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(...) The LEGO Company did not clone the Kiddiecraft brick. They licensed the design, then bought the rights to it outright, and then improved upon it with the addition of the tubes inside the bricks that prevent cross-stacked parts from sliding (...) (15 years ago, 17-Nov-09, to lugnet.mediawatch, FTX)
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(...) Why should they? There are plenty of other companies that have already done so. You've got K'Nex, Lincoln Logs, Erector, and several other construction toy systems that have no resemblance to LEGO bricks, proving that you don't need to (...) (15 years ago, 17-Nov-09, to lugnet.mediawatch, FTX)
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| | 2009/2010 LDraw Standards Committee (LSC) Election is open
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The 2009/2010 LDraw Standards Committee[1] election is now open. To vote, please visit (URL) and log in with your user account. Next, visit the ballot page on LDraw.org here: (URL) LDraw organization members may vote and you may vote for up to five (...) (15 years ago, 17-Nov-09, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw, lugnet.announce)
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(...) Not a valid analogy I believe. LEGO didn't clone Kiddiecraft; it took the idea and ran with it. Since their improvements were superior to the original, the original died off. Clones today exist because of their compatibility with LEGO, not (...) (15 years ago, 17-Nov-09, to lugnet.mediawatch, FTX)
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| | Re: Datsville Link
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(...) Maybe Google Code + Google Wave? Preferably something that won't break if the person hosting the site has a HD crash or looses his password... Plus, I already have a gmail account! :) Mike (15 years ago, 17-Nov-09, to lugnet.cad)
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Cool! And very impressive. Play well, Jacob -- (URL) Jacob's LEGO boats> (15 years ago, 17-Nov-09, to lugnet.modelteam, lugnet.technic, FTX)
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| | BBB&C "new" 4-2-0 and Class A Shay locomotives
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A two truck, two cylinder, "Class A" Shay Locomotive My BBB&C's locomotive number 7 (URL) More pics and videos (URL) here>. and The First Locomotive of the First Railroad in Texas The 4-2-0 named the "General Sherman" (for Texas General Sidney (...) (15 years ago, 17-Nov-09, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.technic, FTX) !
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(...) The answer to your question is obvious. Enlighten and others manufacture for a market that never could afford to buy Lego bricks. The success of Lego's clone of the Kiddiecraft brick has had very little influence on the success of later (...) (15 years ago, 17-Nov-09, to lugnet.mediawatch, FTX)
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| | Re: Open cylinder primitives, any demand?
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(...) Here is a list I compiled of many parts that could make use of a cylinder that's open at both ends. There may be more. 6029A 3957 104 2569 30322 30209 3062B 33286 43888 4740 3960s01 3961s01 6942 75535 6177s01 30148 4360 4341 70501 529 6260 (...) (15 years ago, 17-Nov-09, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts.primitives)
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| | Re: Looking for entries for a film show
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(...) Uh, by the way, it happens in March. Sorry. (15 years ago, 16-Nov-09, to lugnet.animation, FTX)
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