Little Coloured Bricks

Back in 2008, a new brand of Lego minifigs was featured in many a news channel and newspapers. This new set was not released by Lego but by a Lego fan who is very into World War II and the War on Terror. It was taken to the next level however when a masked Osama follower was seen in a photo and it was holding a rocket launcher, an assault rifle and a good number of grenades. Another one of these figures include a Nazi major bearing the insignia of the SS.

The Ramadhan Foundation spokesperson Mohammed Shaffiq told “The Sun” in 2008 that the minifigs were “absolutely disgusting”. He further added that the minifigs are glorifying terrorism and that the makers of the said Legomen should be ashamed. A Jewish foundation also reacted with regards to these Legomen and said the minifigs were distasteful. Well, so much for Lego-making infidels but these Lego minifigs are just mirrors of what is really going on in the world. The toys were released by BrickArms and are not associated with the Lego Group. According to Will Chapman, the business’ founder, it was never his intention to offend or to glorify anything. He was quoted in one interview as saying “…the kids love the bad guys.”

And the kids sure do love the bad guys and many of these kids are from the United Kingdom and Germany.

After two years, these Lego minifigs are still very popular all over the globe and many are of course, still against them. But you got to admit though, they look cute don’t they?

The Nazi Legomen are as adorable as the scarf-wearing Al Qaeda. Legomen are not created equal, some of them are doctors, some are businessmen, some are soldiers both from the First World War and the Second World War, some of them are the guys fighting in Iraq. And if there are soldiers, there are also the bad guys. That’s the reality.