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Re: Lugnet clone handling? (was: Re: LEGO clone auction)
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lugnet.admin.general
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Mon, 29 Mar 1999 18:49:15 GMT
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In lugnet.admin.general, lar@voyager.net (Larry Pieniazek) writes:
> Todd Lehman wrote:
> > Well, first of all, clone brands aren't LEGO®. They're as different from
> > "the real thing" as Pepsi is from Coke, Timex is from Rolex, and Budweiser
> > is from Guinness.
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> Just putting my oar in here, and it's probably tangential.. but I don't
> see these brands as quite the same examples. While some could argue that
> Pepsi(r) is a knockoff, I don't think Pepsi historians would agree. And
> the other two pairings are completely non knockoff... they're completely
> independent brands, not intended as clones, that just happen to target
> different market segments.
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> After all, you don't often see Timex packages labeled with "compatible
> with the time kept by leading brands", or Bud cans labeled with
> "compatible with the glasses that Guiness is served in".
OK, you're right -- they're not great (maybe not even good) examples -- but
I needed something to get the point across that I was trying to make.
I'm sure Coke *wants* everyone to believe that Pepsi is a clone of it,
whether or not it's true.
Similarly, Bud isn't really a ripoff of Guinness and Timex isn't really a
ripoff of Rolex. :)
For the sake of future possible analogies, do any *good* examples come to
mind where a market leader for many decades has been copied by junk brands?
There must be. . . . . .
--Todd
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