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Re: What ever happened to the copycat brand TYCO?
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lugnet.fun
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Sat, 3 Nov 2001 23:33:11 GMT
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In lugnet.fun, Tony Kilaras writes:
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> 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.
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> Incidentally, I'm always on the lookout for Tyco and Megablocks instruction
> scans, so if you have any, let me know.
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> 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.
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 anyone else has any info let us know.
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| "Jason Grant" <waytoomanytoys@yahoo.com> wrote in message news:GM79G8.Lr1@lugnet.com... (...) be (...) Lego (...) 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 (...) (23 years ago, 3-Nov-01, to lugnet.fun)
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