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Hey all, In the past few months I have made several posts updating the Woodfield mall pick-a-brick inventory and since I know that a few people keep an eye out for my updates I figured I would give you a heads up on what’s going on. As of this (...) (22 years ago, 7-Aug-04, to lugnet.general, lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade, lugnet.market.shopping)
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| | Yet another PAB 2X4 Record: 169 2x4s!
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(...) I know this thread died months ago, but we got a store in the Seattle area a few weeks ago and I finally got to try it out. And, of course, this subject is always of interest. I got 169 2x4 bricks into a cup today, using a slightly modified (...) (22 years ago, 6-Aug-04, to lugnet.general, FTX)
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| | Re: Trademark defense doesn't work vs Mega Bloks
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(...) Actually, the original 'tubes patent' explicitly included substituted shapes for the tubes, such as crosses. TLG patents even what they will *not* produce, and in this case quite understandably. Eric Brok (22 years ago, 6-Aug-04, to lugnet.mediawatch, lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Trademark defense doesn't work vs Mega Bloks
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(...) As much as I love the trollish Vorgans and some of the Dragons pieces (particularly the rough-hewn bricks), I really don't care for the painting on a good many of the elements, and the over-juniorization leaves me cold. Aside from being a (...) (22 years ago, 6-Aug-04, to lugnet.mediawatch, lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Trademark defense doesn't work vs Mega Bloks
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"Dave Schuler" <orrex@excite.com> wrote in message news:I1xvnx.1pEM@lugnet.com... (...) As a (...) see (...) I got one of the smaller 'Dragons' sets just to see what it was like, how the figs looked and (shh tell noone - if any of the parts would be (...) (22 years ago, 6-Aug-04, to lugnet.mediawatch, lugnet.general)
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| | Re: 4032 - EL AL Promo Airplane
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(...) I would pay up to $40 plus shipping. Send me an e-mail if any of you want to sell. Thanks, Benjamin Medinets (22 years ago, 6-Aug-04, to lugnet.town, lugnet.loc.il, lugnet.general, FTX)
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| | Re: 4032 - EL AL Promo Airplane
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(...) hello Maybe I will get some of this set. what you all think will be fair price (it cost 19$ on the airline). thanks Gil (22 years ago, 5-Aug-04, to lugnet.town, lugnet.loc.il, lugnet.general, FTX)
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| | Re: Trademark defense doesn't work vs Mega Bloks
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(...) Whoops, you're right. I was thinking back to the beginning of the company, but the ABBs weren't introduced until '49, and introduction of the stud-and-tube design in '58 was when they really took off. The warehouse fire in '60 wasn't really (...) (22 years ago, 5-Aug-04, to lugnet.mediawatch, lugnet.general)
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| | AndroDan visits Yellowstone
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(URL) Ah, Montana>> (URL) Fresh air!>> (URL) Wood? Stone?>> I've started taking my sigfig with me on my vacations and shooting him in front of famous (and less so) places. I will be adding these to my (URL) stories> page, though the entries usually (...) (22 years ago, 5-Aug-04, to lugnet.general, lugnet.space, FTX) !
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| | 2004 LEGO catalog arrives, take 2
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At long last it has arrived (no months shown, but I GUESS it's from June-December...How embarrasing for a company to have a catalogue of its items appear 2 months late.[1]) 425.8472-UK/Asia 104 pages...This time ALL sets are shown, not just new (...) (22 years ago, 5-Aug-04, to lugnet.loc.au, lugnet.loc.uk, lugnet.general, lugnet.loc.nz)
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| | Re: Trademark defense doesn't work vs Mega Bloks
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(...) I dunno about "a few" decades since there was only about an 11 year overlap before the warehouse fire :) Truth is there were lots of similar products on the market going back to the early 1930's (about 15-20 years before Automatic Binding (...) (22 years ago, 5-Aug-04, to lugnet.mediawatch, lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Trademark defense doesn't work vs Mega Bloks
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(...) PR Newswire is a service that distributes raw press releases from myriad companies, for a fee. The release (above) is straight from MB, hence it's not intended to be a fair and balanced news article... rather, it's that company's own raw (...) (22 years ago, 5-Aug-04, to lugnet.mediawatch, lugnet.general, FTX)
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| | Re: Trademark defense doesn't work vs Mega Bloks
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(...) Dave! Want MegaBlok anecdotes? Here are a couple: After Christmas I got an Alien Agency Mobile Recovery Unit on clearance and gave it to my 8 year-old. He found it very frustrating because the garbage truck would not stay together but fell (...) (22 years ago, 4-Aug-04, to lugnet.general, lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands, FTX)
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| | Re: Trademark defense doesn't work vs Mega Bloks
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(...) That's only because Mickey Mouse can't be patented. If he could, you'd be able to renew patents by now. Disney would have seen to it. (...) Since TLC only owned the patent on the fully tubed variety, and none of those clones seems to use a (...) (22 years ago, 4-Aug-04, to lugnet.mediawatch, lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Trademark defense doesn't work vs Mega Bloks
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(...) Well, TLC certainly seems to agree, which is why they've been fighting tooth-and-nail to make everyone else stop making clone bricks. (...) Patents expire, whether you want them to or not. The idea is that you can patent something that you (...) (22 years ago, 4-Aug-04, to lugnet.mediawatch, lugnet.general, FTX)
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(...) Hmm. My mistake. I thought you could renew patents, but I guess not. (...) Those are pretty neat! Dave! (22 years ago, 4-Aug-04, to lugnet.mediawatch, lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Trademark defense doesn't work vs Mega Bloks
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(...) Uh-- did they really 'allow' it to expire? I was under the impression that the patent lasted 20 years, then 'tough noogies'. 1958 was the patent year for the stud-and-tube system, so 1978 would fit the bill... I was interested to see some of (...) (22 years ago, 4-Aug-04, to lugnet.mediawatch, lugnet.general)
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| | Re: MOC: Motorized Cows
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(...) Fantastic!!!! I am hoping you won't mind that these little cows will get copied for every train show from now on. Is anyone going to have time to make some for BrickFest? I really hope so. JB (22 years ago, 4-Aug-04, to lugnet.general, lugnet.build, lugnet.trains, FTX)
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| | Re: Trademark defense doesn't work vs Mega Bloks
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(...) Goodness. I can think of close to a dozen brands that use some variation of the tubes-and-studs clutch system, so recognition could definitely be a problem! (URL) This item> has been mentioned previously on LUGNET, but it seems relevant to (...) (22 years ago, 4-Aug-04, to lugnet.mediawatch, lugnet.general, FTX)
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| | Re: Trademark defense doesn't work vs Mega Bloks
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(...) This won't likely happen. Previous lawsuits have ruled that MEGABLOKS has erred in marketing its product in a way that can confuse the buyer into thinking that MEGABLOKS are affiliated with or endorsed by LEGO. Therefore, for close to a (...) (22 years ago, 4-Aug-04, to lugnet.mediawatch, lugnet.general, FTX)
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