Adults-only Lego

Thu 4 February 2010 7:08am by Daniel
Filed under: Consumerism 

I found this Lego set on Amazon UK. It’s actually way more elaborate (and expensive) than any I remember seeing in the Australian catalogues, but what I thought was really funny was that Amazon has attached a legal-sounding age restriction to it, as if it was an adult video game or DVD, or alcohol.

Lego age restriction

“Not for sale to persons under the age of 16. By placing an order for this product, you declare that you are 16 years of age or over. This item must be used responsibly and appropriately.”

That’s right folks — responsibly and appropriately — which means no giving it to your 7 year-old and letting him pull all the pieces apart to make robots.

Bookmark and Share

Tags: , ,

Comments

7 comments on Adults-only Lego

  1. alexio on Thu, 4th Feb 2010 9:12 am

    2. Stuff that, I am going to chew the hell out of those pieces.

  2. Jayne on Thu, 4th Feb 2010 11:58 am

    3. Lemme guess…it’s an internet cafe, isn’t it?
    And it comes with it’s own disgraced banker looking up Miranda Kerr nekkid :P

  3. roger on Thu, 4th Feb 2010 1:05 pm

    4. Well, someone under 16 years might swallow one of the pieces. i.e. it’s a choking hazzard for teenagers.

  4. Konrad Talmont-Kaminski on Thu, 4th Feb 2010 3:58 pm

    5. It actually depicts an Amsterdam coffee shop. Complete with zoned out Aussie backpackers having their seventh legal joint in a row. And never you mind what is going on in the hotel upstairs. Let’s just say that the rooms are paid for by the hour. Gotta love the Europeans!

  5. Konrad Talmont-Kaminski on Fri, 5th Feb 2010 7:17 pm

    6. For some more adults-only Lego: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/8493631.stm

  6. mikesmith on Tue, 9th Feb 2010 11:48 am

    7. Choking hazard. Sigh, reminds me of the tshirts.

    http://www.funniesttshirts.co.uk/2009/07/warning-choking-hazard-contains-large.html

  7. Lana on Wed, 10th Feb 2010 8:33 am

    8. I never knew they did this kind of stuff! I’m hanging out for the Taj Mahal, LOL http://shop.lego.com/Product/?p=10189

Leave a reply...
and if you want a pic to show with your comment, go get a gravatar!