Crazy art director

[LuxorV]

Hello,

I've recently found a Sept-Dec 2007 Italian LEGO Catalog:

When I came to the Exo-Force pages, I saw this:

They call Hitomi a boy (red circles), even if they created her a female pilot.

An then this:

I'll translate the text in the red circle: "The Sentai golden tower is a Japanise temple full of functions, which can always count on the battle machine 'Sonic Raven' ".

Yes I say, if they want to be distroyed any moment, they can always count on an enemy battle machine to do that... :-|

This is our madness *wacko* ! I'd like to know if in other Countries too you have such good free humor sketches in your LEGO catalogs X-D.

See you

LuxorV

[Brainbox]

I'd like to know if in other Countries too you have such good free humor sketches in your LEGO catalogs X-D.

It's not quite the same thing, but the UK catalogue says of 7690 MM Eagle Command Base:

The humans are mining for energy crystals on the planet Mars and shipping it back to Earth in their space shuttle. But the aliens want it for themselves.

Um, well, the aliens are Martians. As in, the crystals come from their home planet. As in, the crystals belong to them. This seems to portray the aliens as selfish and petty, whereas really they're just a bit wobbley... (sorry, couldn't resist)

Edited September 8, 2007 by Brainbox

[Starwars4J]

It's not quite the same thing, but the UK catalogue says of 7690 MM Eagle Command Base:

Um, well, the aliens are Martians. As in, the crystals come from their home planet. As in, the crystals belong to them. This seems to portray the aliens as selfish and petty, whereas really they're just a bit wobbley... (sorry, couldn't resist)

I remember hearing somewhere that according to TLG they aren't martians

[Kahgarak]

I remember hearing somewhere that according to TLG they aren't martians

Indeed, it was a MM alien language message in a Lego Magazine.

[PSPguy]

How did you read it then?

[Shadows]

Don't they always pull the "humans are good, everything else is bad" routine?

Look at Rock Raiders. Humans go mining through the mountains ripping up anything in their way to take crystals. The "bad guys" (it was such a weak theme it barely had any opposition) were ... rock monsters. Well sure they're mad, you're tearing up their homes and taking their shiny crystals. For all we know, that's food to them. Or the rocks with crystals are actually eggs. Wow, that reminds me of a terrible Star Trek episode from the original series. Whatever the case ... |-/

Exo-Force? Good humans, bad robots. Oh sure, the robots must be bad. Well who built them? Bad humans, but we never get to see any of them.

I miss the days of good old fashioned human on human violence! That sounds so wrong, but at least it was honest. Knights vs Knights. Pirates vs Imperials. Johnny Thunder vs Whatever-we're-calling-the-bad-guy-this-time.

[ZeekyBoogeyDoog]

I myself think the facial expression of the firefighter is rather deranged looking ;-)

Look at Rock Raiders. Humans go mining through the mountains ripping up anything in their way to take crystals. The "bad guys" (it was such a weak theme it barely had any opposition) were ... rock monsters. Well sure they're mad, you're tearing up their homes and taking their shiny crystals. For all we know, that's food to them. Or the rocks with crystals are actually eggs. Wow, that reminds me of a terrible Star Trek episode from the original series. Whatever the case ... |-/

Lol, the floppy cave monster episode :-D ...good times!

I miss the days of good old fashioned human on human violence! That sounds so wrong, but at least it was honest. Knights vs Knights. Pirates vs Imperials. Johnny Thunder vs Whatever-we're-calling-the-bad-guy-this-time.

Hear hear.