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| | | Author: | Trevor  | | Posted: | May 29, 2022 01:26 | | Subject: | Time to remove realistic guns from Studio? | | Viewed: | 309 times | | Topic: | My Own Creation | |
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| While non-functional, plastic brick guns are better than real ones, I just wonder
whether it might be time to drop that MOC theme? I think LEGO Group, having acquired
Bricklink, needs to also reflect on its corporate values before allowing them
to be posted. For a non-American user, I must admit MOCs referring to modern
hand-held weaponry (as opposed to historical, fantasy or science-fiction types)
are always slightly disturbing, though I harbour no ill-will to their creators
who often demonstrate high technical abilities.
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| | | | | Author: | TheCuteGiraffe | | Posted: | May 29, 2022 01:43 | | Subject: | Re: Time to remove realistic guns from Studio? | | Viewed: | 95 times | | Topic: | My Own Creation | |
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| | Sometimes seeing MOC guns here is a bit off putting. |
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| | | | | Author: | leahcimx | | Posted: | May 29, 2022 03:40 | | Subject: | Re: Time to remove realistic guns from Studio? | | Viewed: | 85 times | | Topic: | My Own Creation | |
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| In My Own Creation, Trevor writes:
| | While non-functional, plastic brick guns are better than real ones, I just wonder
whether it might be time to drop that MOC theme? I think LEGO Group, having acquired
Bricklink, needs to also reflect on its corporate values before allowing them
to be posted. For a non-American user, I must admit MOCs referring to modern
hand-held weaponry (as opposed to historical, fantasy or science-fiction types)
are always slightly disturbing, though I harbour no ill-will to their creators
who often demonstrate high technical abilities.
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No.
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| | | | | Author: | yorbrick | | Posted: | May 29, 2022 04:20 | | Subject: | Re: Time to remove realistic guns from Studio? | | Viewed: | 88 times | | Topic: | My Own Creation | |
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| In My Own Creation, Trevor writes:
| | While non-functional, plastic brick guns are better than real ones, I just wonder
whether it might be time to drop that MOC theme? I think LEGO Group, having acquired
Bricklink, needs to also reflect on its corporate values before allowing them
to be posted. For a non-American user, I must admit MOCs referring to modern
hand-held weaponry (as opposed to historical, fantasy or science-fiction types)
are always slightly disturbing, though I harbour no ill-will to their creators
who often demonstrate high technical abilities.
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I don't think LEGO values hold on bricklink or studio. MILITARY is the second
named subject category in the top menu list, after VEHICLES.
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| | | | | Author: | crxefx | | Posted: | May 29, 2022 04:55 | | Subject: | Re: Time to remove realistic guns from Studio? | | Viewed: | 101 times | | Topic: | My Own Creation | |
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| In the US hundreds of people meet their untimely fate everyday due to
vehicles. Are you also suggesting that they stop modeling cars and trucks? You
mention historical weapons, I can't even imagine the carnage that was dealt
throughout history by swords, axes, stones, etc.. Thinking about castle sets
here... If we don't learn from our history we are bound to repeat it. I feel
that banning or hiding things do the human race no good.
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| | | | | | | Author: | tons_of_bricks | | Posted: | May 29, 2022 06:07 | | Subject: | Re: Time to remove realistic guns from Studio? | | Viewed: | 105 times | | Topic: | My Own Creation | |
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| In My Own Creation, crxefx writes:
| | In the US hundreds of people meet their untimely fate everyday due to
vehicles. Are you also suggesting that they stop modeling cars and trucks? You
mention historical weapons, I can't even imagine the carnage that was dealt
throughout history by swords, axes, stones, etc.. Thinking about castle sets
here... If we don't learn from our history we are bound to repeat it. I feel
that banning or hiding things do the human race no good.
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+10
it's only the bad uses of guns that get mentioned; who knows how many times
guns have been used for good and to save innocent lives that goes unnoticed.
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| | | | | | | Author: | antant7 | | Posted: | May 29, 2022 07:18 | | Subject: | Re: Time to remove realistic guns from Studio? | | Viewed: | 92 times | | Topic: | My Own Creation | |
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| In My Own Creation, crxefx writes:
| | In the US hundreds of people meet their untimely fate everyday due to
vehicles. Are you also suggesting that they stop modeling cars and trucks? You
mention historical weapons, I can't even imagine the carnage that was dealt
throughout history by swords, axes, stones, etc.. Thinking about castle sets
here... If we don't learn from our history we are bound to repeat it. I feel
that banning or hiding things do the human race no good.
