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Re: Lego In Chu?
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lugnet.general
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Mon, 29 Nov 1999 03:28:00 GMT
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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...
> 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
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> 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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| (...) 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 (...) (25 years ago, 28-Nov-99, to lugnet.general)
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