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Re: Question about quality of Best Lock...
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Wed, 6 Oct 2004 19:39:02 GMT
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In lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands, David Eaton wrote:

One thing seemingly only I've experienced with my 2 Best-Lock sets that I've got
is that my hands slowly turned greyish black when building the sets. I've
mentioned that a couple times online, but nobody else seems to have had the same
experience. 'Course that was their old castle line from back in 2000 or so, so
it could be either that their quality has since improved, or I got some old
moldy sets or something.

Now that you mention it, I seem to recall a weird residue or film on the bricks
in sets I bought in 1999, but I don't think it colored my hands in any
noticeable way.  Maybe rather than mold, the substance was mold-release?

But any way you slice it, I wasn't impressed, other
than by their set design (which is admittedly pretty cool).

I've found that some aspects of Best-Lock sets can be directly adapted to LEGO,
but it's a laborious process, to be sure.

Dave!



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  Re: Question about quality of Best Lock...
 
(...) I'd agree with Dave! If you hate Tyco and MegaBloks, you'll hate Best-Lock even more (And again, I also have to admit I've always been impressed with the quality of the limited amount of Tyco Super-Blocks that I've been exposed to). One thing (...) (20 years ago, 6-Oct-04, to lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands)

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