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(Independent)   Religious group successfully gets Lego to kill their Star Wars Jabba the Hut palace set. Sadly this isn't an April Fool's joke   ( independent.co.uk) divider line
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Sybarite
2013-04-01 09:34:48 AM  
Critics also claimed that the palace had an uncanny resemblance to Istanbul's Hagia Sophia mosque.

You mean that building that was constructed as an Eastern Orthodox cathedral centuries before Islam even existed?
 
s2s2s2
2013-04-01 10:18:24 AM  
Already got my kid one. Too late to save him now!
 
give me doughnuts
2013-04-01 10:20:15 AM  
In the race between Muslims and Christians to see whose members can be the whiniest douchebags, the Muslims just took a slight lead.
 
Arthur Jumbles
2013-04-01 10:24:03 AM  
Should I start buying up the sets now to make a profit selling them on eBay to obsessive fans?
 
s2s2s2
2013-04-01 10:25:35 AM  

Sybarite: Critics also claimed that the palace had an uncanny resemblance to Istanbul's Hagia Sophia mosque.

You mean that building that was constructed as an Eastern Orthodox cathedral centuries before Islam even existed?


Didn't read the article, eh?
 
solokumba [TotalFark] [BareFark]
2013-04-01 10:28:44 AM  
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blunttrauma
2013-04-01 10:29:08 AM  
From the link:
 
"But yesterday it emerged it had backed down and agreed to end its production from 2014 onwards"
 
Whattaya bet it was scheduled to go out of production then anyway?  Lego doesn't make every set forever.
 
Fano
2013-04-01 10:30:22 AM  
On the same page is some chick complaining her son is sullen and withdrawn after seeing some internet porn.
http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/gadgets-and-tech/features/the - day-my-11yearold-sonfound-violent-porn-on-the-web-8555595.html
 
tom baker's scarf
2013-04-01 10:30:28 AM  
did the mosque come with a rancor pit too?
 
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Lego-Star-Wars-JABBAS-PALACE-9516-RANCOR-PIT -7 5005-New-Sealed-/230954558993?pt=Building_Toys_US&hash=item35c5f6e611 ">http://www.ebay.com/itm/Lego-Star-Wars-JABBAS-PALACE-9516-RANCOR-PI T-7 5005-New-Sealed-/230954558993?pt=Building_Toys_US&hash=item35c5f6e611
 
SandmanEatsYourBrain
2013-04-01 10:36:11 AM  

blunttrauma: From the link:
 
"But yesterday it emerged it had backed down and agreed to end its production from 2014 onwards"
 
Whattaya bet it was scheduled to go out of production then anyway?  Lego doesn't make every set forever.


Yup, came here to say this. I bet the convo totally went along the lines of "We've got the whole Jabba re-design set for the end of 2014, lets throw these idiots a bone so we can get some freakin peace over here. In the meantime, lets make a billion of them"
 
zez
2013-04-01 10:41:11 AM  
I'm thinking nobody was buying the Jabba playset, so if they make it seem like it's going out of production they will sell a lot more to the idiots.
 
lovefirststool
2013-04-01 10:49:27 AM  
You serve your master well, Melissa Gunes of the Turkish Cultural Association, and you will be rewarded.
 
Anthracite
2013-04-01 11:06:42 AM  
This is beyond stupid... its a MUSEUM NOW
 
TonyDanza
2013-04-01 11:08:45 AM  

s2s2s2: Didn't read the article, eh?


Out of curiosity, how did Sybarite replying to an actual quote from the article imply he didn't actually read the article?
 
kobrakai
2013-04-01 11:38:11 AM  

zez: I'm thinking nobody was buying the Jabba playset, so if they make it seem like it's going out of production they will sell a lot more to the idiots.


I've wanted one for a while but it's $120. I can't justify that even though it has an awesome set of unique minifigs unavailable elsewhere.
 
Autodidact
2013-04-01 11:45:06 AM  
Well the joke's on them because lego sets are only each in production for 2 years, so it was going to be discontinued in 2014 anyways.
 
Counter_Intelligent
2013-04-01 11:47:27 AM  

s2s2s2: Didn't read the article, eh?


Show your work.
 
rpm
2013-04-01 11:54:12 AM  
Lego added the "Jabba's Palace" playset to its Star Wars collection in 2012
But yesterday it emerged it had backed down and agreed to end its production from 2014 onwards.

Most sets are only out for 2-ish years anyway. I don't think Lego did any backing down.
 
s2s2s2
2013-04-01 11:55:07 AM  

TonyDanza: s2s2s2: Didn't read the article, eh?

Out of curiosity, how did Sybarite replying to an actual quote from the article imply he didn't actually read the article?


I may have mistaken the comment for an assumption that this was bagger outrage. If so, I withdraw my insinuation.
 
s2s2s2
2013-04-01 11:56:39 AM  

Counter_Intelligent: s2s2s2: Didn't read the article, eh?

Show your work.


See above reply.
 
Quantum Apostrophe
2013-04-01 12:02:58 PM  
You can 3D print them forever!
 
GanjSmokr [TotalFark]
2013-04-01 12:18:20 PM  

kobrakai: zez: I'm thinking nobody was buying the Jabba playset, so if they make it seem like it's going out of production they will sell a lot more to the idiots.

I've wanted one for a while but it's $120. I can't justify that even though it has an awesome set of unique minifigs unavailable elsewhere.


~$90 on Amazon.

/still expensive
 
another cultural observer
2013-04-01 12:22:31 PM  
"The game is pedagogical dynamite. It depicts Muslims as terrorists."


