When did Legos become so violent?

Legos have been around since 1949 and have been a favorite toy for many children including myself. However if you stop and look at the Lego section today, you may begin to notice something different compared to the Legos of yesterday … They seem to depict more violence.

UK employee helps assemble the Guinness World Record largest ever number of LEGO Star Wars Clone Troopers built and displayed in one location at LEGO UK Headquarters, Slough.

Photo: TYRONE SIU / REUTERS

The first weapons were introduced in a castle set in 1978 and since then the amount has increased to nearly 30 percent of all sets sold today. A recent study of the Lego brand revealed nearly 40 percent of all Lego packaging images show some sort of violence with ‘shooting’ at the top of the list.

Toy Lego characters depicting a scene of protesters confronting riot police are seen on a table outside the government headquarters in Hong Kong October 20, 2014. A deepening sense of impasse gripped Hong Kong on Monday as pro-democracy protests entered their fourth week, with the government having limited options to end the crisis and demonstrators increasingly willing to confront police.REUTERS/Tyrone Siu (CHINA - Tags: POLITICS CIVIL UNREST TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY) — Toy Lego characters depicting a scene of protesters confronting riot police are seen on a table outside the government headquarters in Hong Kong October 20, 2014. A deepening sense of impasse gripped Hong Kong on Monday as pro-democracy protests entered their fourth week, with the government having limited options to end the crisis and demonstrators increasingly willing to confront police.

Photo: TYRONE SIU / REUTERS

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