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Re: Future Wild West Possibilities
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lugnet.western
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Thu, 30 Dec 1999 20:37:08 GMT
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In lugnet.western, Jonathan Little writes:
> As far as the *need* for slaves in a American Civil War theme, I don't see
> where there is a need for any. Many historians will tell you that the
> slavery issue was a very minor point in the entire affair and was only
> brought up by Lincoln as a reason to explain the war. I think anybody could
> do a very nice job creating an American Civil War theme and leaving the
> slaves out.
Well, I've never learned of the causes/effects of the U.S. Civil war, so I
can't disagree. If the slaves were indeed just an excuse, then certainly TLC
could drop them. If they wanted to, that is. (1)
> Secondly: As far as the regionalized themes (i.e. an American Civil War them
> that wouldn't sell anywhere else), it wouldn't be the first time that TLC
> has released sets to only one country or region. That aside, however, I'd
> love to have historical sets for any country. Bring on sets for the French
> Revolution!
Oooh! Guillotines and all the reign of terror. Cool! (This doesn't fit in
Western, though...)
I'd like the Israeli Six-day war, with three sub-themes, one for each front:
The Sinai desert, The Golan heights, and Jerusalem... We could have
parachutists, Fighters, the Wailing wall...
(I can dream on, though. TLC barely *brings* sets in Israel, let alone make
them *only* for Israel...)
> Someone also mentioned the two World Wars as the only feasible options for
> historical war type sets. Even with the World Wars, TLC would run into
> problems with regionalization. The different countries had different reasons
> for being in each of those wars. I know, the United States was in WWII as
> aid to the Allied Forces, but they were also focused on attacking Japan.
> Every country has that side.
Yeah, I didn't think of that when I suggested the WWs.
-Shiri
(1) Funny - were debating over what to put in a theme that TLC will prolly
never create... :-)
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| As far as the *need* for slaves in a American Civil War theme, I don't see where there is a need for any. Many historians will tell you that the slavery issue was a very minor point in the entire affair and was only brought up by Lincoln as a reason (...) (27 years ago, 30-Dec-99, to lugnet.western)
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