Nic Posted November 17, 2010 Author Share Posted November 17, 2010 I know what will have happened, ELC has a few stores in Israel and Middle East (can't remember which counties). They sold the same toys but in different packaging translated into their own languages. Sales there with anything with a pig in it were poor, so special sets were put together for those markets without the pig. I'm guessing they'll have received a handful of complaints from UK customers and so some idiot (stupidity use to be a qualificational requirement at the UK Head Office) decided to do the same with the UK sets, ignorant to the fact that there is an electronic pig noise in the farm. It's a shame the Happy Land Halal Butchers, including hanging animals with sound effects never made it passed the concept stage Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dnk Posted November 17, 2010 Share Posted November 17, 2010 Now that i'd like to see Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
j_jza80 Posted November 17, 2010 Share Posted November 17, 2010 It's a shame the Happy Land Halal Butchers, including hanging animals with sound effects never made it passed the concept stage Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nic Posted November 17, 2010 Author Share Posted November 17, 2010 Now that i'd like to see I won't mention the HL Mosque Set concept. I'm so tempted to get my old designer to draw them up for me so I can send them to the Mail Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt H Posted November 17, 2010 Share Posted November 17, 2010 It's a shame the Happy Land Halal Butchers, including hanging animals with sound effects never made it passed the concept stage it could have an upgrade feature where you could buy different prays to play in Happy Land, perhaps voiced by various popular Muslim Clerics Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tbourner Posted November 17, 2010 Share Posted November 17, 2010 Now that i'd like to see I think they should make a game 'Suicide', sort of a cross between Buckaroo and Monopoly, you have to move your infidels around London before the timer ends to get as many as you can near the extremist before he explodes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Terminator Posted November 17, 2010 Share Posted November 17, 2010 I still think a game with soft squidgy little silicon filled, pink piggy's with a built in squealer and a range of pointed sticks and sharp knives could really be a maga seller. I can just see the TV adds catching on with "Lord of the Flies" chants "Kill the pig", "Kill the pig" becoming ring tones, etc, the business potential is huge. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt H Posted November 17, 2010 Share Posted November 17, 2010 I think they should make a game 'Suicide', sort of a cross between Buckaroo and Monopoly, you have to move your infidels around London before the timer ends to get as many as you can near the extremist before he explodes. Or would have got a > but while the idea was brillaint, the execution wasn't spot on unfortunately... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nic Posted November 17, 2010 Author Share Posted November 17, 2010 Sorry I don't mean to offend anyone (I have a lot of Muslim friends who I know would see the funny side of the whole thing), just being so close to such a stupid headline story yesterday has let my imagination run away with me a bit Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevie_b Posted November 17, 2010 Share Posted November 17, 2010 And God said, Let us make man in our image, after our likeness: and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over the cattle, and over all the earth and over every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth. Then he removed the Pigs in case anyone got upset and the animals in case the Vegans sued him. Then God said, "Hang this for a lark, if they don't like it they can always go to live downstairs!" Grow up people, Muslims are not offended by the presence of Pigs in the world, they have the same God. Good shout! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
j_jza80 Posted November 17, 2010 Share Posted November 17, 2010 I won't mention the HL Mosque Set concept. I'm so tempted to get my old designer to draw them up for me so I can send them to the Mail edit Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest blueangel Posted November 17, 2010 Share Posted November 17, 2010 i cant remember where now but i will have a look but somewhere online was advertising christmas as the winter season holiday. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedM Posted November 17, 2010 Share Posted November 17, 2010 I want one but with the animals replaced with crops. Who do I complain too? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Abz Posted November 17, 2010 Share Posted November 17, 2010 It's PC gone mad, more than likely some Non Muslim "Marketing" person decided this. Been happening for ages, why don't people get it! Muslims don't care if you have a pig or a Christmas tree or eat dog poo. As long as it isn't in there house, you could do what you like, go mad even and have 2 pigs in the set. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt H Posted November 17, 2010 Share Posted November 17, 2010 This thread is genius. I know have my get rich quick scheme. 'Minority Toys'. Red, Once the business is up and running, I'll send you over the ideas for Vegan friendly toys as a sort of working group thing. If you help out I'll throw a few of the first products your way for free. Have to say though, although the idea will be to substitute animal references with plant alternatives, due to our factory also being used to make the normal ranges of toys that include animal toys, we cannot guarantee that all toys will be 100% from animal references. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charlotte Posted November 17, 2010 Share Posted November 17, 2010 Were there no pigs on the Ark? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gaz6002 Posted November 17, 2010 Share Posted November 17, 2010 Were there no pigs on the Ark? I have Noahdea. Sorry Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt H Posted November 17, 2010 Share Posted November 17, 2010 It's PC gone mad Actually, this is PC gone mad: Why don't people get it! Muslims don't care if you have a pig or a Christmas tree Really? Wouldn't muslims ideally want the world to follow Islam. Surely if you're taught that there is only one true god and believe it you'd like to see people following what is the truth? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Animal Posted November 17, 2010 Share Posted November 17, 2010 How about this one? http://www.nyu.edu/classes/siva/archives/xmasg2.jpg Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt H Posted November 17, 2010 Share Posted November 17, 2010 Were there no pigs on the Ark? If all the animals came on two by two (hurrah), then surely there would be two pigs onboard? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charlotte Posted November 17, 2010 Share Posted November 17, 2010 I have Noahdea. Sorry Terrible! If all the animals came on two by two (hurrah), then surely there would be two pigs onboard? Exactly! And we all know Noah existed... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt H Posted November 17, 2010 Share Posted November 17, 2010 Terrible! Exactly! And we all know Noah existed... I believe he existed. It's the exagerations I don't believe. I watched a show ages ago that went into Noah. They said he was a rich fisherman and farmer that had a decent sized boat, and the flood was the Nile, not the entire world. Not saying that's what I believe happened, but I've always believed in a basis for a lot of the storys in the bible (new testament at least), just with a bit of poetic licence and explanations for things that were not understood back then Most of Genisis is just nuts though - prior to jesus' birth. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nic Posted November 17, 2010 Author Share Posted November 17, 2010 It's PC gone mad, more than likely some Non Muslim "Marketing" person decided this. Been happening for ages, why don't people get it! Muslims don't care if you have a pig or a Christmas tree or eat dog poo. As long as it isn't in there house, you could do what you like, go mad even and have 2 pigs in the set. Some people did complain, it'll have only been a handful, I use to have access to all the comments and complaints that came in to ELC and saw some of the ridiculous things people thought offensive - Mothers in general. I know for a fact that in the Israeli and Arabic shops pigs in sets like Happy Land and Blossom Farm definitely put off customers which was why there they were removed. This whole UK thing will have been some idiot Buyer (spit) decision or mistake which the media have got hold of and made a scandal out of. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charlotte Posted November 17, 2010 Share Posted November 17, 2010 Lets get back to the matter of the pigs in hand, and the fact that they are worth more than in the bush. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Abz Posted November 17, 2010 Share Posted November 17, 2010 Really? Wouldn't muslims ideally want the world to follow Islam. Surely if you're taught that there is only one true god and believe it you'd like to see people following what is the truth? Matt, I won't even bother wasting my time explaining to you. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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