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Jaey · May 18, 2004, 08:21 PM

My friend found (I don't know how) these shocking pictures of a rare, limited edition Lego set. I am dismayed, to say the least.

residentEvil · May 18, 2004, 08:23 PM

oh my god [old-news]

Jaey · May 18, 2004, 08:29 PM

Originally posted by residentEvil:
oh my god [old-news]

well, I'm sorry.

Adam Betts · May 18, 2004, 08:33 PM

it's fake.

Jaey · May 18, 2004, 08:46 PM

Originally posted by Adam Betts:
it's fake.

How can you tell?

(I hope it is)

mishap · May 18, 2004, 08:50 PM

why post this? shock & awe? you obviously knew they arent real.

The fact that someone took the time to fake those is f*king disgusting

lock this ish

Yose · May 18, 2004, 08:55 PM

Originally posted by Jaey:
How can you tell?

(I hope it is)

Oh.. I dunno.. The use of the clouds filter in the first one.

Kenneth · May 18, 2004, 09:01 PM

Right.. they are fake.

box 6752 has graphic on the top... but 6741, 6753, and those 4 boxes don't..

All LEGO boxes are painted on all faces AKAIK.

Yose · May 18, 2004, 09:11 PM

Originally posted by Kenneth:
Right.. they are fake.

box 6752 has graphic on the top... but 6741, 6753, and those 4 boxes don't..

All LEGO boxes are painted on all faces AKAIK.

I think that has more to do with lighting and the flash.

ryju · May 18, 2004, 09:26 PM

If it were real it'd look a lot classier...

Sealobo · May 18, 2004, 09:41 PM

Hilarious~!

11011001 · May 18, 2004, 09:46 PM

If I remember correctly these were supposed to be by some artist.

They aren't intended as nazi propaganda.. or anything sick.

selfabduction68 · May 18, 2004, 10:03 PM

Originally posted by 11011001:
If I remember correctly these were supposed to be by some artist.

They aren't intended as nazi propaganda.. or anything sick.

Correct. They were done as 'art', not as production pieces, meant to show the world what it could have been like if the nazis won the war, how they'd have little lego sets like this, or something like that. I can't remember.

- Rob

Jaey · May 18, 2004, 10:13 PM

Yeah, I was pretty sure they were fake, but I couldn't find anything wrong with them (besides their content, which I think is pretty sick).

Adam Betts · May 18, 2004, 10:16 PM

Originally posted by 11011001:
If I remember correctly these were supposed to be by some artist.

They aren't intended as nazi propaganda.. or anything sick.

Pretty soon someone will come in and say it's pretentious art

mitchell_pgh · May 18, 2004, 10:40 PM

Looks like pretentious art...

Kilbey · May 19, 2004, 12:06 AM

I think it's disgusting.

And it's not art.

It may be commentary, but not art.

wang_himself · May 19, 2004, 12:23 AM

It looks like that Iraqi prison...

Zimphire · May 19, 2004, 12:33 AM

wang_himself · 08:30 PM

removing old things...

Zimphire · May 19, 2004, 12:48 AM

Originally posted by wang_himself:

You forgot +1

So

+1

wang_himself · May 19, 2004, 12:56 AM

Originally posted by Zimphire:
You forgot +1

So

+1

ok,

+1

- - e r i k - - · May 19, 2004, 03:30 AM

Jesus fucking christ. Do you people not know how to use google? It's that rounded text field with the looking glass icon in the top right corner of your browser?

The Centre for Contemporary Art in Warsaw, Poland, has information about Zbigniew Libera on its web site. After entering the site, select the index of artists and scroll down to Zbigniew Libera's name. This information was good on February 24,2002.

WARNING! The above mentioned site has material that may be disturbing to some people.

PLEASE NOTE! Many people have written to me asking where they can buy these sets. As far as I know, Zbigniew Libera only made three copies of these sets. They were sold for $7,500.00 each in the mid-1990s. I do not know if they have since been offered for sale. If and when they are, I expect the price will be much higher.

The Jewish Museum in New York, NY, has these sets as part of a display from March 17 to June 30, 2002. The exhibit is Mirroring Evil: Nazi Imagery/ Recent Art.

http://users.erols.com/kennrice/lego-kz.htm

AKcrab · May 19, 2004, 03:42 AM

Originally posted by - - e r i k - -:
Jesus fucking christ. Do you people not know how to use google? It's that rounded text field with the looking glass icon in the top right corner of your browser?

Jeez, I'm sorry. I thought clicking that spyglass thingy reported my web browsing to the gubernment.

Sandbaggins · May 19, 2004, 04:02 AM

Originally posted by wang_himself:
It looks like that Iraqi prison...

I don't see any panties...

Mastrap · May 19, 2004, 05:10 AM

Originally posted by - - e r i k - -:
Jesus fucking christ. Do you people not know how to use google? It's that rounded text field with the looking glass icon in the top right corner of your browser?
http://users.erols.com/kennrice/lego-kz.htm

Quoted for emphasis. This has been around for nearly ten years. It was quite a shocker when first released. It certainly got the intended message across.

And Kilby: It is art. I am not sure why you think that art can't commentate or comments can't be art.

Gee4orce · May 19, 2004, 06:38 AM

I heard they are making limited edition Guantanamo Bay Detention Centre and Abu Ghraib Torture Chamber playsets ! The Iraqi one comes with a digital camera too.