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(...) Are the ball sockets tight enough to pose the figure firmly? Eric (26 years ago, 2-Feb-99, to lugnet.general)
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(...) The fuzzilogical side of me wants to say that Tyco is a 90% clone and Megablox is an 80% clone and Tente is a 20% clone. :-) [Hey, now there's a fun research project: Study the evolution of construction toys and who came before whom. Did (...) (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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Steve Bliss wrote in message <36b5c090.6570725@lu...et.com>... :On Sun, 31 Jan 1999 19:30:09 GMT, lehman@javanet.com (Todd Lehman) :wrote: : :>p.s. I think Shell is also officially the Shell Group of companies. : :Spend some time at the Shell (...) (26 years ago, 2-Feb-99, to lugnet.general)
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(...) No. Tente is not a wannabe. It's a different system. Is Kenner Bridge and Girder a wannabe? Is K-Nex? No, No, No, a thousand times no. (26 years ago, 2-Feb-99, to lugnet.general, lugnet.admin.general)
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(...) If tente is to be included, I'd prefer that it be called off-brands because I would have to say clearly that tente is no clone. It's not even a workalike, really. (...) I am a purist. Yet I own a fair bit of tente, a whole shoebox full. (1) (...) (26 years ago, 2-Feb-99, to lugnet.general, lugnet.admin.general)
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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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| | Re: tente page
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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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