wearing uniforms of the US army, circa late 19th century. If Lego never does
> a Civil war theme, I don't see how it would have anything to do with the
> fact that Lego is a European company.
It's because the "Wild West" is a genre of interest in Europe, possibly
more than it is here. Very much from the mythological "Cowboys 'n'
Injuns" POV, rather than real history. The US Civil War isn't of
particular interest to Europeans (especially European *kids*).
So, if we ever get a Civil War theme, I would expect it to be developed
in Enfield, not Billund.
Steve
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| (...) Ok, I just think I have to agree with Jonathan on this one. I think that there is interest for the american civil war in europe. I will make my Playmobil reference again. They are a European company and they have civil war sets. See for your (...) (25 years ago, 21-Mar-00, to lugnet.western)
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| | Re: Future Wild West Possibilities
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| (...) I'm confused. There's all this talk about how Lego won't do a Civil war theme, because it's American and Lego is European. The thing is, the whole western theme is American, in the first place. The whole cowboys and indians (or Native (...) (25 years ago, 21-Mar-00, to lugnet.western, lugnet.starwars)
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