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If the rumours I've heard about the number of exo suits produced are true then a) the remaining stock shouldnt be used as saying the exo suit is a failure and b) someone at lego made a crazy crazy decision.
Really, really hoping that GG does not make it into production. BBT was bad enough.
I loved the Dukes of Hazzard as a kid, but man, talk about a show that did not age well with later viewings. It is terrible (and not because of the confederate flag reference either).
RIP James Best 4/6/2015
He's in hot pursuit in the sky!
Lego would never make a Duke's of Hazzard set mainly because of this.
Why would anyone want a "Golden Girls" Lego set?
Even as a Virginian who frequently sees it on bumper stickers I can't help but feel uneasy with it. It's kind of like how the swastika was a widely-used religious/spiritual symbol long before the Nazis, but their use of it made it practically a universal symbol of hate throughout the Western world — hence its omission from the LEGO Indiana Jones sets and video game.
The <a href="en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flags_of_the_Confederate_States_of_America#First national flag">Confederate first national flag</a> (the original "stars and bars") is fairly obscure by comparison, and is not as widely associated with white supremacist groups. This is partly because it was an unpopular design even when it was in use, since it's so similar to the U.S. flag that symbolized what the Confederacy was rebelling against.
My family is responsible for maintaining a historic cemetery in my hometown and we consciously choose to use the Confederate first national flag and NOT the Confederate battle flag when marking the graves of Confederate soldiers for Memorial Day. The neighboring Confederate Cemetery, on the other hand, uses the battle flag to mark the graves of soldiers, and annoyingly many of the people who set up the flags over there don't seem to know (or care) where their cemetery ends and ours begins.
With the confederate flag, even being from a different country and having a pretty low interest in history (with the exception of ancient history) I generally see any confederate icons as having racist connotations - there's probably a link to media portrayal there too.
In terms of Dukes of Hazard getting a Lego Ideas set, there was also a film a few years ago which I was under the impression bombed. Certainly it didn't do well in the UK, and I suspect that sort of thing shows how it might not hold up well over time. Personally I'd expect a Knight Rider set before Dukes of Hazard, but I don't see that happening any time soon.
Re: Exo-Suit - I think it's a shame that this went the way it did, it's a nice set (not perfect but a good set) from a theme that AFOLs were crying out for, having stock that now potentially won't move because initial demand (that lets be honest we all know was artificially skyrocketed by the quick flip crowd) really screwed TLG's production plans, and the next time sets aren't available in the numbers we want, or there are restrictions on purchase numbers, all I'm going to think is the way the market treated the Exo-Suit is exactly why TLG have to do that.
Definitely not racist but it is a real symbol of hatred in the Muslim world which goes back to the Crusades.
I was once overseas in the Middle East and went to watch England play on TV in the World Cup at the "local bar" I used. I was wearing an England football shirt, all the locals were staring with real hatred, the guy I was with explained why, and it was all to do with the St. George Cross on my shirt and what it stands for to some people. Never had a problem before or after.
It may of been just that Bar but I wouldn't like to try it again.
Yep, but the symbol is the main hate
Success of the Golden Girls just show you that the folks at the nursing home are getting pretty computer savvy!
And on that note, I hope Lego kicks that idea to the curb. Not because I detest the show but because I don’t like a trend where Lego Idea's devolves it custom mini-fig showcases. The creativity to submit the scene based on a current popular TV show (BBT) pales in comparison to "Birds", "USC AT-AT" and other spectacular submissions.
So to achieve Lego fame and fortune, I'm going to hit the work shop and start cranking out these sure-fire hits!
Cheer's bar
MASH swamp or operating room
Partridge Family bus
Leave it to Beaver kitchen
Stanford and Son's Living room
Hill Street Blues Ready room
Sesame Street street
Welcome Back Kotter class room
Friends apartment
Green Acres barn
and many, many others........
But on-task... how about that Death Star, whew.
As for first on page 500... May the best poster win... :wink:
and really, what's there to discuss about DS? It's been frequently opined on in the last 497 pages.
The British aren't still fussing over the tea they lost 300 years ago and look! The best of friends today are the U.S. and UK.
I kid I kid. Let's get back to LEGO.
Honestly, discussing DS seems a lot better than discussing everything else that doesn't remotely pertain to the topic at hand, I guess I get ya'lls rage over GG (though all of my friends want 2, and because I love vignettes, I'd love one), but it's not even released, nevermind discontinuing. It was an attempt to get things back on track.
http://www.groovebricks.com/2015-lego-star-wars-death-star-mentioned-at-swca/
Taxi, parking garage
A-team, van
Cosby show living room....(err, maybe not now)
Happy Days, diner
Andy Griffith, jail
I am not at all convinced that Lego did a larger second run or a third run of the Exo-Suit. The demand appears to have been completely front-loaded and now we see boxes upon boxes of unsold product. I'd assume that the set exceeded the anticipated sales - despite the probably protracted process to move the rest of the stock in anticipation of the Dr. Who and next round of Ideas sets.
I'd love to sit in on one of those sales meetings to see exactly what philosophy TLG uses when it comes to possibly underproducing a set or overproducing one with expecting to clearance or discount at the EOL.
I'm sure the legs on the DS are a result of steady sales, rather than the cycle of resellers stocking up on product. I don't recall there being a run on DS when it was first released.
That way, your BBT and TBB minifigs could be at the BB&T.
And more impotantly, we can start a BBT v TBB v BB&T thread.
BRB, time for some BBQ.
TLG's probably not overly concerned that Exo Suits are still in stock. Their production of a set will never match demand. They'll either produce too little or too much. Regardless, TLG will be fine, and everyone else will survive, too.
I have absolutely no use for The Simpsons, but as they say: One man's trash is another man's treasure. If The Simpsons sets are possible, then any and every set listed above is as well...but only if someone very high up in TLG has a personal interest as they apparently do with The Simpsons. I doubt anyone in TLG has ever heard of Golden Girls, Cheer's, etc., so they're DOA.
I think BBT is on the edge of where Lego would actually produce a set. I would assume a set would need to be truly iconic and spanning multiple markets and consumers.
Same reason why the Dr. Who set was quickly approved. It's been around for multiple decades and also happens to be popular on both sides of the Atlantic.
I'm quite tempted to get one but at the same time it's too damn expensive, really stuck here.