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		Re: challenge: LEGO copier
(...) Ugh. Much harder than it sounds: either the robot needs extreme visual acuity to spot the brick boundaries (so it can tell two 1x2 bricks of the same color end-to-end from a single 1x4 brick... or, more importantly, which order a 1x1 and a 1x4 (...) (20 years ago, 4-Aug-04, to lugnet.robotics)

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		Re: Trademark defense doesn't work vs Mega Bloks
(...) Well, TLC certainly seems to agree, which is why they've been fighting tooth-and-nail to make everyone else stop making clone bricks. (...) Patents expire, whether you want them to or not. The idea is that you can patent something that you (...) (20 years ago, 4-Aug-04, to lugnet.mediawatch, lugnet.general, FTX)

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		Re: Trademark defense doesn't work vs Mega Bloks
(...) I dunno about "a few" decades since there was only about an 11 year overlap before the warehouse fire :) Truth is there were lots of similar products on the market going back to the early 1930's (about 15-20 years before Automatic Binding (...) (20 years ago, 5-Aug-04, to lugnet.mediawatch, lugnet.general)

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		Re: Trademark defense doesn't work vs Mega Bloks
(...) Bummer! I have that set and didn't notice any problem with clutch power. The vehicle has fold-away walls so that the garbage truck can "transform" into a mobile lab, and the wall panels don't hold together too rigidly, but I've been satisfied (...) (20 years ago, 5-Aug-04, to lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands, FTX)

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		If only we could all build our own Turtle Worlds...
Apparently MEGABLOKS isn't the only brick-based construction toy to have secured a (URL) TMNT> license. I know that Byggis had previously produced some Jurassic Park sets, but this is the first time I've seen the Turtles. Byggis is a very high (...) (20 years ago, 5-Aug-04, to lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands, FTX)

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		Re: Trademark defense doesn't work vs Mega Bloks
(...) Yeah, I picked up a few Best-Lock sets on deep clearance at Target a while back. They don't have anywhere near the clutch power of LEGO or MEGABLOKS, I think because they use a studs-and-slots system rather than studs-and-tubes. It's a shame, (...) (20 years ago, 5-Aug-04, to lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands, FTX)

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		challenge: LEGO copier
Here's an idea I am certainly not equipped to attempt, but I bet somebody is... The user builds some model (constraints: it must be composed of a 1x1, 1x2, and 1x4 bricks in a selection of several colors, and must be flat, i.e. two-dimensional, and (...) (20 years ago, 4-Aug-04, to lugnet.robotics)

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		Re: Trademark defense doesn't work vs Mega Bloks
(...) Instability during construction hints at two potential major problems. The first, and easiest to prove, is that it probably won't stay together as well if you drop it than it would if the pieces had more consistent clutch strenght. The second (...) (20 years ago, 5-Aug-04, to lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands, FTX)

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		Re: Silkscreening parts
(...) Indeed. The approach I used was to apply SolvaSet(tm) (A Walthers product IIRC, or maybe Microscale) to get the decal to conform to the shape of the model (fitting over rivets and the like) and then after it dried and was in good shape, a coat (...) (20 years ago, 5-Aug-04, to lugnet.parts.mod)

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		BBB Steam Wheels session at BrickFest
Hi All, There is a session/workshop at BrickFest on the topic of Ben's (Big Ben's Bricks) steam engine drivers. There will be samples of two new wheel designs that Ben has made. This session was first held at PDX BrickFest and although it was very (...) (20 years ago, 3-Aug-04, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.events)

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		Re: BBB wheels sales
(...) Hi Tim, Big Ben Bricks train wheel sales are going well (i.e. better then anticipated). My sincere thanks to all of my customers from all over the world including: United States Germany Netherlands Sweden Switzerland France United Kingdom (...) (20 years ago, 27-Jul-04, to lugnet.trains)

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		Comments on first ever visit to legoland
Well, I finally got to go to legoland windsor last friday. A good day but I can't help feeling a little disappointed in places :-( Site itself is great - and bigger than I expected. We had our 3 yr old and a 3 month old baby so progress around the (...) (20 years ago, 5-Aug-04, to lugnet.legoland.windsor, lugnet.loc.uk.en)

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		Re: challenge: LEGO copier
(...) Yes, but not arbitrarily -- there would be some limit in width (Y) and height (Z), in order for the model to fit into the machine. (...) Yes, that's a much harder problem, which is why I was thinking to limit it to a thickness of one in X. (...) (20 years ago, 5-Aug-04, to lugnet.robotics)

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		How about a glossary?
There's a lot of custom jargon around here, which is very confusing to newbies like me. (SNOT building, for example?!? I thought our preferred medium was plastic bricks?) I looked around and if there's a glossary somewhere, I couldn't find it. If (...) (20 years ago, 4-Aug-04, to lugnet.admin.suggestions)

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		Re: Trademark defense doesn't work vs Mega Bloks
(...) Dave! Want MegaBlok anecdotes? Here are a couple: After Christmas I got an Alien Agency Mobile Recovery Unit on clearance and gave it to my 8 year-old. He found it very frustrating because the garbage truck would not stay together but fell (...) (20 years ago, 4-Aug-04, to lugnet.general, lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands, FTX)

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		Re: Trademark defense doesn't work vs Mega Bloks
(...) That's only because Mickey Mouse can't be patented. If he could, you'd be able to renew patents by now. Disney would have seen to it. (...) Since TLC only owned the patent on the fully tubed variety, and none of those clones seems to use a (...) (20 years ago, 4-Aug-04, to lugnet.mediawatch, lugnet.general)

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		Re: Trademark defense doesn't work vs Mega Bloks
(...) Uh-- did they really 'allow' it to expire? I was under the impression that the patent lasted 20 years, then 'tough noogies'. 1958 was the patent year for the stud-and-tube system, so 1978 would fit the bill... I was interested to see some of (...) (20 years ago, 4-Aug-04, to lugnet.mediawatch, lugnet.general)

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		Re: A first step
(...) Well, mother-in-laws DO have a reputation for being evil. ; ) I would have to agree with the other posters to your message--superior building inspires young LEGO builders. They think that if they work at it, they can be like you one day. (...) (20 years ago, 29-Jul-04, to lugnet.general)

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		Re: challenge: LEGO copier
(...) OK, just to clarify: assume an X-Y-Z space with studs sticking up in the Z direction. You mean a model that's only one stud thick in X, arbitrarily wide in Y, and arbitrarily high in Z? Yes, that would be a much simpler problem than what I was (...) (20 years ago, 4-Aug-04, to lugnet.robotics)

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		Re: Honjin Stronghold
(...) (URL) (...) Wow Keith, that's simply amazing! All the detail crammed into it looks superb. The 1x2 grill bricks as flooring is a great idea and very well executed. I don't know if I've ever see a MOC of that size with no studs on the floor, so (...) (20 years ago, 3-Aug-04, to lugnet.castle.ninja, FTX)

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