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| | | (URL) 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 (...) (18 years ago, 23-Jun-06, to lugnet.build.mecha, lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands, lugnet.general, lugnet.announce, FTX) !
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| | | | | Re: MegaBloks announces Mobile Suit Gundam License —Dave Schuler
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| | | | | (...) 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)
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| | | | | Re: MegaBloks announces Mobile Suit Gundam License —Marc Nelson Jr.
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| | | | | (...) 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)
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| | | | | | | Re: MegaBloks announces Mobile Suit Gundam License —Dave Schuler
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| | | | | | (...) At least one of the members of the (URL) Bloks Forum> avidly pursues Mega Bloks sets chiefly available in Asia, and I'm sure that he'll put himself on the case as soon as he gets wind of it. Stop by that forum from time to time for the latest (...) (18 years ago, 23-Jun-06, to lugnet.build.mecha, lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands, FTX)
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| | | | | | | | Re: MegaBloks announces Mobile Suit Gundam License —Jeff Stembel
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| | | | | | (...) It's really hard to say. The Gundam franchise has NOT done well here in the US for a number of years; the MSiA and model kit lines have all been sighted frequently at clearance stores. The anime series themselves haven't even sold to Bandai's (...) (18 years ago, 23-Jun-06, to lugnet.build.mecha, lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands, FTX)
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| | | | | Re: MegaBloks announces Mobile Suit Gundam License —Jeff Stembel
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| | | | | (...) 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)
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| | | | | Re: MegaBloks announces Mobile Suit Gundam License —David Gregory
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| | | | | (...) 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)
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| | | | | | | Re: MegaBloks announces Mobile Suit Gundam License —Dave Schuler
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| | | | | | | (...) Criticisms like yours are delightful because they show clearly that you don't know what you're talking about. First, Mega Bloks beat LEGO in the race for articulated mech-like sets by several years. Exo-Force is very much a johnny-come-lately (...) (18 years ago, 24-Jun-06, to lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands, FTX)
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| | | | | | | | | Re: MegaBloks announces Mobile Suit Gundam License —David Gregory
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| | | | | | | | | (...) If I want to diss Megabloks, then I'm in the exact right place to do it. (The L in LUGNET stands for LEGO.) (18 years ago, 24-Jun-06, to lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands, FTX)
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| | | | | | | | | | | Re: MegaBloks announces Mobile Suit Gundam License —Jeff Stembel
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| | | | | | | | | | | (...) Dave's point is you should be informed before you diss, otherwise you just make yourself look bad. Jeff (18 years ago, 24-Jun-06, to lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands, FTX)
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| | | | | | | | | | | Re: MegaBloks announces Mobile Suit Gundam License —Dave Schuler
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| | | | | | | | | | (...) Well, Jeff already hit the nail on the head. Go ahead and diss them. Heck, scream to high heaven about how bad you think they are, for all I care. But the more obviously ill-informed your criticism, the sillier you look in the process. I mean, (...) (18 years ago, 24-Jun-06, to lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands, FTX)
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| | | | | | | | | | | | Re: MegaBloks announces Mobile Suit Gundam License —David Gregory
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| | | | | | | | | | | (...) You know those portions of text that the LUGNET admins have programmed to be inserted into our email addresses when we post? You'll see things like "IHATESPAM" or "+avoidspam+" in part of the poster's email address to help thwart those (...) (18 years ago, 24-Jun-06, to lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands, FTX)
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| | | | | | | | | | | | | Re: MegaBloks announces Mobile Suit Gundam License —Dave Schuler
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| | | | | | | | | | | | (...) Well, I find it annoying, yes. (URL) are some of my thoughts on the subject, in fact. At the end of the day, this is obviously a LEGO-fansite, but it seems childish in a "he-men-women-haters-club" sort of way to attach a little snark in the (...) (18 years ago, 25-Jun-06, to lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands, FTX)
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| | | | | | | | | | | | Re: MegaBloks announces Mobile Suit Gundam License —Ross Crawford
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| | | | | | | | | | (...) Agreed, but the original post was also sent to several other newsgroups, and FUT to .build.mecha as well. ROSCO (18 years ago, 24-Jun-06, to lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands, FTX)
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| | | | | | | | | | | | Re: MegaBloks announces Mobile Suit Gundam License —Dave Schuler
