Modern Military (1914+) banned from Klickywelt?

[Rasputin]

If there are people that are simply running around with offensive material just for its shock value well that is definitely a different matter and needs to be addressed appropriately. In my opinion all people have the right to value Communism, Socialism, darwinism, religion, etc..... and just because a minority or majority does not agree with their views gives them no social right to censor them . I fell an open honest society is best and the ones who resort to censoring are perhaps slightly scared of the truth. I fell it is the power of the big business that put people like Hitler in the position to do the things he did and now big business is trying to censor these historical events . just a slight coincidence

Sorry for making it seem like i may have accused you of blindness. I was attempting to state what "I" am not doing, not what "you"
 are doing. I will always feel that it is the individuals free right to have their own opinions and views and have the means to express them . It is the later that i think peoples abuse of power is administered on us . I do not like censorship in any form.

with the blood line i do, if any body should dislike the situation it is I . With some figures set at 23 million deaths and countless destruction I still find little offense in what that Government chose to do . IT hapened OK move on already.

[CountBogro]

I agree (partially) with Playmofire - Americans have a different outlook on the world, compared with the Brits. But then again - so do the Dutch differ from both the Brits and Americans. The Germans have a totally different outlook on the world again - compared with the Brits, Americans and Dutch.
Each nation has a different history and therefore a different view of both the world and it's history.

I think therein lies a argument that hasn't been expressed yet. Geobra is more or less a local German company and therefore has a German look on things. I can certainly understand them in thinking that being affiliated with war-scenes from both WW1 and WW2 seems undesirable. If a individual creates such things for his own pleasure, then I don't think there's a problem.
But if it gets shown on the World Wide Web, then I do think there is - I just think they definitely do not want to be associated with those.

Just my own 0.02 worth ...

Bogro

[Martin Milner]

Nuts, I wrote a good long response on this thread, but then the connection crashed and I lost it.

Take it that it was insightful, witty and not the least inflammatory.

[cachalote]

if you look at the 2008 european playmobil catalogue, most of its themes are "peaceful":
- horse-riding holydays;
- farm;
- wild forest;
- veterinary clinic;
- aquatic zoo;
- dinosaur expedition;
- circus;
- airport;
- maritime transport and trains;
- construction work;
- bunnies;
- fairy-world;
- football;
- underwater expedition;
- car world;
- hospital;
- modern-house living;
- marriage;
- doll-house;

the exceptions with an "agressive" potential are:
- police;
- pirates;
- knights;
- old egypt;
- roman empire;

i think this is a very good example to where playmobil intends to go.
even the potentially "agressive" sets have clear "good" guys (the police) or are based in ancient history (all the others).

but if you want to see problems there are lots of them, of course.

as an example more than 90% of the figures have light pink skins.

playmobil seem to think that all horse-riders, farmers, pet-owners, veterinaries, jungle explorers, policemen, air-passengers, maritime passengers, dinosaur explorers, fairies, underwater explorers, pirates, knights, romans, mechanics, car drivers, doctors, nurses, patients, brides, grooms and general public.
the same goes for national-park, water-park, circus, airport, train, maritime and construction workers.

with chocolate-brown skin you have 1 dinosaur explorer and 1 roman gladiator.
with light brown or dark-orange skin you have 2 footballers, 2 airport passengers, 1 explorer, 6 pirates and all the egyptians.

in more or less 400 klickies you have less than 40 "non-pink" ones...

i am glad the pirates are the most "racial well-balanced" family... 

[playmofire]

Nuts, I wrote a good long response on this thread, but then the connection crashed and I lost it.

Take it that it was insightful, witty and not the least inflammatory.

Doesn't sound like you! 

[LHAAP]

;
in more or less 400 klickies you have less than 40 "non-pink" ones...

What about LEGO

[playmofire]

Sorry for making it seem like i may have accused you of blindness. I was attempting to state what "I" am not doing, not what "you"
 are doing. I will always feel that it is the individuals free right to have their own opinions and views and have the means to express them . It is the later that i think peoples abuse of power is administered on us . I do not like censorship in any form.

No problem and an apology from me for taking it too personally. 

[Timotheos]

but if you want to see problems there are lots of them, of course.
as an example more than 90% of the figures have light pink skins.

Geobra is more or less a local German company and therefore has a German look on things.

I think quote 2 explains quote 1!

-Tim
 

[Martin Milner]

I think quote 2 explains quote 1!

-Tim
 

Agreed. In the UK the national percentage of non-whites is still nearer 5% than 10%, though they are greatly concentrated in the major cities, and in London we have a very cosmopolitan mix, maybe 20-25% non-white.

In some cities and towns you won't see a non-white face all day - and when you do you suddenly realise why you felt you were in an episode of the Twilight Zone.

I don't have to go far, about 3 miles up the road to Southall, to be the only white face in a crowd of Asian faces, and briefly feel how it must be to be the odd one out.

[Richard]

Hello, Lars ... 

What about LEGO

If I remember correctly, the last time I looked (which wasn't too long ago) Lego minifigs seemed to be more yellow than pink ... (Am I correct?)

All the best,
Richard