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I love how the tanker has the Shell logo, yet it has the Octan color scheme. Lego is still doing business with Shell? I know that they were the Lego World's main gas brand in the 80's (There were also some Exxon Mobil sets, but very few compared to Shell), but they pretty much faded away since the arrival of Octan. Unless I'm missing something, the only current tie-ins with Lego and Shell are those promotional Ferrari mini-model sets. But regardless of how much or how little Lego and Shell are connected, this video is a load of crap. Unless Lego sets up oil rigs in the arctic as an affiliate with Shell and encourages kids to make profits by destroying the environment, them selling Shell Promotional sets does not in any way "pollute" children's minds or help sugar coat Shell's oil drilling. It would be like saying that Lego is making children obese because they released 3438 Mcdonald's Restaurant. The ad tries to make you feel sad just like every other environmental ad against pollution, except this one is just making stuff up. I'm really surprised that over half a million people have signed it.

You act like that number is not manually inflated daily, much like the month long competition to build the Nexus Tower. There are plenty of server-side ways to realistically inflate an number to make it appear as if you have a lot of supporters for your cause. With as much lying, false facts, and deceit that is going on in this campaign (not to mention the timer that was present when the then-email spam site up went was an actual timer that automatically counted up to 600,000 and reset on page load (Ayliffe and others in the SBox at that time can confirm this)), I would not rule out some clever inflation techniques going on here.

1. I didn't. Somebody must have decided to sneak their custom Halo 'fig onto the display, and I thought it was unusual enough to mention. 2. To elaborate on McJobless' response, the LEGO Group hasn't been making many Shell sets lately 3. Save the whales! I don't mind at all; go right ahead! @Aidenpons The Youtube comments section is the last place you should have a debate, and almost certain to escalate into a flame war. Despite some commentators reflecting reasonable objections to this video, its likes outnumber the dislikes at an approximate four-to-one ratio, and the Greenpeace petition has allocated nearly half a million signers. I'd hate to see the LEGO Group cave to political pressure, especially in such an irrational manifestation. Even if TLG lets their contract with Shell/Ferrari quietly expire, the environmentalist loons will celebrate it as a victory.

TLG actually did make Shell sets...about 20 years ago. My Dad (and by extension, I) own a LEGO Shell fuel station. They didn't last long though. Nowadays, the only mention they get is associated with Ferrari, and IIRC that's only in their F1 sets.

1. Why you bring Halo into this Greenpeace? 2. Since when has TLG been making Shell sets? Octan isn't Shell. 3. Oh boy. Another ad that exploits my emotions. I totally haven't seen 4,000 of these.