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| Is there a safe flame-proof place to talk about clone bricks? I got the new Best-Loc tank. The studs are the right size, but the bricks are as tall as they are wide, so they come up a bit short when compared to lego bricks. The plates are half that (...) (26 years ago, 1-Oct-98, to lugnet.admin.general)
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| (...) Once upon a time we were thinking about serving a special clones/ imitation-brands ng but we wondered if (a) it would just degenerate into flame wars about clones sucking, and (b) if there would be enough interest, and (c) if it wasn't just (...) (26 years ago, 2-Oct-98, to lugnet.admin.general)
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| (...) Is Best-Loc those people who were advertising with the great pictures at the beginning of the summer? build.general for building, lego.reviews for reviews of the set, I'd say, would be as flame-proof as anything. Just as likely/non-likely to (...) (26 years ago, 2-Oct-98, to lugnet.admin.general)
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| (...) Ack!! The bricks aren't the same height as LEGO bricks? Majorly bummed. I'd think the reviews newsgroup would be a good place to post reviews of anything, including clone bricks. But a separate catchall group for nonlego building systems would (...) (26 years ago, 2-Oct-98, to lugnet.admin.general)
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| (...) Ya, lugnet.general is probably best. There's also lugnet.offtopic.debate. You might get flamed there but at least they couldn't justifiably flame you for talking about non-lego. If there was to be a new ng created lugnet.clones, IMO, would (...) (26 years ago, 2-Oct-98, to lugnet.admin.general)
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| Nephilim wrote (on Best Lock): (...) What??? Could someone confirm this? /Tore (26 years ago, 6-Oct-98, to lugnet.admin.general)
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| Oh sure, don't believe me. :) The bricks are 5/6 the height of lego bricks. The plates are (2.5)/6 the height of lego bricks. At least the studs have the same spacing. -gyug (...) (26 years ago, 10-Oct-98, to lugnet.admin.general)
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