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Hawnkee
2013-04-01 12:40:30 PM  
Ah, something else ruined by professional victims.
 
A Shambling Mound
2013-04-01 12:50:01 PM  

Sybarite: Critics also claimed that the palace had an uncanny resemblance to Istanbul's Hagia Sophia mosque.

You mean that building that was constructed as an Eastern Orthodox cathedral centuries before Islam even existed?


I laughed because it's true.
 
hej
2013-04-01 01:01:17 PM  
Yet somehow they have no problem with the LEGO Mohammad character.
 
Marine1
2013-04-01 01:41:54 PM  
How can you be prejudiced against a group that you barely know exists?

Seriously. It's not like these dudes are African-Americans or Jews.They're Austrian Turks.
 
splohn
2013-04-01 01:52:28 PM  
But, this is from a long, long time ago and a place far, far away--not anywhere near Turkey or related to Islam.  WTF?
 
netgamer7k
2013-04-01 02:00:34 PM  
That's right, insult Jabba by calling his dwelling a mosque.... that won't go well with the Hutts.
 
another cultural observer
2013-04-01 02:01:39 PM  

splohn: But, this is from a long, long time ago and a place far, far away--not anywhere near Turkey or related to Islam.  WTF?


Jabba is a crime lord who likes minions, gambling, murder and women.  Isn't it more of an Italian mob stereotype than anything?
 
Sultan Of Herf
2013-04-01 02:06:08 PM  

Autodidact: Well the joke's on them because lego sets are only each in production for 2 years, so it was going to be discontinued in 2014 anyways.


Well, that info saves anyone who might pull the "buy em up and flip em for profit" angle. The thought crossed my mind but with 9 months or so of production left Id say any real demand will be filled.
 
Meatybrain
2013-04-01 02:21:04 PM  

s2s2s2: Sybarite: Critics also claimed that the palace had an uncanny resemblance to Istanbul's Hagia Sophia mosque.

You mean that building that was constructed as an Eastern Orthodox cathedral centuries before Islam even existed?

Didn't read the article, eh?


If they were really Independent there wouldn't be a farking paywall.
 
give me doughnuts
2013-04-01 04:02:27 PM  
I thought the Hagia Sophia was Byzantine architecture, and was based partly on the design of the Pantheon in Rome?'

I had no idea Marcus Agrippa was a sekrit Muslin.
 
listernine
2013-04-01 04:30:27 PM  

another cultural observer: splohn: But, this is from a long, long time ago and a place far, far away--not anywhere near Turkey or related to Islam.  WTF?

Jabba is a crime lord who likes minions, gambling, murder and women.  Isn't it more of an Italian mob stereotype than anything?


Nah, sounds closely like Mohammed. I can understand why they would be angry.
 
xcv
2013-04-01 04:54:05 PM  
Lego just announced their new Lego: Historical Site series. Here's the first design model:

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bullsballs
2013-04-01 06:09:33 PM  
say, what happened at petra again?
 
eagle5953
2013-04-01 06:17:05 PM  
Any particular reason they can't decide if it is a playset or a game? Have they not encountered LEGO blocks before?
 
Gig103
2013-04-01 07:39:56 PM  
"The game is pedagogical dynamite. It depicts Muslims as terrorists,"

Actually, I think a few groups of terrorists who jihad and happen to be Muslim are the ones that depict Muslims as terrorists.

Jabba was shown to be a "terrorist who likes to smoke hookah and have his victims killed".

Actually he's a mobster - into bounty hunting and smuggling. Italians don't fight the AFI for letting it list Godfather and Godfather II on the "Best Movies" lists.
 
Gilligan13
2013-04-01 07:51:54 PM  
" Furious Muslim critics complained that the Lego set's Asian and oriental figures were "deceitful and criminal" characters such as gun-runners, slave masters and terrorists. "

Seriously surprised they didn't bomb the Lego factory in retaliation for this.
If you don't like the way the rest of the world sees you.....maybe stop what you are doing.
 
rpm
2013-04-01 10:58:57 PM  

Gig103: Italians don't fight the AFI for letting it list Godfather and Godfather II on the "Best Movies" lists.


Oh?
 
RedVentrue
2013-04-02 12:46:57 AM  

another cultural observer: "The game is pedagogical dynamite. It depicts Muslims as terrorists."


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Yeah. I think the terrorist threatened to blow him up with dynamite.
 
Fano
2013-04-02 03:20:41 AM  

rpm: Gig103: Italians don't fight the AFI for letting it list Godfather and Godfather II on the "Best Movies" lists.

Oh?


And thank god he was told to fark off. I don't care how many dago guinea wop goombas came out of the woodwork to protest it. Ditto for this and whatever terms for dumbshiat muslims we have.
 
UNC_Samurai
2013-04-02 07:58:42 AM  
I see someone decided to shiat bricks over this.

Gig103: "The game is pedagogical dynamite. It depicts Muslims as terrorists,"

Actually, I think a few groups of terrorists who jihad and happen to be Muslim are the ones that depict Muslims as terrorists.

Jabba was shown to be a "terrorist who likes to smoke hookah and have his victims killed".

Actually he's a mobster - into bounty hunting and smuggling. Italians don't fight the AFI for letting it list Godfather and Godfather II on the "Best Movies" lists.


Yeah, a Hutt gangster, part of a decadent cabal that controls the flow of spices in one direction and slaves in the other?  Sounds like Lucas mocking a bunch of 10th century caliphates.  Are these groups trying to claim that's their heritage?
 
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