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Subject:	MegaBloks announces Mobile Suit Gundam License
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Date:	Fri, 23 Jun 2006 20:34:22 GMT
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MegaBloks announced the license for Mobile Suit Gundam on their Japanese website today. This doesn’t come as much of a surprise to me, considering they’ve had Power Rangers for a while, not to mention a few other anime properties, so they’ve got a relationship with Bandai that Lego doesn’t have.

The main announcement is here:
http://mega.channel.or.jp/mega/new_s/new_s.html
The Japanese MegaBloks page is here:
http://mega.channel.or.jp/index.html

Jeff
(News courtesy of Gunota Headlines Blog)

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		Re: MegaBloks announces Mobile Suit Gundam License
(...) Thanks for the news, Jeff! I've posted a message about it on the (URL) Bloks Forum>, giving you credit for breaking the news, of course. Very cool! Dave! (18 years ago, 23-Jun-06, to lugnet.build.mecha, lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands, FTX)

		Re: MegaBloks announces Mobile Suit Gundam License
(...) Wow, those are nice! I was expecting some Knights Kingdom style POOP-figures, but these look like they're totally brick-built. Are they going to be available outside of Japan? Marc Nelson Jr. (URL) Marc's Creations>> (18 years ago, 23-Jun-06, to lugnet.build.mecha, lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands, FTX)

		Re: MegaBloks announces Mobile Suit Gundam License
(...) Straight from IRC, a friend of mine was kind enough to give me a quick and dirty translation of the text on that image: <Pocky> A beloved space opera the overcomes/bypasses generations, <Pocky> MSG will be premering as a Mega Block <Pocky> And (...) (18 years ago, 23-Jun-06, to lugnet.build.mecha, lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands)

		Re: MegaBloks announces Mobile Suit Gundam License
(...) So MB is now trying to jump on the mecha bandwagon to compete with LEGO's Exo-Force sets...interesting. I wonder if they'll make a realistic picture of one of their Gundams that's just a pile of robot limbs, since that's what will probably (...) (18 years ago, 24-Jun-06, to lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands, FTX)

		Re: MegaBloks announces Mobile Suit Gundam License
WOW! Very nice looking Gundam there. Given that MB and Lego bricks are 99% the same and compatible, it should be an easy feat to build Lego versions once the instructions become available. I look forward to that! Dave (18 years ago, 24-Jun-06, to lugnet.build.mecha, lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands, FTX)

		Re: MegaBloks announces Mobile Suit Gundam License
(...) Sigh. That puts me in a very tough position. 1) I hate Megablocks, and refuse to buy their low quality bricks and poor designs. 2) I'm possibly the biggest Gundam fan here. What do I do now? :/ (18 years ago, 24-Jun-06, to lugnet.build.mecha, lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands)

		Re: MegaBloks announces Mobile Suit Gundam License
(...) I love the idea of boycotting the Mega blok sets but making the models from Lego. Steve (18 years ago, 24-Jun-06, to lugnet.build.mecha, lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands, FTX)

		Re: MegaBloks announces Mobile Suit Gundam License
(...) By the way, let me just mention how it warms my heart to see a discussion of Mega Bloks both Highlighted and on the LUGNET spotlight for close to 48 hours straight. Dave! (18 years ago, 26-Jun-06, to lugnet.build.mecha, lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands, FTX)

		Re: MegaBloks announces Mobile Suit Gundam License
(...) Again from Gunota: Products announced: RX-78-2 and Char's Zaku II, MSRP is 8500yen + tax. (URL) small pictures can be found here: (URL) come with a hanger bay and a mini-fig. I am surprised by the high price - more than twice of a MG model. (...) (18 years ago, 14-Jul-06, to lugnet.build.mecha, lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands)

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