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| | | | | | | | | | (...) Fair enough, but it's still in the disser's own interest to know what he's talking about. Dave! (18 years ago, 25-Jun-06, to lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands, FTX)
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| | | | | | | | | Re: MegaBloks announces Mobile Suit Gundam License —Christopher Snead
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| | | | | | | | (...) <snip> (...) I have to at least partially disagree with you here. I remember buying a blok bots set many years ago (yes, long before Exoforce, Titan XP, and Life on Mars). I remember being particularly excited about the joint technology, and (...) (18 years ago, 24-Jun-06, to lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands, FTX)
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| | | | | | | | | | Re: MegaBloks announces Mobile Suit Gundam License —Mike Petrucelli
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| | | | | | | | (...) Those very first batch of Blok Bots were pretty bad. However the second generation of Blok Bots was right around the time Mega Bloks had a rather large quality jump. They are still not as good as Lego but they are a lot closer than the early (...) (18 years ago, 25-Jun-06, to lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands, FTX)
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| | | | | | | Re: MegaBloks announces Mobile Suit Gundam License —Jeff Stembel
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| | | | | | | (...) I think it's safe to say Bandai has the ability to nix something that MegaBloks develops if they're not happy with it, so I highly doubt this would happen. Also, as Dave said, MB already beat Lego in the mecha department. As much as I don't (...) (18 years ago, 24-Jun-06, to lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands, FTX)
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| | | | | | | Re: MegaBloks announces Mobile Suit Gundam License —Larry Marak
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| | | | | | (...) I wonder if they'll make a realistic picture (...) David, now adays, clutch problems are the result of a sculpture pushing the envelope of the elements capacity, not poor manufacturing standards. Lego, MB and the Cobi version of Best Lock are (...) (18 years ago, 27-Jun-06, to lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands, FTX)
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| | | | | Re: MegaBloks announces Mobile Suit Gundam License —David Simmons
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| | | | | 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)
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| | | | | Re: MegaBloks announces Mobile Suit Gundam License —Patrick McFarland
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| | | | | (...) 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)
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| | | | | | | Re: MegaBloks announces Mobile Suit Gundam License —Tim David
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| | | | | | | (...) Build your own in Lego :-) Tim (18 years ago, 24-Jun-06, to lugnet.build.mecha)
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| | | | | | | | | Re: MegaBloks announces Mobile Suit Gundam License —Patrick McFarland
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| | | | | | | | (...) Thats what I'm thinking. From the darkened picture they have on the megablocks japan website, I can't see any real special parts... but I'm wondering how they do the joints. Like, Bionicle was a god send for mecha modelers, due the wide range (...) (18 years ago, 24-Jun-06, to lugnet.build.mecha)
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| | | | | | | | | | Re: MegaBloks announces Mobile Suit Gundam License —Mike Petrucelli
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| | | | | | | | (...) The Lego Exo-force sets (also some of the creator sets like the T-rex) use joints that are sort of quite obviously very similar/copied from the the Blok Bots sets which the Gundam sets appear to use. -Mike Petrucelli (18 years ago, 25-Jun-06, to lugnet.build.mecha)
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| | | | | | | | | | Re: MegaBloks announces Mobile Suit Gundam License —Patrick McFarland
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| | | | | | | | (...) Yuck, from what I've seen, those are very lame joints. I wonder how hard it would be to shove a bionicle joint in MB's design. (...) (18 years ago, 27-Jun-06, to lugnet.build.mecha)
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| | | | | | | Re: MegaBloks announces Mobile Suit Gundam License —Jeff Stembel
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| | | | | | | (...) I'd debate you on that point. :) Jeff (18 years ago, 24-Jun-06, to lugnet.build.mecha)
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| | | | | | | Re: MegaBloks announces Mobile Suit Gundam License —Dave Schuler
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| | | | | | | (...) First, courtesy suggests that the least you could do is learn the brand name. I mean, you don't see Mega Bloks fans complaining about Leggos. 8^) Second, the bricks aren't as low quality as you probably think, and many of Mega Bloks' designs (...) (18 years ago, 24-Jun-06, to lugnet.build.mecha, lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands)
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| | | | | | | | | Re: MegaBloks announces Mobile Suit Gundam License —Anthony Sava
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| | | | | | | | | (...) Gonna have to disagree with you whole heartedly on the quality of Mega Bloks. When the MB Dragons line first came out, I bought several sets, being a dragon fan. I put the sets together and they look good, even if they are built out of (...) (18 years ago, 25-Jun-06, to lugnet.build.mecha, lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands)
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| | | | | | | | | | | Re: MegaBloks announces Mobile Suit Gundam License —Mike Petrucelli
