not necessarily to pi** off lefties in the mid 80’s airfix did thier artwork with the made model standing on the model kits blueprints ( sales plummeted it left nothing to the imagination you saw the made item) also marketing has found that with actual action involved more sales are achived

the public still wants it it’s the over paid nerks in council offices that try stopping it with foolishness no matter what cost to british business

Twaddle.

Utter unalloyed twaddle.

It had nothing to do with “lefties”, nothing to do with “council offices”, but everything to do with a legal requirement in some foreign countries that any artwork on the packaging must faithfully represent the product as packaged.

Nostalgia isn’t what it was in the old days.

Vestal virgins?

That’s the Romans, mate.

Things have changed a bit since you were a lad. :p

I’ve got a really strong sense of deja vu about this.

I WOULD have one recommendation: when locking a thread because there`s another more appropriate one, etc,
it would be MOST helpful for the Moderator to LINK to the appropriate thread (when it already exists, of course)
That is least disruptive to people who weren´t necessarily grossly breaking any guidelines, etc…

That’s what I usually do.

A fair point nevertheless, and I apologise for the omission this time.

Of course, it could all be a sophisticated plot to remove Obama from the White House.

It’s about as likely as me joining the Bolshoi Ballet, though.

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