Siegfried

Happy Birthday! Have fun!

Do you mean this one by WetWired?

Dunno. Kids can see things in surprising ways. My boy was playing LEGO Star Wars and at the end where Darth is lifted into the shuttle by the ramp he said with relief; "He's safe now". Kids can see bad where there is good, and good where there's bad as they have less experience to tell them the norms. TLG play test everything so they would have a better idea of how kids see their products than I do. All I know is what I find offensive, and I just find this perplexing and funny. (It's a great set too!) My first disapointment was varied mini-fig faces. Times change as I love them now. As for Godtfred Kirk Christiansen, he was a shrewd (to put it nicely) businessman, so I personally think he would be proud of TLG in every way. It's OK. It's just confusing to other readers.

It could be life support...

Thanks for telling and for the easy links! I love these...

Truly a beautiful set! I do have an affection for container vessels so while I can't justify buying one of those, I might have to build something similar from parts. Thanks for the review!

I do, and I've been looking for them too! I thought you were here to post some...

Yes! That was it... Thanks!

Someone from LEGO (the CEO?) did recently say in an interview (which I can't find) that they avoided making Batman sets based on The Dark Knight as it was not a kid friendly movie, but that's the closest I've heard of any policy.

I'm very interested in this set. It looks good! The fire truck looks good too.

No. It's... (Please be more careful with your quoting next time; I said only half of that quote...)

Fair point. I don't think we have one. I'll raise this with the staff.

That wasn't what I was saying. I was just saying that for the Humans to be invaders the green-goo-guys need to be natives... or at least been there longer. Me too! I think TLG went a bit far there.... but I still found it funny!

This is surprising. I wonder if Mickey and Minnie return... I also wonder if M&g^ Bl@ks are happy to lose Cars. ...and now there is just one!

Oh my! That is my dream set! Thanks for posting! (How did TLG keep this one a secret! )

I'll move it then. I don't have a DSLR, but my Sony DSC-H50 can do 30 second exposures.

Hmmmm... thanks for the tip! I'll give this a go ASAP. Do you mind if I move this? It seems like more of a general interest topic...

I think it's real TLG like to bring out sets that allow them to do small scale part runs of new or returning parts. This would be a great way to test out the new train magnets, wheels, and maybe even the motors... (I love the look of this set!)

Was it actually said that the green-goo-guys were natives?

I think TLG try to make simple stories and it's up to the kids to flesh them out. Kid targeted products often avoid shades of grey, even though in real life there aren't that many "evil" people; it often just different viewpoints. I don't see this simplification as offensive, I just see it as un-realistic! Howver I find other things offensive that others don't so I can't talk. (Besides, why should it be an alien side-kick; why not vice versa... ) Three of them are licensed; don't be blaming TLG for being sexist as it's the movies! I'm not convinced the green-goo-guys are natives. Well TLG seem to be portraying it all as defensive, but the story seems pretty vague at the moment so you could be right. To be honest I've never put much thought into the "stories". Most are rather lame!

If you want this frontpaged nag me or another staff member.

In most cases, it's just LEGO shops and S@H.

Any chance of a link? eBay probably won't do much though unless lawyers get involved, but they have taken down jewelry fakes in the past. However it's more for trademark issues than the design itself.

Ooops! Nah, couldn't wait! I needed Willie for my (almost finished) Taj Mahal! I bought a discount discount magnagaurd figher too.

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