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| (...) I saw the "Royal King" set when I was in Manitoba last christmas in the dollar store, The box made the set look pretty good, though I happened to find an open one on the shelf and the horse looked like Sh*t. I almost picked it up though (...) (25 years ago, 29-Nov-99, to lugnet.general)
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| (...) No! No! Never! Don't say that, they could be listening. <shifty looks> (...) This is true of most of the megastores--even more so now that we're below 4% (!!!) unemployment in many states. The Wal-Mart near my home in NJ can't even find (...) (25 years ago, 29-Dec-99, to lugnet.market.theory)
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| (...) Out of curiosity, have you ever heard of "Shifty"? They are a Chinese clone that duplicates everything from pieces to sets to logo image. They are a true "clone" in every sense of the word! The only difference is the quality. They certainly (...) (25 years ago, 5-Jan-00, to lugnet.castle)
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| (...) Ah yes! Our VERY Shifty Lego Clones....There was talk of them before on LUGNET, Read more about it on (URL) will find some pics there and some information...I don't know whats up with these "SHIFTY" sets, but it's something very strange (...) (25 years ago, 24-Jan-00, to lugnet.loc.uk)
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| I foun a bit of lego today, as a waitress was clearing a table in a Charlie Chalk Restaurant. Just a small white space wheel, but it felt 'funny'. The sheet of instructions was on the table too - Ice Planet 2002 set 9604 - made by the 'Enlighten' (...) (25 years ago, 23-Jan-00, to lugnet.loc.uk)
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| Hmmm... I got my 6038s today, and this makes me very happy--sets from my Dark Ages! Glorious things. However, I noticed something, and I wonder if anyone else did as well: My catalogue sheets are in Japanese. I've only opened one (damaged box, easy (...) (25 years ago, 16-Feb-00, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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| (...) My Legoland town is *exactly* like this. There needs to be some reason for the million or so police sets. And there are enough knifes and pistols and rifles and masks floating around. And shifty unshaved minifig heads. And on and on. Junkyards (...) (24 years ago, 20-Jul-00, to lugnet.town)
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| ----- Original Message ----- From: Nathaniel Cross <nathaniel@than.org> To: <lugnet.loc.uk@lugnet.com> Sent: Wednesday, November 15, 2000 11:23 PM Subject: Lego fakes (...) I agree entirely. I have a pack of photos that TLG gave me some time ago (...) (24 years ago, 21-Nov-00, to lugnet.loc.uk)
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| Here are my guesses. Seriously! I'm pretty good at this. I was able to deduct way before anyone even saw pictures that the MF would use those big saucer sections and that the AT-ST would use shifty-slidy legs. I'm good at predicting these (...) (24 years ago, 30-Jan-01, to lugnet.starwars)
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| One of the Shifty sets is a copy of Lego's 1932 Wizard's Cart (URL) so you would think if you saw the box featuring a blue wizard with white beard pulling a cart. However, a Shifty set is always a bit of a lucky dip on colours, so it should have (...) (22 years ago, 25-Jun-02, to lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands)
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| I think it has more to do with the fact that he came here and bragged about it then it has to do with it actually being wrong. If you are going to do something shifty, the least you could do is keep it to yourself. Bragging about it is just asking (...) (22 years ago, 23-May-02, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, lugnet.market.theory)
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| (...) I've been mixing and matching and found the figs to be very compatible with LEGO. I bought to small pirate sets and found the figs to be as follows. HATS: Very rough. The tricorns are much flatter than the LEGO equivalent and to not have the (...) (22 years ago, 21-Jun-02, to lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands)
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| (...) Shifty Enlighten. Where the heck do they get these names from? A friend bought me this really frightening clone knock off once, and we couldn't figure out what the heck it was-a boat, a police car, or something in between. Calum (22 years ago, 10-Jul-02, to lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands)
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| (...) shifty3.jpg Thanks, Ross. If you look at shifty3.jpg, you will see the two larger sets I bought. The Gladness Homestead (3-level Paradisa house with satellite dish) is on the right on the 2nd top shelf. The unnamed castle with drawbridge and (...) (22 years ago, 20-Jun-02, to lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands)
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