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		Re: New Knight's Kingdom Prices
(...) Poor sales of certain themes also contributed. I'm not sure where the loss in 1998 came from, but Galidor, the first wave of NHL sets (we'll have to see how the new minifig-scale sets do), and the NBA theme all pretty much tanked in their (...) (20 years ago, 9-Jun-04, to lugnet.general)

shifty
(score: 1.378)

		Re: Profanity again
(...) That and without a way to edit posts, typos can make it look like you swore. I found a few accidental typos while searching for swears the other day. Things like someone who misspelled "cut" by inserting an extra letter. Also you've got to (...) (20 years ago, 14-Sep-04, to lugnet.off-topic.fun, lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands)

shifty
(score: 1.360)

		Re: Shifty set
(...) They're pretty awful alright. I've only seen a couple Shifty sets, and it looks like not only do they make mistakes on their boxes, but there's a typo in their name ;) I thought these were a 'China-only' brand, and even then were iffy, so (...) (20 years ago, 13-Oct-04, to lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands, lugnet.general)

shifty
(score: 1.360)

		Artbots in NY this weekend
It's an ArtBots invasion in Harlem! The Third Annual ArtBots: The Robot Talent Show will take place on September 17, 18, & 19 from noon to 6:00pm at The Mink Building on 126th Street & Amsterdam Avenue in Harlem. Featuring the work of 20 artists and (...) (20 years ago, 16-Sep-04, to lugnet.robotics, FTX)

shifty
(score: 1.360)

		Re: Brissy Lugs LEGO Christmas Party! - Sunday Dec 5th 2004!
In lugnet.loc.au, Melody Brown wrote: (blah blah) (...) And NO MEGABLOKS/MEGABOCKS/SHIFTY ETC ;) !!! ;) Mel (20 years ago, 2-Oct-04, to lugnet.loc.au, lugnet.loc.au.qld.bri, FTX)

shifty
(score: 1.358)

		Re: Shifty set
(...) It's not quite accurate for them to describe all of the sets as "blatant copies" of LEGO sets. Granted, many sets were direct copies, and Shifty certainly copied numerous patent-protected parts, but the Shifty castle set that I bought has no (...) (20 years ago, 19-Nov-04, to lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands, lugnet.general, lugnet.mediawatch)

shifty
(score: 1.353)

		Lego Company chooses poorly? (was re: Shifty set)
(...) charity, presumeably for distribution to the poor. I read between the lines that this is Finnish law, that siezed illegal goods can be destroyed or given to charity. The article claimed that the clones were dangerous and could break in normal (...) (20 years ago, 25-Nov-04, to lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands, lugnet.general, lugnet.mediawatch)

shifty
(score: 1.352)

		Re: Shifty set
Funny, I bought and wrote this... Now I read this: (URL) is just across the waters, 80 km from here. 10 tons, 10000 sets :-) That is a lot! S PS: I will keep the set, in case I have to do a setup/show sometime again. It will go under "bad bad bad (...) (20 years ago, 19-Nov-04, to lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands, lugnet.general, lugnet.mediawatch)

shifty
(score: 1.351)

		Re: Shifty set
In lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands, Sonnich Jensen wrote: -snip- (...) -snip- (...) You could achieve all 3 things:- 1. Leave the bag sealed. 2. Build the set in the bag. 3. Throw the built set in sealed bag away. (:^) (...) Have a Technic bulldozer (...) (20 years ago, 20-Nov-04, to lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands)

shifty
(score: 1.351)

		Re: Shifty set
(...) I am not sure what either "blatant" nor "jeers" mean, but when reading the Danish and the English version, I would have translated this way: ....all are Slavic copies of Lego.... I asume blatant is something else. Sonnich (...) (20 years ago, 24-Nov-04, to lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands, lugnet.general, lugnet.mediawatch)

shifty
(score: 1.350)

		Re: Lego Press Release - Imitation products destroyed
Bryan & All, (...) Maersk truck. I also saw the newer Coastal Patrol Harbor there, with the Dolphins. Pretty sad. Shifty indeed. Scott Sanburn -- (20 years ago, 18-Nov-04, to lugnet.mediawatch)

shifty
(score: 1.348)

		Re: Lego Company chooses poorly? (was re: Shifty set)
(...) Are you willing to vouch for the safety of each of those fake sets? Were LEGO to have given the o.k. to give away the illegal sets they (the LEGO company) would have, at least in principle, been giving their assurance that the sets are safe to (...) (20 years ago, 25-Nov-04, to lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands, lugnet.general, lugnet.mediawatch)

shifty
(score: 1.348)

		Re: Lego clone from China?
(...) "Enlighten" brand... I think thats the same brand name that TLC just crushed a bunch of in Finland (on the way to Russia). Looks a bit like someone took a real LEGO box, scanned the artwork, changed the company logo and put a new number on it. (...) (20 years ago, 2-Dec-04, to lugnet.general)

shifty
(score: 1.346)

		Re: Two Questions and a Comment (was Re: A Community Problem)
(...) That's true. Of course, the LEGO v MegaBloks suits are somewhat different from LEGO v Shifty/Brick, since LEGO's beef with MegaBloks involves the specific design of the studs-n-tubes interlocking system and the "look" of the 2x4 brick, whereas (...) (20 years ago, 29-Dec-04, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)

shifty
(score: 1.344)

		Re: Shifty set
(...) This brand has appeared again on eBay: (URL) (20 years ago, 21-Jan-05, to lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands, lugnet.general)

shifty
(score: 1.339)

		Re: A Colored Merry Christmas
(...) Cool Didier, although that orange one looks a little shifty, I think he wants to steal Christmas! Happy Holidays. Janey "Red Brick" (18 years ago, 22-Dec-06, to lugnet.fun.holiday, FTX)

shifty
(score: 1.207)

		Re: Cobi/Best-Lock
(...) Hm. I was under the impression that even just the image of a minifig was un-marketable thanks to copyright. I seem to recall that Mike Rayhawk was prevented from selling his BrikWars artwork for that reason (although I don't think he ever (...) (18 years ago, 2-Jan-07, to lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands, FTX)

shifty
(score: 1.204)

		Re: Cobi/Best-Lock
(...) That's an interesting argument--do you have a citation? I ask because I believe that the patent on the minifig design has expired, and previous arguments by LEGO re: the "trademark" status of their pieces have failed. The majority of rulings (...) (18 years ago, 10-Jan-07, to lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands, FTX)

shifty
(score: 1.203)

		Re: Cobi/Best-Lock
(...) There may be another variable at play in those northern European cases; as far as I'm aware, LEGO maintains a de facto stranglehold on many of the markets there, so competitor brands are denied entry altogether. It seems that LEGO has secured (...) (18 years ago, 11-Jan-07, to lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands, FTX)

shifty
(score: 1.203)

		Re: Obvious Chinese Rip-off
(...) These kinds of sets are actually fairly common on ebay. In almost all cases however the shipping is so high that you actually don't usually save enough $ over the LEGO version for the sets to be "worth it". The dominiant brand seems to be the (...) (17 years ago, 7-Feb-08, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)

shifty
(score: 1.130)

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