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jimbrae
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Posted: Friday, March 14, 2008 - 03:16 AM UTC
Bit short on animation and a bit on the 'tubby' side, but otherwise some great possibilities for conversions...



The website is here: http://www.brickarms.com/
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Posted: Friday, March 14, 2008 - 03:27 AM UTC
What an idea. People love Legos and people love militray/paramilitary stuff.

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Posted: Friday, March 14, 2008 - 03:34 AM UTC
Nice so what will be next?

The Lego Massacre of Malmedy set? The suicideBombing of the Market in Fallujah?
The Guantanamo Bay or Abuh Graib playset... aaaah the possibilities
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Posted: Friday, March 14, 2008 - 03:43 AM UTC

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Nice so what will be next?

The Lego Massacre of Malmedy set? The suicideBombing of the Market in Fallujah?
The Guantanamo Bay or Abuh Graib playset... aaaah the possibilities



the worst has already been done:


www.othervoices.org/2.1/feinstein/auschwitz.html
jimbrae
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Posted: Friday, March 14, 2008 - 03:45 AM UTC

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Nice so what will be next?

The Lego Massacre of Malmedy set? The suicideBombing of the Market in Fallujah?
The Guantanamo Bay or Abuh Graib playset... aaaah the possibilities



the worst has already been done:


www.othervoices.org/2.1/feinstein/auschwitz.html



Ouch!
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Posted: Friday, March 14, 2008 - 04:22 AM UTC
That's not a joke either - that is an actual limited edition Lego set designed by artist Zbigniew Libera. I saw one of the sets in a display at a Jewish museam in Europe.


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From the perspective of the Holocaust, Libera's most provocative—and some might say most outrageous work—is Lego (1996), a seven-box limited edition of three LEGO sets of a concentration camp. Libera worked with the LEGO Corporation of Denmark to produce boxes which looked like "normal" LEGO systems. Inside were the bricks and other pieces to construct the concentration camp shown on the cover. The outer box looks like a normal LEGO box except in the upper left corner—instead of the "system number" is the inscription: "This work of Zbigniew Libera has been sponsored by LEGO."

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Posted: Friday, March 14, 2008 - 04:39 AM UTC

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That's not a joke either - that is an actual limited edition Lego set designed by artist Zbigniew Libera. I saw one of the sets in a display at a Jewish museam in Europe



I saw the article - thanks for the link. It's certainly thought-provoking...

Not sure about the Lego 'Bandits' though - in a sense it's easier to stomach the rationale behind the concentration camp than the Terrorists...
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Posted: Friday, March 14, 2008 - 04:44 AM UTC
well, even with the context of first having seen the Auschwitz set in a Jewish museam, I was completely taken aback by it, whereas the Brickarms work is more of a snigger maker.

I was just pointing out that the extreme conclusion of Faust's train of thought had already been touched on.

Any thread hijacking was completely unintentinal....

But yeah, when you think about it, making terroists cute is probably not the best idea. Though not everyone with a shemag and a gun is a terrorist.

jimbrae
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Posted: Friday, March 14, 2008 - 04:50 AM UTC

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Any thread hijacking was completely unintentinal....



No, threads like this can often go in unexpected and interesting directions...
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Posted: Friday, March 14, 2008 - 05:41 AM UTC
why not do the of little big horn or why not wounded knee about this battles.
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Posted: Friday, March 14, 2008 - 06:06 AM UTC
Don't worry, Lego fans have a lot of ideas when it comes to figures.
fotoman07
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Posted: Friday, March 14, 2008 - 08:02 AM UTC
Like these for example:

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Posted: Friday, March 14, 2008 - 08:58 AM UTC
right on!
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Posted: Friday, March 14, 2008 - 09:56 AM UTC
Or these: The Brick Testament

Cheers
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Posted: Friday, March 14, 2008 - 10:14 AM UTC
This rocks also:

http://members.cox.net/djoakes/legoga84.htm


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Posted: Friday, March 14, 2008 - 10:26 AM UTC
And here's one for you German armor fans:

http://www.mocpages.com/image_zoom.php?mocid=46911&id=/user_images/2781/1201656015_DISPLAY.jpg
FAUST
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Posted: Friday, March 14, 2008 - 10:40 AM UTC
I really had a good laugh about this one

http://gizmodo.com/photogallery/LEGOHawking/2533842

And the photoshopped ones
http://gizmodo.com/photogallery/LEGOHawking/2533834
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Posted: Friday, March 14, 2008 - 12:51 PM UTC
Here's one for a OIF diorama:

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3187/2305469475_51899be30c.jpg?v=0
fotoman07
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Posted: Friday, March 14, 2008 - 01:38 PM UTC
Hey you can't let your guys go without weapons too......





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