Re: Lego Makes Top 10 In List of Most Popular Toys for Boys

"Neb Okla" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in
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> "Frmthgrav" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
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>> >Yeah, the other day I saw some toy trucks (in my day they would have
>> >been plastic or metal) and the entire chassis was made of molded
>> >foam! 
>>
>>    remember when hot wheels and matchbox cars were all die cast
>>    metal?  do 
> you
>> remember when the hot wheels wheels were made so good that you could
>> push 
> the
>> car straight across the entire kitchen floor?
>>    now, theyre plastic pieces of junk.  thank the chinese and a cheap
> american
>> public.
> 
> Matchbox cars were always better when I was a kid.  More detail, more
> interesting models, etc.  I think they were bought by Mattel.
> 
> The only Hot Wheels things I liked were the "Hot Wheels Railroad"
> sets. 
> 
> 
>> >Eventually you have to learn not to be a clumsy oaf.
>>
>>   thats exactly what theproblem with the world is today... a lack of
>> responsibility for ones own actions.
>>
>>   if someone builds a lego morning star and whips it at his brother,
> cutting
>> his lip, lego gets sued.  thats the world we live in today.
> 
> Hence, the story of the Lego pirate cannon.  I forget if someone
> claimed a child choked (on a Lego piece with a hole in the center?!?)
> or if someone had an eye put out.
> 
> Someone told me you're not allowed to have firing cannons on any toys
> in America now as a result, but I see them all the time, so it must be
> an internal Lego decision.
> 
> They need an "Adults Only" section that sells firing cannons and
> MindStorms flamethrower attachments and such.
> 
> 

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