Comments on Turkish group claims victory over Lego's 'anti-Islamic' Star Wars toyTypePad2013-04-01T16:48:58ZToronto Starhttps://thestar.blogs.com/worlddaily/tag:typepad.com,2003:https://thestar.blogs.com/worlddaily/2013/04/turkish-group-claims-victory-over-legos-anti-islamic-star-wars-toy/comments/atom.xml/RealEagleScout commented on 'Turkish group claims victory over Lego's 'anti-Islamic' Star Wars toy'tag:typepad.com,2003:6a00d8341bf8f353ef017d427ea47f970c2013-04-03T10:27:29Z2013-04-03T12:31:04ZRealEagleScouthttp://profile.typepad.com/6p017c384f6bd2970bToys, as well as art, imitate life. So children have their "work" to do with their toys, become adults, and...<p>Toys, as well as art, imitate life. So children have their "work" to do with their toys, become adults, and trade them in for "big boy" toys.<br />
Once I was surprised to find a toy in a very large box named "Sunami Wave Tank" for sale at a local retailer, just after the natural disaster..<br />
Perhaps the toy industry's social engineers could expend additional effort crafting toys which reinforce<br />
appropriate stereotypes.<br />
As for the Obama & Romney Chia Pets? Why wasn't there a Dennis Rodman?</p>John Martin commented on 'Turkish group claims victory over Lego's 'anti-Islamic' Star Wars toy'tag:typepad.com,2003:6a00d8341bf8f353ef017c38493792970b2013-04-02T13:53:23Z2013-04-02T14:56:37ZJohn MartinMy son has this set- it's really cool. It never occurred to me that it was insulting, but now that...<p>My son has this set- it's really cool. It never occurred to me that it was insulting, but now that they mention it, yes, Jaba's crew are known to blow things up, so I guess I see the connection now. </p>Joseph commented on 'Turkish group claims victory over Lego's 'anti-Islamic' Star Wars toy'tag:typepad.com,2003:6a00d8341bf8f353ef017ee9e84062970d2013-04-01T22:09:32Z2013-04-01T23:24:09ZJosephHow is this anti-islamic? Also Star Wars has been around for a good 30 years. Why is it only now...<p>How is this anti-islamic? Also Star Wars has been around for a good 30 years. Why is it only now this group is saying that Jabba's palace is racist? The LEGO set is modeled of Jabba's palace from the movies (<a href="http://images4.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20071211223830/starwars/images/3/3d/Jabbas_Palace.jpg)." rel="nofollow">http://images4.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20071211223830/starwars/images/3/3d/Jabbas_Palace.jpg).</a> </p>