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		"Shifty" rip off brand -- can they get away with this??
I was glancing thru a dollar-shop in lower-mainland British Columbia, Canada, a couple days ago when I saw some small LEGO sets for sale, the kind that usually go for $4 or $5 US. They were being sold for only $1 a piece; they had a set of a couple (...) (25 years ago, 25-Jul-99, to lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands)

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		Re: "Shifty" rip off brand -- can they get away with this??
(...) Apart from the printing, and the copy-right issues, how were the elements themselves? Did they compare in quality to Mega Bloks, or Best-Lock? Can you actually use them well with LEGO elements? I'd be very interested to see some of these, or (...) (25 years ago, 26-Jul-99, to lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands)

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		Re: "Shifty" rip off brand -- can they get away with this??
(...) Not really. We (Maria & I) are both avid builders, and one reason to go to Canada was to take advantage of the exchange rate, and find some good deals in Mega Bloks. The in-laws on both sides think we're a couple of weirdos, but they do agree (...) (25 years ago, 26-Jul-99, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)

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		Re: "Shifty" rip off brand -- can they get away with this??
(...) MEGA-BLOKS??!! Now that's grounds for divorce;-) (...) (25 years ago, 27-Jul-99, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)

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		"Shifty" rip off brand -- more info from original poster
Sorry I didn't provide more information right off, but this was my first post to the LEGO-related newsgroups so I wasn't aware exactly what was expected. I just ran across this stuff in the store and thought it might be something worth letting (...) (25 years ago, 27-Jul-99, to lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands)

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		Re: "Shifty" rip off brand -- more info from original poster
(...) --snip-- (...) Well, this all seems credible enough. I give my official imprimatur of truth. I guess I'll keep my eyes open on my way through BC, and see what turns up. It would interesting to to have a set or two, even if the quality is not (...) (25 years ago, 28-Jul-99, to lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands)

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		Re: "Shifty" rip off brand -- can they get away with this??
(...) some (...) BC (...) Hmm. Sounds like fodder for a pre-nup to me. ;-) -Tom McD. when replying, I hear that the Canadian spamcakes are lovely this time of year. (25 years ago, 26-Jul-99, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)

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		Re: "Shifty" rip off brand -- can they get away with this??
(...) --snipped-- (...) China" i just got some scans of these from a very reliable source SIMPLY INCREDIBLE!! look at these scans! (URL) the next "official" theme we'll see out of denmark will be chinese pirates (nyuk, nyuk) ..joseph g (25 years ago, 26-Jul-99, to lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands)

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		dissin' clones (was: VERY-shifty scans)
(...) Heh heh. Good one! :) That reminds me, I'm always so chuckled-up by bastardizations such as Microsoft ==> Microslop, Microshaft, Mickeysoft, etc. MS Internet Explorer ==> Internet Exploder, Internet Exploiter, etc. MS Back Office ==> Back (...) (25 years ago, 1-Aug-99, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)

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		Re: dissin' clones (was: VERY-shifty scans)
(...) HP-SUX, Slowlartus, AOHell, Nutscrape, Losedows, Lose NT, Nice Try, etc.etc.etc... Jasper "I'm sure you'll be able to figure most of them out.." Janssen (25 years ago, 6-Aug-99, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)

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		Shifty Blocks
I was able to find just one of the Shifty block sets, in a Dollar store in the small town of Drumheller, AB. I looked in several other such stores in Calgary, but came up empty. The set is an incredibly brazen rip-off of the Royal King LEGO set. The (...) (25 years ago, 30-Aug-99, to lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands)

shifty
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		New MegaBloks sightings in Canada
I just got back from my honeymoon trip to BC and Alberta. We made some good finds. Zellers had marked down some of the "Creature Seekers" sets, so we got what amounted to a 50% discount over the US prices on "Supersonic Mission" and "Scuba Quest". (...) (25 years ago, 29-Aug-99, to lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands)

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		Re: Southern Legofest, Dolphins and Richard Franks (!)
(...) five (...) Aha! Another mystery solved (although I'm sure he's out there gun running or something...) (...) should (...) If you find any Shifty, I'd love some! Strangely I dreamt about it last night... can't think why =) Steve (25 years ago, 3-Sep-99, to lugnet.loc.uk)

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		Re: Southern Legofest, Dolphins and Richard Franks (!)
(...) I've heard that after finishing work, he went on holiday to Toronto for five weeks, and is probably still there. He didn't bother to tell anyone though as his old (work) email address should still bounce to his new one. Hurrah! Richard PS. (...) (25 years ago, 2-Sep-99, to lugnet.loc.uk)

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		Re: Lego In Chu?
Nephilim wrote [re: Shifty]: (...) If, that is, the soldiers inside were really red. Didn't this thread come up before regarding SHIFTY? That what was in the box didn't even come close to matching what was on the box (the image being, as it is, a (...) (25 years ago, 29-Nov-99, to lugnet.general)

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		Re: Lego In Chu?
You might do a search for Shifty. There was a scan and some images posted on line a few months ago by someone. I don't remember if it was here on Lugnet or RTL. Tom "Nephilim" <jthompson@esker.com> wrote in message news:FLx7IC.Koz@lugnet.com... (...) (25 years ago, 29-Nov-99, to lugnet.general)

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		Re: Lego In Chu?
Nephilim <jthompson@esker.com> wrote in message news:FLx7IC.Koz@lugnet.com... (...) Right here, thanks to Chris Doyle (URL) is not a toy, it's a way of life. Build on! ScottR swrunyan@uswest.net (25 years ago, 29-Nov-99, to lugnet.general)

shifty
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		Re: Lego In Chu?
(...) Yep, I've seen those too. The name on the box is rather appropriate: "SHIFTY". The box art is not just like Lego, it is the Lego art for those sets: sometimes you can even see the lego logo in the pieces in the picture. I bought one a while (...) (25 years ago, 28-Nov-99, to lugnet.general)

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