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In my opinion there is nothing wrong with responsible gun ownership, just like
there is nothing wrong with responsible drivers. Look at Switzerland for example.
1 gun per 4 people compared to 1.2 per person in the US but they seem to be a
lot more responsible with them.
No matter what you do, there will always be some nutjob that decides to run their
car through a crowd and then there are accidents. You have to admit that if we
all rode bicycles instead of driving cars, the death toll on the roads would
be a lot lower. Unfortunately, we can't do without cars...
Gun control is something for the voters and their elected representatives to
decide. I am however fundamentally opposed to toy guns. They make kids accustomed
to them and don't teach them anything about the effects of their use. I don't
have kids but if I did, I would never buy them toy guns but if they asked, I
would buy them a slingshot/catapult in a heartbeat.
They would quickly learn that being in control of a projectile is a great responsibility.
You can break a window, hurt your friends, siblings, parents and pets and you
can break your other toys with it. Before you know it, they would have nothing
to aim it at, other than empty cans. At that point I would be more comfortable
with them handling guns in the right setting as well.
Even though it's ultimately down to the parents, because of all that and
because LEGO is above all a toy, I would argue that gun MOCs should at least
be in an adult section.
How far fetched is a headline like "Child holding gun made of LEGO shot by police"
in the current climate?
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| | | | | Author: | legoman77 | | Posted: | May 29, 2022 11:36 | | Subject: | Re: Time to remove realistic guns from Studio? | | Viewed: | 86 times | | Topic: | My Own Creation | |
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| In My Own Creation, Trevor writes:
| | While non-functional, plastic brick guns are better than real ones, I just wonder
whether it might be time to drop that MOC theme? I think LEGO Group, having acquired
Bricklink, needs to also reflect on its corporate values before allowing them
to be posted. For a non-American user, I must admit MOCs referring to modern
hand-held weaponry (as opposed to historical, fantasy or science-fiction types)
are always slightly disturbing, though I harbour no ill-will to their creators
who often demonstrate high technical abilities.
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I first started collecting when there were no guns in any Lego set. Prior to
that Lego did produce a cigarette lighter. More people are killed from smoking
than guns in the US. And more Lego bricks smell like old cigarettes than gun
powder.
An insane idea is to stop parts look like guns. Guns are a part of our society
worldwide. Let us see what else we can remove. Video games: guns, tanks, blood
and wasted time. A lot of unproductive time. Moose heads and other animals
killed on walls - the animals were not killed by pea shooters (remove them also
from society.) Meat - while not killed by guns, bashing brains out of innocent
animals. TV and movies: cannot say the f word on TV but people can be killed
buy the dozens on the small screen. Whole cities can be wiped out in the movies
by bombs, invasion, insurrections, and zombies. Do away with police shows, too
many criminals get killed by guns. Cigarette lighters and matches. No submissions
on YouTube that shows how to clean and use weapons should be allowed.
Do we get rid of knives from Lego, classic space sets where the tools included
can be used as weapons? No cars and trucks and airplanes in sets because they
kill a lot of people each year. No spears, cannons, and I guess that would make
shields useless, so take them out.
So lets not over react, leave things the way they are. A gun in a set is nowhere
as dangerous as video games to mental health. Instead of worrying about Lego,
worry about the 30 or more people killed in Chicago every weekend.
John P
(over reaction to the OP I admit)
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| | | | | | | Author: | macebobo | | Posted: | May 29, 2022 12:38 | | Subject: | Re: Time to remove realistic guns from Studio? | | Viewed: | 76 times | | Topic: | My Own Creation | |
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| In My Own Creation, legoman77 writes:
| | In My Own Creation, Trevor writes:
| | While non-functional, plastic brick guns are better than real ones, I just wonder
whether it might be time to drop that MOC theme? I think LEGO Group, having acquired
Bricklink, needs to also reflect on its corporate values before allowing them
to be posted. For a non-American user, I must admit MOCs referring to modern
hand-held weaponry (as opposed to historical, fantasy or science-fiction types)
are always slightly disturbing, though I harbour no ill-will to their creators
who often demonstrate high technical abilities.
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I first started collecting when there were no guns in any Lego set. Prior to
that Lego did produce a cigarette lighter. More people are killed from smoking
than guns in the US. And more Lego bricks smell like old cigarettes than gun
powder.
