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Re: Lego In Chu?
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lugnet.general
Date: 
Sun, 28 Nov 1999 18:32:36 GMT
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In lugnet.general, Kevin Wilson writes:
> Paul Davidson wrote:
> 
> > Interestingly, there is a Chinese Lego rip-off that they sell in some of the
> > dollar-stores here in Canada.  The packaging (box shape and colours) is the
> > same, the pieces are the same, the themes are the same (Adventurers, etc.).
> 
> Yep, I've seen those too. The name on the box is rather appropriate:
> "SHIFTY". The box art is not just like Lego, it *is* the Lego art for
> those sets: sometimes you can even see the lego logo in the pieces in
> the picture. I bought one a while back intending to send it to Lego and
> bring their attention to it (clones are OK, direct ripoffs are not) but
> haven't got around to it yet.
> 
> Kevin

Do you have a scanner?  I think the LEGO community would be interested in
seeing this -- clones are always of interest, and a direct rip-off like
that would be, too.   If you put pictures of the sets up on the web, they
could be forwarded to LEGO.

--

jthompson@esker.com    "Float on a river, forever and ever, Emily"



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  Re: Lego In Chu?
 
You might do a search for Shifty. There was a scan and some images posted on line a few months ago by someone. I don't remember if it was here on Lugnet or RTL. Tom "Nephilim" <jthompson@esker.com> wrote in message news:FLx7IC.Koz@lugnet.com... (...) (27 years ago, 29-Nov-99, to lugnet.general)
  Re: Lego In Chu?
 
Nephilim <jthompson@esker.com> wrote in message news:FLx7IC.Koz@lugnet.com... (...) Right here, thanks to Chris Doyle (URL) is not a toy, it's a way of life. Build on! ScottR swrunyan@uswest.net (27 years ago, 29-Nov-99, to lugnet.general)

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  Re: Lego In Chu?
 
(...) Yep, I've seen those too. The name on the box is rather appropriate: "SHIFTY". The box art is not just like Lego, it *is* the Lego art for those sets: sometimes you can even see the lego logo in the pieces in the picture. I bought one a while (...) (27 years ago, 28-Nov-99, to lugnet.general)

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