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| | | | | | | | | | | (...) Yes sadly the Dragons and Pyrates Mega Bloks lines are some of the worst quality they have done. Its not because of the juniorizedness of the sets either. For some reason the part quality is no where near as good as Mega Bloks' more brick (...) (18 years ago, 25-Jun-06, to lugnet.build.mecha, lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands, FTX)
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| | | | | | | | | | | Re: MegaBloks announces Mobile Suit Gundam License —Arne Lykke Nielsen
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| | | | | | | | | | (...) As the owner and builder of about 3000 LEGO sets and 200 MB sets, I have done a lot of comparing the two brands over the years. MB from last millenium is definately of poor quality, just like you describe. MB from the Dragon sets does earn (...) (18 years ago, 26-Jun-06, to lugnet.build.mecha, lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands)
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| | | | | | | | | Re: MegaBloks announces Mobile Suit Gundam License —Danny Staple
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| | | | | | | | (...) Sadly my experience of Mega Bloks was pretty bad. I also had issues of actually getting them to stick together sometimes. Have your ever tried stacking 8 or so Mega Bloks 2x1 plates? Then do the same with Lego ones. Now run your finger over (...) (18 years ago, 25-Jun-06, to lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands)
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| | | | | | | | | | Re: MegaBloks announces Mobile Suit Gundam License —Dave Schuler
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| | | | | | | | (...) I agree that the plates and bricks don't always line up laser-straight with one another, but honestly I kind of like that. I've never had any major problems as a result, though I acknowledge that the fit can sometimes be a little tight. (...) (...) (18 years ago, 25-Jun-06, to lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands)
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| | | | | | | | | | Re: MegaBloks announces Mobile Suit Gundam License —Danny Staple
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| | | | | | | | (...) Each to their own I suppose. Outside of the odd mech or spaceship, I generally build robots and machines. Not lining up straight could be a major problem if a mechanism snags something. Of course for more aesthetic models, it actually may add (...) (18 years ago, 26-Jun-06, to lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands)
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| | | | | | | | | | Re: MegaBloks announces Mobile Suit Gundam License —Dave Schuler
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| | | | | | | | (...) Maybe that's the crux of it. I've never been much for building robots or gear-based machines, so perfect tolerances aren't really a factor. I love the slight variations when building walls or hulls, kind of like the way Star Trek vessels are (...) (18 years ago, 26-Jun-06, to lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands)
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| | | | | | | Re: MegaBloks announces Mobile Suit Gundam License —Ka-On Lee
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| | | | | | (...) Oh I don't know about that... Here is my messy toy shelf: (URL) (18 years ago, 28-Jun-06, to lugnet.build.mecha, FTX)
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| | | | | Re: MegaBloks announces Mobile Suit Gundam License —Steve Lane
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| | | | | (...) 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)
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| | | | | | | Re: MegaBloks announces Mobile Suit Gundam License —Dave Schuler
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| | | | | | (...) Go for it, I say! Mega Bloks often posts their instructions online, even for current sets, so you won't even have to steal any intellectual property to do it. Heck, if LEGO put out any designs that I found interesting enough to borrow, I would (...) (18 years ago, 26-Jun-06, to lugnet.build.mecha, lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands, FTX)
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| | | | | Re: MegaBloks announces Mobile Suit Gundam License —Dave Schuler
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| | | | | (...) 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)
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| | | | | | | Re: MegaBloks announces Mobile Suit Gundam License —David Koudys
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| | | | | | (...) Whatever we can do for you, Dave! :) Dave K (18 years ago, 26-Jun-06, to lugnet.build.mecha, lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands)
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| | | | | | | | Re: MegaBloks announces Mobile Suit Gundam License —Dave Schuler
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| | | | | | (...) Aw, shucks. I'll make a list... Of course, now that you've chimed in, that means that every Dave in the universe participated in the thread. Dave! (18 years ago, 26-Jun-06, to lugnet.build.mecha, lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands)
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| | | | | Re: MegaBloks announces Mobile Suit Gundam License —Ka-On Lee
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| | | | (...) 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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| | | | | | Re: MegaBloks announces Mobile Suit Gundam License —Dave Schuler
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| | | | (...) Thanks for the news, Ka-On! I've heard it whispered that these might only be released in Asia, so I may need to start befriending some kind souls willing to buy and ship a few of these to a poor, landlocked fan here in the US. Dave! (18 years ago, 20-Jul-06, to lugnet.build.mecha, lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands)
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