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(...) That might be a bit too pejorative...or maybe a bit unclear that it'd be about wannabe LEGO®-clones as opposed to wannabe other-things (like Madonna Wannabes and Elvis Wannabes :). BTW, one other possibility that I forgot to list earlier is: (...) (26 years ago, 2-Feb-99, to lugnet.general, lugnet.admin.general)
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(...) I _do_ so wish 8722 wasn't phasing out. It was the _one_ good starter set out there. Jasper (26 years ago, 2-Feb-99, to lugnet.general)
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(...) How about lugnet.off-topic.wannabes ? (26 years ago, 2-Feb-99, to lugnet.general, lugnet.admin.general)
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(...) Wow, that's quite an impressive list of clones you have there at the (URL) I wonder, are there enough LEGO® fans here who are interested in both LEGO® bricks and imitation brands (such as Tente and Tyco) that we should set up a separate group (...) (26 years ago, 2-Feb-99, to lugnet.general, lugnet.admin.general)
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| | Re: TLG == Lego ? "Yes" : "No"
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(...) No no, a thousand times no... I meant the Lego side of it -- Steven | svore at mindspring .com | kf4fbk | TC++MS++#15LS+M+HalYB64m (26 years ago, 1-Feb-99, to lugnet.general)
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(...) OK. Well, it's probably easier and more cost-effective for them to put TB under the TECHNIC brand name than to create two new brand names. I guess they felt ZNAP is different enough from TECHNIC to get its own totally separate brand name. (...) (26 years ago, 1-Feb-99, to lugnet.general)
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(...) I've built or played with all 4 of one series. Fun, but limited play value. I'm not sure what to make of certain of the elements yet, but I'm not a technic head. I think some of them have major uses though. (...) Plus they come in neat (...) (26 years ago, 1-Feb-99, to lugnet.general)
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(...) Man, I dunno. These are HUGE. 4 studs is almost the height of a minifig! They may be OK for things like theatre names going vertically or company names on the top of buildings, but at minifig scale, I don't see them as suited for much else, (...) (26 years ago, 1-Feb-99, to lugnet.build, lugnet.general, lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade)
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| | Re: Okay... I'm lost here.
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(...) Well, I suppose that's the most obvious! :-) (26 years ago, 1-Feb-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: ThrowBots elements are cool
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(...) Only by definition. That is, it's Technic because TLG says it's Technic. (...) Yes, they count. If the sets made use of the potential for anything more than making poseable action figures. (...) Yes. (...) And a bunch of funky new (...) (26 years ago, 1-Feb-99, to lugnet.general)
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