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Subject:	Re: Clone DATs--any interest?
Newsgroups:	lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw, lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands, lugnet.cad.dev
Date:	Sat, 27 Nov 1999 01:30:38 GMT
Reply-To:	LPIENIAZEK@NOVERAspamcake.COM
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First of all, no one is trying to "pass" any clones as being the real thing. Todd Lehman wrote: > You take out a LEGO brick and put in a crummy clone brick and it's > like taking out real burger and putting in tofu, or like taking out ice > cream and putting in ice milk: it actually affects the meal itself, and you > don't have the real thing anymore. Second, Tyco is NOT "crummy", it's just different. I don't use it but I think you're letting your emotions get in when you toss around "crummy". Tyco made blocks that it would really really have been nice to see TLG make. Signed, A LEGO Purist -- Larry Pieniazek larryp@novera.com http://my.voyager.net/lar - - - Web Application Integration! http://www.novera.com fund Lugnet(tm): http://www.ebates.com/ ref: lar, 1/2 $$ to lugnet. NOTE: Soon to be lpieniazek@tsisoft.com :-)

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		Re: Clone DATs--any interest?
(...) Disagree. I remember trying it out Tyco in 1988 and it left a very bitter taste in my mouth -- blyecch -- and at the time I wasn't even a LEGO purist. True, Tyco was the best of the non-LEGO off-brands, but the quality still never quite lived (...) (25 years ago, 27-Nov-99, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw, lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands, lugnet.cad.dev)

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		Re: Clone DATs--any interest?
(...) OK, here's an analogy... Hopefully this will illustrate the purist's point of view and why it's not arbitrary... You go into a restaurant and order big fat juicy third-pound burger with all the fixings, a side of french fries, and a big tall (...) (25 years ago, 27-Nov-99, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw, lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands, lugnet.cad.dev)

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