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| (...) From what Ben's Bricks wrote about the cost of custom molds, a Chinese contact seems to be the easier and cheaper route. Isn't Oxford the new Shifty? I don't think the bricks aren't protected by copyright. Didn't the Hong Kong court rule that? (...) (20 years ago, 8-Dec-04, to lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands, FTX)
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| (...) I wasn't sure if Shifty / Brick / .. became Oxford. I think I have an old post that listed a source for buying new Oxford sets, but they work out the same or higher priced than real Lego. Nice info on Korean Lego schools. The eBay contact I (...) (20 years ago, 8-Dec-04, to lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands, FTX)
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| The dreaded Shifty/Brick brand has now appeared in Brisbane, Australia, spotted by a group of LUGnetters at a recent OzFest (see (URL) the interests of scientific research, informed consumerism, and saving a bit of dosh, I went along to the same (...) (22 years ago, 19-Jun-02, to lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands)
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shifty, bricks
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| (...) compatible and (...) is not (...) I just bought another Shifty set. This one is a Pirate/Imperial set, an obvious copy of Lego's 6279 Skull Island. (URL) cost $35 (US$20) and was the largest Shifty set available. The Lego equivalent cost US$53 (...) (22 years ago, 25-Jun-02, to lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands)
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| | July Dinner - and let's skip it!
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| Hi everyone, As the Bricks in the Six is a few days later, and many of us are building furiously for that fan event. So to save stress and anguish, we can forego the dinner next Friday - July 14th - and we can catch up on August 11th. See you at (...) (1 year ago, 7-Jul-23, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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| Hi! In a local shop I noticed a Shifty set, a copy of Lego 1761: (URL) bought it, just to see what it was, and found: The box is a copy, with the right colours, and the error on the box - there are by some reason two models of this one. The (...) (20 years ago, 13-Oct-04, to lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands, lugnet.general)
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shifty, bricks
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| (...) Wow! I've seen all kinds of bootleg stuff on Ebay, but this is the first time I've heard of a removal due to copyright infringement. I can't find any other current Shifty auctions, so maybe Ebay is on the lookout for the ersatz brand. (...) It (...) (20 years ago, 13-Oct-04, to lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands, lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Profanity again
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| (...) Well, it's only my opinion, but I'd suggest that a "true" clone brand is based on the studs-and-tubes system and is able to maintain reasonable clutch power with LEGO bricks and plates. I used to consider the 3:1 plate:brick height ratio to be (...) (20 years ago, 14-Sep-04, to lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands)
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shifty, bricks
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| (...) Hi Ed, To tell you the truth, as clone goes, I only know MB and Tyco (and a handful of non-compatible brands, like Tente, etc). Tyco did have a very nice fitup (0). MB's is not so good, but it is improving. Now (1) the large round holes in the (...) (20 years ago, 1-Aug-04, to lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands, lugnet.color, FTX)
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shifty, bricks
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| In seeing many LCad models calling upon parts in either custom or nonproduction colors, I wonder if anyone has looked toward the third party market. I don't think a 4x4 wing in Green and Tan would warrant the effort and expense of the thousands of (...) (20 years ago, 21-Jul-04, to lugnet.build)
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shifty, bricks
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| (...) Well, I'm flummoxed. It seems unlikely to me that LEGO would provide true-LEGO bricks without requiring a clear indication on the packaging, but I can't imagine, given TLG's successful litigation against Coko/Shifty, that TLG would allow a (...) (21 years ago, 19-Feb-04, to lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands, FTX)
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shifty, bricks
(score: 0.892)
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| (...) 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)
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| | Re: BrickLink will join the LEGO® Group
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| (...) Well, I'm on a 'wait and see what happens'. As I'm not a huge user of BL, but have purchased lots in the past, my opinion on this is pretty irrelevant. I don't have a store, wasn't planning on opening a store, and haven't purchased from BL (...) (5 years ago, 27-Nov-19, to lugnet.mediawatch, FTX)
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| | BrickLink will join the LEGO® Group
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| From BrickLink.com Nov. 26, 2019 BRICKLINK will join the LEGO Group Dear BrickLink members, We are extremely excited to announce that BrickLink Limited has entered into a definitive purchase agreement to be acquired by the LEGO Group. As the LEGO (...) (5 years ago, 27-Nov-19, to lugnet.mediawatch, FTX)
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