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Re: Best-Lock gets K-Mart contract
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Date: 
Wed, 16 Aug 2006 17:48:10 GMT
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In lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands, Larry Marak wrote:
Cobi/Best-Lock is now the official construction brick supplier for K-Mart's
JustKidz line of store brand toys.  They are sold amidst the other JustKidz
items, not with Lego and Mega Bloks, and they retail for about a third of what a
comparable Lego set would run.  This now gives CBL a real chance to compete on
an even playing ground with much large Lego.

Visitors to the Bloks Forum will already be aware of the ongoing discussion
there on this topic, but anyone interested in hearing more should stop by:

http://bloks.hyperboards.com

We're exploring the connections between Oxford, Cobi, Best-Lock, Coko, and
others.  The stateside sale of these sets previously only available in Europe
and/or Asia is welcome news IMO!

Dave!



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Cobi/Best-Lock is now the official construction brick supplier for K-Mart's JustKidz line of store brand toys. They are sold amidst the other JustKidz items, not with Lego and Mega Bloks, and they retail for about a third of what a comparable Lego (...) (18 years ago, 10-Aug-06, to lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands)

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