An insane idea is to stop parts look like guns. Guns are a part of our society
worldwide. Let us see what else we can remove. Video games: guns, tanks, blood
and wasted time. A lot of unproductive time. Moose heads and other animals
killed on walls - the animals were not killed by pea shooters (remove them also
from society.) Meat - while not killed by guns, bashing brains out of innocent
animals. TV and movies: cannot say the f word on TV but people can be killed
buy the dozens on the small screen. Whole cities can be wiped out in the movies
by bombs, invasion, insurrections, and zombies. Do away with police shows, too
many criminals get killed by guns. Cigarette lighters and matches. No submissions
on YouTube that shows how to clean and use weapons should be allowed.
Do we get rid of knives from Lego, classic space sets where the tools included
can be used as weapons? No cars and trucks and airplanes in sets because they
kill a lot of people each year. No spears, cannons, and I guess that would make
shields useless, so take them out.
So lets not over react, leave things the way they are. A gun in a set is nowhere
as dangerous as video games to mental health. Instead of worrying about Lego,
worry about the 30 or more people killed in Chicago every weekend.
John P
(over reaction to the OP I admit)
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Not an overreaction John, spot on actually!
It is a toy people, lets try to remember that.
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| | | | | | | | | Author: | legoman77 | | Posted: | May 29, 2022 13:36 | | Subject: | Re: Time to remove realistic guns from Studio? | | Viewed: | 83 times | | Topic: | My Own Creation | |
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| In My Own Creation, macebobo writes:
| | In My Own Creation, legoman77 writes:
| | In My Own Creation, Trevor writes:
| | While non-functional, plastic brick guns are better than real ones, I just wonder
whether it might be time to drop that MOC theme? I think LEGO Group, having acquired
Bricklink, needs to also reflect on its corporate values before allowing them
to be posted. For a non-American user, I must admit MOCs referring to modern
hand-held weaponry (as opposed to historical, fantasy or science-fiction types)
are always slightly disturbing, though I harbour no ill-will to their creators
who often demonstrate high technical abilities.
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I first started collecting when there were no guns in any Lego set. Prior to
that Lego did produce a cigarette lighter. More people are killed from smoking
than guns in the US. And more Lego bricks smell like old cigarettes than gun
powder.
An insane idea is to stop parts look like guns. Guns are a part of our society
worldwide. Let us see what else we can remove. Video games: guns, tanks, blood
and wasted time. A lot of unproductive time. Moose heads and other animals
killed on walls - the animals were not killed by pea shooters (remove them also
from society.) Meat - while not killed by guns, bashing brains out of innocent
animals. TV and movies: cannot say the f word on TV but people can be killed
buy the dozens on the small screen. Whole cities can be wiped out in the movies
by bombs, invasion, insurrections, and zombies. Do away with police shows, too
many criminals get killed by guns. Cigarette lighters and matches. No submissions
on YouTube that shows how to clean and use weapons should be allowed.
Do we get rid of knives from Lego, classic space sets where the tools included
can be used as weapons? No cars and trucks and airplanes in sets because they
kill a lot of people each year. No spears, cannons, and I guess that would make
shields useless, so take them out.
So lets not over react, leave things the way they are. A gun in a set is nowhere
as dangerous as video games to mental health. Instead of worrying about Lego,
worry about the 30 or more people killed in Chicago every weekend.
John P
(over reaction to the OP I admit)
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Not an overreaction John, spot on actually!
It is a toy people, lets try to remember that.
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Not a bad idea. All accept Scala adult women like
John P
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| | | | | | | | | | | Author: | rtzx9r | | Posted: | May 29, 2022 17:09 | | Subject: | Re: Time to remove realistic guns from Studio? | | Viewed: | 69 times | | Topic: | My Own Creation | |
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| In My Own Creation, legoman77 writes:
| | In My Own Creation, macebobo writes:
| | In My Own Creation, legoman77 writes:
| | In My Own Creation, Trevor writes:
| | While non-functional, plastic brick guns are better than real ones, I just wonder
whether it might be time to drop that MOC theme? I think LEGO Group, having acquired
Bricklink, needs to also reflect on its corporate values before allowing them
to be posted. For a non-American user, I must admit MOCs referring to modern
hand-held weaponry (as opposed to historical, fantasy or science-fiction types)
are always slightly disturbing, though I harbour no ill-will to their creators
who often demonstrate high technical abilities.
