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Re: What ever happened to the copycat brand TYCO?
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Sat, 3 Nov 2001 14:56:10 GMT
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"Jason Grant" <waytoomanytoys@yahoo.com> wrote in message
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> Does anyone know any history on the "Tyco building sets"? They seemed to • be
> Lego's biggest "copycat" in the 80's. You can still see these on eBay
> sometimes, especially a brick phone they made. Were they ever sued by • Lego
> for copyright infringement? Were they forced to cease and desist? They
> seemed like a straight copy, even some of there colors were the same as
> Lego. I'm just curious, so if anyone knows anything please post. Thanks.
From what I remember, Lego did sue them, and Lego LOST. I think Tyco stopped
making the clone on its own, due to poor sales. Of course, back then Lego
had a far superior product line than the gardbage it puts out now. Indeed,
if Tyco were around today, I think it would due quite well against both lego
and Megablocks. It was a very high-quality clone, the best I've seen. If
Megablocks were as high quality asTyco was, I'd be in heaven.
Incidentally, I'm always on the lookout for Tyco and Megablocks instruction
scans, so if you have any, let me know.
Tyco was eventually bought by Mattel. I don't know what happened to the
brick molds, or if Mattel has any plans of resurrecting the Tyco building
set lines.
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Message has 2 Replies:
 | | Re: What ever happened to the copycat brand TYCO?
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| (...) Thanks for relpying Tony. I agree that Tyco was a high-quality clone, and think that you are correct that it would do quite well today. I still find Tyco amongst the Lego, but can only tell by the name on it because the quality is so good. If (...) (23 years ago, 3-Nov-01, to lugnet.fun)
| | | Re: What ever happened to the copycat brand TYCO?
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| (...) Joseph Gonzalez has a Tyco set website. If you haven't seen it, head over to Lugnet.off-topic.clones and there is a link. I think from yesterday. There were two Tyco castle instructions scans, and possibly many more that I did not look at. Oh (...) (23 years ago, 6-Nov-01, to lugnet.fun)
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| Does anyone know any history on the "Tyco building sets"? They seemed to be Lego's biggest "copycat" in the 80's. You can still see these on eBay sometimes, especially a brick phone they made. Were they ever sued by Lego for copyright infringement? (...) (23 years ago, 3-Nov-01, to lugnet.fun)
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