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Re: Na na na na na na na na...
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lugnet.general
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Wed, 26 Oct 2005 02:32:38 GMT
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In lugnet.general, Greg Hyland wrote:
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But I do admit, I do like and collect the Mini-Mate figures, and while
they’ve done Marvel characters just as figures, DC characters only came with
those dereadful C3 sets... I pretty much kept the figures and threw out the
blocks with those sets!
-Greg
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Greg, as a long time batman fan, I must admit that I’ve often been tempted to
purchase one of those C3 sets, especially since I’ve seen them time and time
again discounted almost to nothing. As cool as the figs did appear, I always
opted against buying these toys in favor of spending my limited budget on actual
Lego product. The major problem that I find with most clones is the limited
compatability with actual Lego product, i.e. mega blok “plates” that are 1/2 a
brick high, instead of 1/3 high like thier lego counterparts.
I suspect that the people at Warner (DC’s parent company, f.y.i. Marvel’s parent
company is New Line) decided that the lesser brands of construction toys were
not successful in exploiting the market potential that has come to be expected
by the batman franchise.
I look forward to the line, let’s hope that the batmobile is a cool model.
-D
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| (...) For the record, you're probably thinking of Tyco, because the vast majority of Mega Bloks bricks are 1/3 brick-height. There have been a few half-brick-height plate over time (such as the 8x24, the 8x16, the 4x16, etc.) but Mega Bloks has (...) (19 years ago, 2-Nov-05, to lugnet.general, FTX)
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| | Re: Na na na na na na na na...
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| (...) Ug! Maybe I'm paying TOO MUCH attention to the clones! I'm ashamed of myself! But I do admit, I do like and collect the Mini-Mate figures, and while they've done Marvel characters just as figures, DC characters only came with those dereadful (...) (19 years ago, 25-Oct-05, to lugnet.general, FTX)
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