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i'm cutting back on a lot of the pages i used to maintain so clones get the
axe. hopefully this list will provide some resource for anyone that wants to
start a similar page in the future (though some links may be outdated at this
point).
my tyco and tente pages will be available for a bit longer but if someone wants
to keep them for posterity they really should contact me in the next month
or so.
..joseph g
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American Bricks - Bulk brick sets from as early as the 1930s were originally
wooden and later released as plastic blocks
Atco - www.atcotoys.com/
Best-Lock - www.best-lock.com/
Better Blocks - Bulk buckets of blocks, some sets included glow-in-the-dark
elements.
Bloc-Tek - See Brik-o
Blockmen - Combination of blocks and army men. Discontinued early 2001.
Blocko -
Blocks by the pound - generic blocks sold in simple bulk boxes, no specialized
pieces
Brik-O - like coko bricks, big helicopter and stealth bomber models
Brix Blox - sold through Sears (circa 1977-1983), line included small vehicles
and large bulk sets
Byggis/Bricks - Swedish product similar to Lego Blocks
Candy Blox - Edible bricks, available in the U.S. during early 1990s
Coko Bricks - www.tjcoko.com/cgi-bin/gen_home.pl,
Crosswise - www.antelope-toys.com/
Dalu - Obvious copy of Lego, found in Saudi Arabia.
Dietel - Early construction bricks from Germany
Flexiblocks - Founded in 1984. www.flexiblocks.com/
Fuh Yeau Blocks - www.toy.com.tw/fuhyeau.html
Glory Alliance Co. - www.glory-alliance.com.hk/cgi-bin/gen_home.pl
Habe Building Blocks - Product from Hong Kong
Han Nam Building Blocks - www.eckorea.net/co/hannamcorp/default.asp
Idema - Released in Germany circa 1960
Kawada Blocks - www.angelfire.com/ut2/mescalero/kawada.html, see also Atco
KLOSS -
Lego Blocks - www.lego.com of the current industry standard (in our humble
opinion)
Loc-Blocs - bulk sets, small vehicle sets, Smurfs and Disney playsets (circa
1980-1988),
Mega Bloks - www.megabloks.com/
OK Building Blocks - Product from Taiwan.
Oxford Blocks - www.samsunco.com/products/pro7.html
Panda Toys - pandatoys.hypermart.net/
Pb - East German product with a lineup of town and military models in varying
sizes (circa 1980-1988)
Plastic City - Italian product released in the early 1970's. Bricks were
larger/flatter than average brands.
Polly Hobby - German product from 1970s and 1980s,
Qubo - Italian product spotted in U.S. and Belgium circa 1994-1995.
Shifty - Blatant copy of Lego products (released in Canada starting in 1997
Tandem - Bulk sets of bricks/plates with fit and color match very close to Lego
(circa 1988-1992)
Tente - Unofficial pages thunder.prohosting.com/~carbon60/tente/index.html and
members.tripod.com/~mescalero/tente.html
Toys 2 Go - Travel box with building blocks
Tyco Superblocks - www.angelfire.com/ut2/mescalero/tyco.html
Ultra-Blox - Information pending.
Wing Tung Industrial - www.helloapple.com.hk/blk.htm
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http://www.best-lock.com/1/2150/details2109.html
And Here:
http://www.best-lock.com/1/2150/details2111.html
Jurassic Park also:
http://www.best-lock.com/1/Dinosaur/details3165.html
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In lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands, Joseph Gonzalez wrote:
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i’m cutting back on a lot of the pages i used to maintain so clones get the
axe. hopefully this list will provide some resource for anyone that wants to
start a similar page in the future (though some links may be outdated at this
point).
my tyco and tente pages will be available for a bit longer but if someone
wants to keep them for posterity they really should contact me in the next
month or so.
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**snip of list**
Joseph was kind enough to email me his clone info page a long long time ago, and
I never got around to posting it (partially because I thought I’d deleted it,
and partially because I’m a lazy so-and-so with no sense of priority).
Anyway, after much delay, here is the page. I’ve added a little bit of info to it, and I’ve updated a
few of the outdated links, but there’s still some work to do.
Thanks very much to Joseph for giving me this info in the first place, and I
apologize for taking so darn long to get around to posting it.
Let me know if you have any information to add or correct.
Dave!
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In lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands, Dave Schuler wrote:
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Anyway, after much delay,
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here is the page.
I’ve added a little bit of info to it, and I’ve updated a few of the outdated
links, but there’s still some work to do.
Let me know if you have any information to add or correct.
Dave!
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Hi Dave,
For older clones or competitors, try to see this link:
http://www.personal.u-net.com/~lilleker/con-os.htm
My personal favorite among those are the high quality Berli Bygge Brikker from
1955. Unlike the Lego of those days, the Berli bricks has kept both their colors
and their form (no warping) during the last 50 years.
I have a couple of the Polly sets, and the best feature from that company are
the small “studs-only” bricks that allows you to put two bricks together
bottom-to-bottom; in that way, Polly avoided the cost of making mirrored slopes,
as they just used a normal slope attached upside-down (talk about SNOT
building!).
Arne, Copenhagen
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In lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands, Arne Lykke Nielsen wrote:
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In lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands, Dave Schuler wrote:
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Anyway, after much delay,
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here is the page.
I’ve added a little bit of info to it, and I’ve updated a few of the
outdated links, but there’s still some work to do.
Let me know if you have any information to add or correct.
Dave!
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Hi Dave,
For older clones or competitors, try to see this link:
http://www.personal.u-net.com/~lilleker/con-os.htm
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Hey, that’s fantastic! I’ll add a link sometime today. Thanks for the info!
Dave!
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