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December 31, 2015 at 3:00 pm #14546

Dan Waksman
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I dug up one of my last major sets as a teenager in my mom’s basement and put it back together. So many cool unique pieces in Forbidden Island!

December 31, 2015 at 3:03 pm #14547

Dan Waksman
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December 31, 2015 at 4:53 pm #14550

Matt Redfield
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CHEATER! That’s not a 1980s cannon!

Awesome set tho.

December 31, 2015 at 10:31 pm #14553

Skipper Mike
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I have that set too! Almost makes me want to put it back together.

January 2, 2016 at 11:40 am #14560

Tim
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It’s always fun to dig out instructions and build old sets. Maybe for the Q1 meeting, we can ask everyone to build and bring a favorite “old” set.

January 3, 2016 at 10:59 pm #14571
Tom Frost
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^I think thats a great idea
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January 5, 2016 at 3:02 pm #14612

Dan
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Matt Redfield wrote:

CHEATER! That’s not a 1980s cannon!

Actually, it is. The shooting cannon design was prevalent overseas while the States got a non-shooting version (thanks, lawsuit culture!).

@bsodan This is a great set! The trapdoor isn’t up to modern standards, but it’s functional. A nice medium-sized base for pirate operations!

January 5, 2016 at 6:16 pm #14621

Matt Redfield
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Dan wrote:

Actually, it is. The shooting cannon design was prevalent overseas while the States got a non-shooting version (thanks, lawsuit culture!).

Source?

But sure, fine, America sucks, I get it.

January 5, 2016 at 6:21 pm #14622

Skipper Mike
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Actually, my set did come with a firing cannon. They quickly pulled them after the initial release, but the first ones had a firing cannon.

January 11, 2016 at 9:45 am #14718

Dan Efran
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Matt Redfield wrote:

Source?

Don’t know much about the LEGO cannons specifically, but in the USA there was definitely a broad, somewhat hasty transition to non-shooting versions of many shooting toys after a toy spaceship’s missile killed a kid in 1978. Missile-firing toys have been creeping back into the market in recent years, but there were almost none for a long time.

January 11, 2016 at 9:51 pm #14736

Matt Redfield
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#Murica! Where we can still have guns for hunting game or schoolchildren, but our kids’ toys can’t have plastic projectiles because #youllshootyoureyeout!

January 16, 2016 at 2:17 pm #14766

Dan
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Lego brought the shooting cannon back though!
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