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Offline Rasputin

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Re: History & Fantasy : advantages and disadvantages, other thoughts
« Reply #20 on: February 18, 2009, 02:48:25 »
good or bad, any publicity is good publicity, right  ;) Makes me want to go get some Radar cops and that Tax collector, did they have one in the merry mens sets ( what was his name, the sheriff or something like that ) ?
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Re: History & Fantasy : advantages and disadvantages, other thoughts
« Reply #21 on: February 18, 2009, 03:17:17 »
Quote from: Rasputin on February 18, 2009, 02:48:25
good or bad, any publicity is good publicity, right  ;) Makes me want to go get some Radar cops and that Tax collector, did they have one in the merry mens sets ( what was his name, the sheriff or something like that ) ?


The sheriff of Nottingham.



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Re: History & Fantasy : advantages and disadvantages, other thoughts
« Reply #22 on: February 18, 2009, 04:59:34 »
Hm, interesting, maybe we also should think about removing the pistols and rifles from the police sets so that children are not confronted at frist with a tool to shoot people ("look this is tool to put 'presure' on people or with this bat you can hit people if they do not want as the officials want") ...
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Re: History & Fantasy : advantages and disadvantages, other thoughts
« Reply #23 on: February 18, 2009, 07:37:24 »
Quote from: Gepetto on February 18, 2009, 02:14:36
Well, I think Greg Allen is correct in that people will make of it what they want and right now going through airport  security is not exactly a positive experience for most people. I know I used to really enjoy meeting people at the airport but now there is nothing I can think of that is worse.

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How could you build a Playmobil model airport without the security checking area?

Agreed, people make of it what they will, and the people who don't "get" this set have presumably never taken the trouble to introduce their kids to the unfamiliar.

When I have kids I'm planning to use these sorts of sets, and the doctor and the dentist, to let them know what to expect the first time, so they're less apprehensive.
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Re: History & Fantasy : advantages and disadvantages, other thoughts
« Reply #24 on: February 18, 2009, 14:06:24 »
Quote from: cachalote on February 18, 2009, 01:34:35
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 :hmm: apparently this story is "severe" enough to show in a new your times article - http://www.nytimes.com/2009/02/16/business/media/16playmobil.html?_r=1&scp=1&sq=playmobil&st=cse - with an incredible title - "Playmobil Finds Fun in the Police State".

 :eh?: I think it's a very harmless set. Is this a common opinion in America?
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Re: History & Fantasy : advantages and disadvantages, other thoughts
« Reply #25 on: February 18, 2009, 15:00:12 »
Quote from: LHAAP on February 18, 2009, 14:06:24
:eh?: I think it's a very harmless set. Is this a common opinion in America?

No, What tends to happen is some outraged parents get on a soap box and people listen  :doh: I am sure people get outraged at just about anything that anybody makes and they want the whole world to know about it . Unfortunately for the masses, some seem not to be able to think for themselves and they are unable to come to a logical conclusion ( its a toy of the real world ) ::)
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Re: History & Fantasy : advantages and disadvantages, other thoughts
« Reply #26 on: February 18, 2009, 19:38:01 »
:lol: what i found funny is that this "harmless" set - when viewed by european eyes - gathered so many "critic" and all the other s.w.a.t. sets little more than silence.  :hmm:
so, apparently, rifles and shot-guns and handguns and sniper-rifles are o.k. for children to play with - the real problem comes from an airport check-point.  8}
really "terrible", i guess, would be a klicky with a "real" identity card (instead of a driver's license) with a proper photo, height indication, place of birth, place of living, father's name, mother's name, etc..  ;)
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Re: History & Fantasy : advantages and disadvantages, other thoughts
« Reply #27 on: February 18, 2009, 20:48:41 »
Quote from: cachalote on February 18, 2009, 19:38:01
:lol: what i found funny is that this "harmless" set - when viewed by european eyes - gathered so many "critic" and all the other s.w.a.t. sets little more than silence.  :hmm:
so, apparently, rifles and shot-guns and handguns and sniper-rifles are o.k. for children to play with - the real problem comes from an airport check-point.  8}
Thats right I never thought of it like that . Don't you dare take away my gun it my constitutional right !
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Re: History & Fantasy : advantages and disadvantages, other thoughts
« Reply #28 on: February 19, 2009, 01:59:02 »
Quote from: cachalote on February 18, 2009, 19:38:01
:lol: what i found funny is that this "harmless" set - when viewed by european eyes - gathered so many "critic" and all the other s.w.a.t. sets little more than silence.  :hmm:
so, apparently, rifles and shot-guns and handguns and sniper-rifles are o.k. for children to play with - the real problem comes from an airport check-point.  8}
really "terrible", i guess, would be a klicky with a "real" identity card (instead of a driver's license) with a proper photo, height indication, place of birth, place of living, father's name, mother's name, etc..  ;)

I think part of the lack of reaction to the SWAT teams is the general understanding that they are after 'bad' people whereas something like the security station questions the character of 'good' people who are inconvenienced.



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Re: History & Fantasy : advantages and disadvantages, other thoughts
« Reply #29 on: February 19, 2009, 03:09:36 »
Quote from: Gepetto on February 19, 2009, 01:59:02
I think part of the lack of reaction to the SWAT teams is the general understanding that they are after 'bad' people whereas something like the security station questions the character of 'good' people who are inconvenienced.
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Well Gepetto just think that I go through Air Ports and let me tell you the last time we were really checked over, a few times ( not in that weird rubber glove way, i would have walked instead  ;)) but i will confess the guy i was flying with did check in all his hand guns and rifles  :P and we were headed to Sand-point Idaho  :0 on a one way ticket   :omg:

It does make me wonder what other sets get this type of reaction . Did the executioner ? or the harley biker ?
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