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inaccurate stories told by LEGO (was:Re: LEGO.COM/mars now running!)
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lugnet.year.2001, lugnet.general
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Wed, 22 Nov 2000 14:10:56 GMT
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Thomas Main <main@appstate.edu> schrieb in im Newsbeitrag: G4FG92.ABu@lugnet.com...
> > http://www.lego.com/mars/
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> I know this is supposed to be fiction, but I think the folks who write this
> should do a little more research before posting stories like this for worldwide
> consumption. The story talks about looking out of a porthole and seeing
> millions of stars and planets...not likely. From what I understand, you would
> see mostly blackness...certainly not millions of stars. The story goes on to
> state that the stars really do twinkle...do they? I thought that was caused by
> our atmosphere. I know the point of these stories is supposed to be to
> generate excitement about a product and it is written for kids, but I wish TLC
> took a little more responsibility with factual information (especially
> since it is seen as a company that produces a pseudo-educational toy)...you can
> write something exciting that is plausible too!
This is exactly what I thought when I read the last issue of the German Lego magazine and the 2000 catalog: LEGO announced a dino
building competition and gave two modelled animals as example, a pteranodon and a dimetrodon, both of which are no dinosaurs at all.
Similarily, there was an Arctic story where the researchers described scorpions and spiders as insects, which they are not.
I also feel that LEGO does not care at all about accurate information and actual facts when they write their stories..... it's not
that difficult to write something that makes sense and corresponds to facts. I don't want to count their grammatical errors, either.
Please, a little bit more diligence, LEGO!
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| (...) so (...) should do a little more research before posting stories like this for worldwide consumption. The story talks about looking out of a porthole and seeing millions of stars and planets...not likely. From what I understand, you would see (...) (24 years ago, 22-Nov-00, to lugnet.year.2001, lugnet.space)
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