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Parental warning: Even after careful construction with the best intentions, the Iraq-Syria LEGO Playset tends to fall apart.
Every Christmas, one toy emerges as the most-wanted, gotta-have gift -- remember Tickle Me Elmo and Beanie Babies from years past? Well, 2015's big hit has emerged: The Iraq-Syria LEGO Playset.
The set retails for three trillion dollars, though the price may have doubled by the time this is published. The standard set includes enough LEGOS to build replicas of Mosul and Fallujah, allowing a child to refight those battles repeatedly. Figures include Sunni militias, Islamic State fighters, Shia militias, one figure representing the actual Iraqi Army, American special forces with and without boots, Iranians, Kurds, Turks, Russians, Syrians (moderate and radical, though they cannot be told apart), British, French and Italian troops, shady Saudi financiers and Hezbollah soldiers.
The basic set also includes a starter pack of refugee figures, though most people will want to opt for the bonus pack if only to access the limited-edition dead children refugee figures.
Not included: any weapons of mass destruction.
While the Iraq-Syria LEGO Playset will provide any child with decades of fun, even more adventures can be played out by buying the Turkish Expansion Pack.
And parents, please note: Even after careful construction with the best intentions, the playset tends to fall apart.
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Every Christmas, one toy emerges as the most-wanted, gotta-have gift -- remember Tickle Me Elmo and Beanie Babies from years past? Well, 2015's big hit has emerged: The Iraq-Syria LEGO Playset.
The set retails for three trillion dollars, though the price may have doubled by the time this is published. The standard set includes enough LEGOS to build replicas of Mosul and Fallujah, allowing a child to refight those battles repeatedly. Figures include Sunni militias, Islamic State fighters, Shia militias, one figure representing the actual Iraqi Army, American special forces with and without boots, Iranians, Kurds, Turks, Russians, Syrians (moderate and radical, though they cannot be told apart), British, French and Italian troops, shady Saudi financiers and Hezbollah soldiers.
The basic set also includes a starter pack of refugee figures, though most people will want to opt for the bonus pack if only to access the limited-edition dead children refugee figures.
Not included: any weapons of mass destruction.
While the Iraq-Syria LEGO Playset will provide any child with decades of fun, even more adventures can be played out by buying the Turkish Expansion Pack.
And parents, please note: Even after careful construction with the best intentions, the playset tends to fall apart.
Every Christmas, one toy emerges as the most-wanted, gotta-have gift -- remember Tickle Me Elmo and Beanie Babies from years past? Well, 2015's big hit has emerged: The Iraq-Syria LEGO Playset.
The set retails for three trillion dollars, though the price may have doubled by the time this is published. The standard set includes enough LEGOS to build replicas of Mosul and Fallujah, allowing a child to refight those battles repeatedly. Figures include Sunni militias, Islamic State fighters, Shia militias, one figure representing the actual Iraqi Army, American special forces with and without boots, Iranians, Kurds, Turks, Russians, Syrians (moderate and radical, though they cannot be told apart), British, French and Italian troops, shady Saudi financiers and Hezbollah soldiers.
The basic set also includes a starter pack of refugee figures, though most people will want to opt for the bonus pack if only to access the limited-edition dead children refugee figures.
Not included: any weapons of mass destruction.
While the Iraq-Syria LEGO Playset will provide any child with decades of fun, even more adventures can be played out by buying the Turkish Expansion Pack.
And parents, please note: Even after careful construction with the best intentions, the playset tends to fall apart.