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I first started collecting when there were no guns in any Lego set. Prior to
that Lego did produce a cigarette lighter. More people are killed from smoking
than guns in the US. And more Lego bricks smell like old cigarettes than gun
powder.
An insane idea is to stop parts look like guns. Guns are a part of our society
worldwide. Let us see what else we can remove. Video games: guns, tanks, blood
and wasted time. A lot of unproductive time. Moose heads and other animals
killed on walls - the animals were not killed by pea shooters (remove them also
from society.) Meat - while not killed by guns, bashing brains out of innocent
animals. TV and movies: cannot say the f word on TV but people can be killed
buy the dozens on the small screen. Whole cities can be wiped out in the movies
by bombs, invasion, insurrections, and zombies. Do away with police shows, too
many criminals get killed by guns. Cigarette lighters and matches. No submissions
on YouTube that shows how to clean and use weapons should be allowed.
Do we get rid of knives from Lego, classic space sets where the tools included
can be used as weapons? No cars and trucks and airplanes in sets because they
kill a lot of people each year. No spears, cannons, and I guess that would make
shields useless, so take them out.
So lets not over react, leave things the way they are. A gun in a set is nowhere
as dangerous as video games to mental health. Instead of worrying about Lego,
worry about the 30 or more people killed in Chicago every weekend.
John P
(over reaction to the OP I admit)
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Not an overreaction John, spot on actually!
It is a toy people, lets try to remember that.
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Not a bad idea. All accept Scala adult women like
John P
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Please don’t ban naked barbies.
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| | | | | Author: | legomalego | | Posted: | May 29, 2022 11:48 | | Subject: | Re: Time to remove realistic guns from Studio? | | Viewed: | 81 times | | Topic: | My Own Creation | |
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| If we are going to ban things that kill people we should start with people.
Maybe we should start the discussion of removing all minifigs, at least all of
the ones with hands.
Then we can move on to guns, vehicles, shovels, hippos and stupidity.
In My Own Creation, Trevor writes:
| | While non-functional, plastic brick guns are better than real ones, I just wonder
whether it might be time to drop that MOC theme? I think LEGO Group, having acquired
Bricklink, needs to also reflect on its corporate values before allowing them
to be posted. For a non-American user, I must admit MOCs referring to modern
hand-held weaponry (as opposed to historical, fantasy or science-fiction types)
are always slightly disturbing, though I harbour no ill-will to their creators
who often demonstrate high technical abilities.
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| | | | | Author: | amvdamian | | Posted: | May 29, 2022 18:28 | | Subject: | Re: Time to remove realistic guns from Studio? | | Viewed: | 90 times | | Topic: | My Own Creation | |
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| In My Own Creation, Trevor writes:
| | While non-functional, plastic brick guns are better than real ones, I just wonder
whether it might be time to drop that MOC theme? I think LEGO Group, having acquired
Bricklink, needs to also reflect on its corporate values before allowing them
to be posted. For a non-American user, I must admit MOCs referring to modern
hand-held weaponry (as opposed to historical, fantasy or science-fiction types)
are always slightly disturbing, though I harbour no ill-will to their creators
who often demonstrate high technical abilities.
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Ban Star Wars first. And Marvel. And DC. From Lego.
Replace all guns in existing sets with flowers. And carrots.
How about that?
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| | | | | | | Author: | tEoS | | Posted: | May 30, 2022 12:34 | | Subject: | Re: Time to remove realistic guns from Studio? | | Viewed: | 57 times | | Topic: | My Own Creation | |
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| No, bananas.
| | Ban Star Wars first. And Marvel. And DC. From Lego.
Replace all guns in existing sets with flowers. And carrots.
How about that?
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| | | | | | | Author: | yorbrick | | Posted: | May 30, 2022 12:42 | | Subject: | Re: Time to remove realistic guns from Studio? | | Viewed: | 63 times | | Topic: | My Own Creation | |
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| | | Ban Star Wars first. And Marvel. And DC. From Lego.
Replace all guns in existing sets with flowers. And carrots.
How about that?
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The carrot doubles up as a weapon.
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| | | | | Author: | Nubs_Select | | Posted: | May 30, 2022 00:29 | | Subject: | Re: Time to remove realistic guns from Studio? | | Viewed: | 90 times | | Topic: | My Own Creation | |
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| The use of guns in LEGO sets/Mocs (and other things) geared towards adults should
never be discouraged but rather encouraged.
