Finkeren Posted February 23, 2017 Posted February 23, 2017 LEGOs and Eastern Front carnage. What's not to like? 4
Danziger Posted February 23, 2017 Posted February 23, 2017 Man if there is any way to get your kids to love war this is it! 1
Feathered_IV Posted February 24, 2017 Posted February 24, 2017 Love it! All future wars should be fought with Lego.
unreasonable Posted February 24, 2017 Posted February 24, 2017 This is not Lego. Lego is simple geometrically regular blocks of various shapes and sizes that people can use - with their own imaginations - to construct whatever they like. Then reuse to build something completely different. Similar to Mechano. With which my brother and I built a giant spider and hung it from the ceiling of my arachnophobic pubescent sister's bedroom so that it would be silhouetted when she turned on the light. Oh, how she screamed. (This was a long time ago ) What this is, is little models of tanks dressed up in a vaguely Lego-ish art style. Just another corporate extortion scheme.
Finkeren Posted February 24, 2017 Author Posted February 24, 2017 Well, you're both right and wrong Unreasonable. LEGO is a trademark brand that encompasses several lines of different designs, many of which make use of uniquely shaped parts, but which are all compatible with one another across the board (all the knobs fit into all the holes - feel free to make all the jokes you like) - except for the Duplo line, where everything is scaled up to double size and intended for smaller children. However, most of what we see in the video is not LEGO, in that it's counterfeit Chinese knock-offs using the same overall system. LEGO has a policy of not modeling anything related to modern warfare or recent (19th - 21st century) conflicts. Originally they were opposed to create any weapon models at all, but they have since abandoned that position and make weapons for their medieval, pirate and Star Wars product lines (which ironically means that there's a dressed-up MG42 available as LEGO for the SW stormtroopers) as well as a few pistols for the police City line (in the LEGO universe, criminals don't have guns)
unreasonable Posted February 24, 2017 Posted February 24, 2017 Oh no, caught out and exposed for not knowing what I am talking about - yet again! Do not get me wrong - I am actually a huge fan of these free-form toys that facilitate creativity, I loved my Lego - and Mechano obviously, just as I still enjoy PC games that are can be modded and used to construct new imaginary worlds. I hope they - the original firm - can hold out against the knock-offs made by little slave children. I am a bit puzzled, however, about your saying the "Duplo line, where everything is scaled up to double size and intended for smaller children." I would have thought that smaller children needed smaller knobs and holes, not ones twice as big, but I admit that being childless, AFAIK, I may be missing the point. You did say "feel free to make all the jokes you like".
Dakpilot Posted February 24, 2017 Posted February 24, 2017 (edited) Oh no, caught out and exposed for not knowing what I am talking about - yet again! Do not get me wrong - I am actually a huge fan of these free-form toys that facilitate creativity, I loved my Lego - and Mechano obviously, just as I still enjoy PC games that are can be modded and used to construct new imaginary worlds. I hope they - the original firm - can hold out against the knock-offs made by little slave children. I am a bit puzzled, however, about your saying the "Duplo line, where everything is scaled up to double size and intended for smaller children." I would have thought that smaller children needed smaller knobs and holes, not ones twice as big, but I admit that being childless, AFAIK, I may be missing the point. You did say "feel free to make all the jokes you like". Duplo line has big pieces so hard to swallow for small ones, and can be considered a different product line What you and I remember as Lego has changed a lot..I was amazed ( and somehow sadly shocked) at what my Nephews had a few years ago Cheers Dakpilot Edited February 24, 2017 by Dakpilot
unreasonable Posted February 24, 2017 Posted February 24, 2017 That certainly is different: and sad. All the creativity done by the company. But then again, I expect - or certainly hope - that the little blighters will come up with some way to subvert the toy and use it in a new way. As an aside, I recall being in the toy section of a big US department store (Saks?) where the young adult couples were all browsing for educational toys and especially in the cute cuddly toy section. Not a child to be seen. Over in the glitzy robot section you could hardly move without stepping on some excited kid.
Dakpilot Posted February 24, 2017 Posted February 24, 2017 Actually all of the modern stuff is still completely compatible with the older types,which are still the core, and can be combined, so creativity is not dead just modernized. Cheers Dakpilot
Finkeren Posted February 24, 2017 Author Posted February 24, 2017 i prefer mechano to lego, i bought my last time machine mechano model just 4 years ago If it's a time machine, does it matter. when you bought it? 2
WWChunk Posted February 24, 2017 Posted February 24, 2017 Well, you're both right and wrong Unreasonable. LEGO is a trademark brand that encompasses several lines of different designs, many of which make use of uniquely shaped parts, but which are all compatible with one another across the board (all the knobs fit into all the holes - feel free to make all the jokes you like) - except for the Duplo line, where everything is scaled up to double size and intended for smaller children. However, most of what we see in the video is not LEGO, in that it's counterfeit Chinese knock-offs using the same overall system. LEGO has a policy of not modeling anything related to modern warfare or recent (19th - 21st century) conflicts. Originally they were opposed to create any weapon models at all, but they have since abandoned that position and make weapons for their medieval, pirate and Star Wars product lines (which ironically means that there's a dressed-up MG42 available as LEGO for the SW stormtroopers) as well as a few pistols for the police City line (in the LEGO universe, criminals don't have guns) Uh, I have this hanging in my office... https://shop.lego.com/en-US/Sopwith-Camel-10226 That being said, if you want LEGO fighting machines, you'll have to go with either Chinese or Korean knock-offs. I also have a killer-looking Tiger from a Korean manufacturer.
Finkeren Posted February 24, 2017 Author Posted February 24, 2017 Uh, I have this hanging in my office... https://shop.lego.com/en-US/Sopwith-Camel-10226 Wow! I wasn't aware of that. That's pretty awesome Not a LEGO collector myself, but I know a couple of people who are.
unreasonable Posted February 25, 2017 Posted February 25, 2017 Uh, I have this hanging in my office... https://shop.lego.com/en-US/Sopwith-Camel-10226 That being said, if you want LEGO fighting machines, you'll have to go with either Chinese or Korean knock-offs. I also have a killer-looking Tiger from a Korean manufacturer. That is the Camel the team used as a basis for their last RoF FM revision.....
WWChunk Posted February 27, 2017 Posted February 27, 2017 That is the Camel the team used as a basis for their last RoF FM revision..... LOL!!!
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