I believe I went through several packs of army men each week, blowing most of my money on them and the firecrackers I used to obliterate the poor guys. I find that the media tends to take a single example of a complete psycho and then tie whatever his hobbies were to serial killing. Its a bit like the outcry about violent video games, which about half the world plays without cannibalizing their grandparents. If this was true, I would have killed 60 people by the time I was 7
Still, its a different matter with the, uh.. Brickarms guys, the army men I played with were rather generic with the only difference being their color (green and darker green). These guys are pretty specific, and little kids really don't know who to make the hero. I would not want to see my kid glorifying the Schutzstaffel, but thats really just your perspective. The kid doesn't know that he is making the (just about) worst human beings in history "save the day", so it isn't preaching Jihad or genocide.
Then again, the whole thing is pretty irrelevant because, well...whose kid would be buying mail-order Brickarms rather than just getting Lego from Toys 'R Us.
edit: On second thought, would anyone buy this?
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The entire German garrison of Vanviken, right here in your thread!
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