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| | | | | | | Author: | WoutR | | Posted: | May 30, 2022 07:34 | | Subject: | Re: Time to remove realistic guns from Studio? | | Viewed: | 61 times | | Topic: | My Own Creation | |
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| In My Own Creation, Nubs_Select writes:
| | The use of guns in LEGO sets/Mocs (and other things) geared towards adults should
never be discouraged but rather encouraged.
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Why encouraged?
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| | | | | | | | | Author: | Nubs_Select | | Posted: | May 30, 2022 11:32 | | Subject: | Re: Time to remove realistic guns from Studio? | | Viewed: | 57 times | | Topic: | My Own Creation | |
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| So they aren’t made taboo and if they were encouraged more in sets/Mocs more
people will probably buy them 
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| | | | | | | | | | | Author: | yorbrick | | Posted: | May 30, 2022 11:41 | | Subject: | Re: Time to remove realistic guns from Studio? | | Viewed: | 63 times | | Topic: | My Own Creation | |
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| In My Own Creation, Nubs_Select writes:
| | So they aren’t made taboo and if they were encouraged more in sets/Mocs more
people will probably buy them
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They would be taboo here. If LEGO started making realistic looking real world
size hand guns as official sets, they would probably lose sales of regular sets
too. I imagine the number of people (here) that would refuse to buy any LEGO
at all in protest would be larger than the number of new people they attract
by making realistic looking weapons.
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| | | | | | | | | | | | | Author: | Nubs_Select | | Posted: | May 30, 2022 11:54 | | Subject: | Re: Time to remove realistic guns from Studio? | | Viewed: | 61 times | | Topic: | My Own Creation | |
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| True but if used in themes like what they did with Indiana Jones (I think there
sales were good based off how often I sell Indiana Jones minifigures but I don’t
have any data points for the sets) and what they do with Star Wars it seams to
help sales but I don’t think they’ll be releasing and modern military sets anytime
since it would probably hurt sales more than it would help but you never know
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| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Author: | yorbrick | | Posted: | May 30, 2022 12:40 | | Subject: | Re: Time to remove realistic guns from Studio? | | Viewed: | 56 times | | Topic: | My Own Creation | |
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| In My Own Creation, Nubs_Select writes:
| | True but if used in themes like what they did with Indiana Jones (I think there
sales were good based off how often I sell Indiana Jones minifigures but I don’t
have any data points for the sets) and what they do with Star Wars it seams to
help sales but I don’t think they’ll be releasing and modern military sets anytime
since it would probably hurt sales more than it would help but you never know
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By realistic I mean real sized. I'm fairly ambivalent when it comes to minifigure
guns. A modern detailed 1cm gun is no different to a 1cm futuristic blaster or
17th century musket. None can be mistaken for a real gun.
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| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Author: | Nubs_Select | | Posted: | May 30, 2022 13:53 | | Subject: | Re: Time to remove realistic guns from Studio? | | Viewed: | 69 times | | Topic: | My Own Creation | |
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| | | By realistic I mean real sized.
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That makes more sense I badly misread what you wrote. my bad.
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| | | | | | | Author: | yorbrick | | Posted: | May 30, 2022 08:38 | | Subject: | Re: Time to remove realistic guns from Studio? | | Viewed: | 67 times | | Topic: | My Own Creation | |
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| In My Own Creation, Nubs_Select writes:
| | The use of guns in LEGO sets/Mocs (and other things) geared towards adults should
never be discouraged but rather encouraged.
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There are different depictions of guns when it comes to toys. When it is obviously
a toy, brightly coloured or over-emphasized comical features I don't mind
them so much. I also don't mind semi-realistic looking but minifigure sized
weapons. When it comes to life-sized models of realistic guns, I think thee is
a difference.
Personally, I'm not keen on detailed life-sized detailed models of modern
weapons made from toy parts such as LEGO, or just molded out of plastic as replica
guns. I'm not really sure what the point of them is, other than glorifying
guns. Even though in reality, they are not really any different to LEGO models
of a typewriter or a camera. They are just a LEGO model of an object. But then
I live in a society where guns are not worshiped or carried around every day.
I rarely see a (real) gun. Occasionally I see them carried by police in airports
and travel centres, but never by a civilian. Anyone carrying one of these detailed
replicas around should be treated as if they were carrying a real gun. If they
aim it at someone and are shot dead by law enforcement, then it is on them. It
might be just a toy but if it is not obviously a toy, then has to be treated
as real.
