Tuesday, November 13, 2012

Legos: How Far Should We Go Down the Plastic Brick Road?

In the third season of the sitcom ‘Community’, the audience is introduced to Dr. Marshall Kane, a professor who earned his degrees in prison over the course of several years. He was only allowed one hour a day to study, and while I do not remember the exact count, it took him thousands of hours to get his education.

At one point early in the season, he asks his biology class a very important question: What happened to Legos? When he went in to prison, Legos were simple; now they are extremely complex, with elaborate sets based on films, TV, and comics. (My apologies for not having the clip of this. I couldn’t find it on the internet. Doesn’t mean it isn’t there, but I couldn’t find it.)

And so this gets me thinking about where the future of Legos is headed. So the following is a list of things that will never (or at least should never) get their own Lego sets.

-Saw

-50 Shades of Grey

-Downton Abbey

-Schindler’s List

-Taken

-A Walk to Remember

-Gran Torrino

-Saving Private Ryan

-The Watchmen

-Game of Thrones

-No Country for Old Men

-Miss Congeniality 2: Armed and Fabulous

-Full House

-Crime and Punishment

-Undercover Brother

-The 1998 Dodge Grand Caravan Owner’s Manual

-The Woodsman

-Black Swan

Well that’s what I’ve got, and there are so many other things that do not deserve Legos. What are some that you can think of?

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