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| | | | | | | | | Author: | Nubs_Select | | Posted: | May 30, 2022 11:49 | | Subject: | Re: Time to remove realistic guns from Studio? | | Viewed: | 54 times | | Topic: | My Own Creation | |
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| | | There are different depictions of guns when it comes to toys. When it is obviously
a toy, brightly coloured or over-emphasized comical features I don't mind
them so much. I also don't mind semi-realistic looking but minifigure sized
weapons. When it comes to life-sized models of realistic guns, I think thee is
a difference.
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I agree completely things like air soft and BB guns and to easily mistaken for
real guns and it’s a big problem just a couple hours away from my house a kid
was just killed by police while carrying a toy gun near a school. (albeit motives
are still unknown so it might have been intentional that he brought it close
to a school)
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Personally, I'm not keen on detailed life-sized detailed models of modern
weapons made from toy parts such as LEGO, or just molded out of plastic as replica
guns. I'm not really sure what the point of them is, other than glorifying
guns. Even though in reality, they are not really any different to LEGO models
of a typewriter or a camera. They are just a LEGO model of an object. But then
I live in a society where guns are not worshiped or carried around every day.
I rarely see a (real) gun. Occasionally I see them carried by police in airports
and travel centres, but never by a civilian. Anyone carrying one of these detailed
replicas around should be treated as if they were carrying a real gun. If they
aim it at someone and are shot dead by law enforcement, then it is on them. It
might be just a toy but if it is not obviously a toy, then has to be treated
as real.
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Yup but if it’s a LEGO built replica it’s probably for display so it wouldn’t
be carried around much (if it was moved it would probably fall apart instantly
) yah I also rarely do a citizen with a gun (if ever) but it dosnt seam to
make a big difference since in Canada a higher percent of our population are
more chill and just don’t ever go do stupid things with the ones we have compared
to certain other countries. Instead we have more problems with kids and fake
guns but I agree if you walk around in public with a fake (realistic) gun it
should be treated as if you actually have a real gun since (realistic life sized)
guns shouldn’t be treated as toys since they aren’t toys and should be treated
with respect
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| | | | | Author: | Sadler_Bricks | | Posted: | May 30, 2022 03:04 | | Subject: | Re: Time to remove realistic guns from Studio? | | Viewed: | 89 times | | Topic: | My Own Creation | |
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| I think people are on the fence here and not sure how thoae values transfer from
the lego group to bricklink. Things tend to get lost inbetween the lines and
numbers along the way.
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| | | | | Author: | Adjour | | Posted: | May 30, 2022 16:34 | | Subject: | Re: Time to remove realistic guns from Studio? | | Viewed: | 103 times | | Topic: | My Own Creation | |
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| In My Own Creation, Trevor writes:
| | While non-functional, plastic brick guns are better than real ones, I just wonder
whether it might be time to drop that MOC theme? I think LEGO Group, having acquired
Bricklink, needs to also reflect on its corporate values before allowing them
to be posted. For a non-American user, I must admit MOCs referring to modern
hand-held weaponry (as opposed to historical, fantasy or science-fiction types)
are always slightly disturbing, though I harbour no ill-will to their creators
who often demonstrate high technical abilities.
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At the risk of sounding too "American", no thank you.
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| | | | | Author: | cycbuild | | Posted: | May 31, 2022 20:06 | | Subject: | Re: Time to remove realistic guns from Studio? | | Viewed: | 85 times | | Topic: | My Own Creation | |
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| In My Own Creation, Trevor writes:
| | While non-functional, plastic brick guns are better than real ones, I just wonder
whether it might be time to drop that MOC theme? I think LEGO Group, having acquired
Bricklink, needs to also reflect on its corporate values before allowing them
to be posted. For a non-American user, I must admit MOCs referring to modern
hand-held weaponry (as opposed to historical, fantasy or science-fiction types)
are always slightly disturbing, though I harbour no ill-will to their creators
who often demonstrate high technical abilities.
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I respect historical and military gun appreciation, as well as sport (which I
would argue is appreciation for technical ability). Clay disk shooting for example,
runs parallel to fencing and archery. When I was a teen, I was invited by a family
friend to a shotgun tournament for youths. It was easily the biggest confidence
booster of my entire life. And the same could be said for a high school friend
who was good at nothing until he discovered fencing and earned his scholarship.
There are huge positives, and I hope hobbies can stay delineated from agendas
and crime waves.
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Canada, British Columbia
Australia, Victoria
USA, Maryland
United Kingdom, England
France, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur
Netherlands, Utrecht
