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I never thought I would really praise these things... But... Has anyone seen the new MB Pokemon sets? Now, I'll grant you, I don't care for the subject matter, but what they are doing with them! They have these great picture frame trays, designed (...) (24 years ago, 6-Apr-00, to lugnet.general)
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(...) Wow, where did you see these? How much were they each, and how many differant sets did you see? Rich -- Have Fun! C-Ya! Legoman34 ***** Legoman34 (Richard W. Schamus)... (No, I don't work for TLC, but I want to...) Card carrying LUGNET MEMBER: (...) (24 years ago, 6-Apr-00, to lugnet.general)
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(...) ^^^...^^^ I cringed visibly after reading those tow words. I use MB 2x2 white tiles all the time (blasphemy, I know), but Pokemon?!? --Bram please FUT lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands Bram Lambrecht / o o \ BramL@juno.com (...) (24 years ago, 6-Apr-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands)
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"Bram Lambrecht" <braml@juno.com> wrote in message news:20000406.164905...uno.com... (...) Ya know, Bram, I've since Christmas and as recently as last week been impressed with MegaBloks. The only previous experience with MB came back in 1997 when I (...) (24 years ago, 13-Apr-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands)
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I bought the Battleship too. Surprisingly (or not), it was missing 10 2x4 gray bricks. I also found that if you pushed the turret gun pieces through the back of the 'technic' 2-stud, it splits the brick (I was seeing if it would fit so as to be more (...) (24 years ago, 16-Apr-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands)
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(...) That's unfortunate--I've been lucky enough never to have such an omission in any MB sets I've bought. Could you return it? (...) Well, that's like saying if you push a 1x1 round brick through a 1x2 Technic brick, one or the other will (...) (24 years ago, 17-Apr-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands)
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"Dave Schuler" <orrex@excite.com> wrote in message news:Ft53Lo.IJ8@lugnet.com... (...) 2x4 (...) omission in (...) I'm not worried. I only paid $35Cdn for it anyway. I just modified the bridge slightly and it looks fine. (...) Technic (...) that's (...) (24 years ago, 17-Apr-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands)
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(...) I don't understand, though; are you trying to push the gun piece through the back of the "technic-ish" brick? Since that's not how it's supposed to fit, I don't see how it's a problem that it doesn't fit that way... Dave! (24 years ago, 17-Apr-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands)
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"Randy Anchikoski" <ranch@writeme.com> wrote in message news:Ft4MsM.Bzz@lugnet.com... (...) My experience has been the oposite. In the three sets mentioned, I have a large number of extra parts, mostly 1x1 or 1x2. I supected that these parts are to (...) (24 years ago, 17-Apr-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands)
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Dave, Ya, that's what I tried to do. I know (now) that it doesn't fit, but it _almost_ did. I didn't notice the split until after I'd done it, then I thought 'I guess I had better not do this'. My point is, I suppose, that with LEGO you wouldn't be (...) (24 years ago, 17-Apr-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands)
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(...) I've always found extra parts in Megabloks sets. Heck, one of the Battleship sets I bought had an entire extra bag of parts (the one with the wheels, red trapezoids, antennae, etc.). I only hope some poor kid isn't missing the bag from his (...) (24 years ago, 18-Apr-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands)
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(...) I've bought more than six of the battleships, and there's always extras. I think they go by the baker's dozen theory, it's better to have more than less. One set even had three extra clear 2x2's. Careful with the red,white and navy speedboat, (...) (24 years ago, 18-Apr-00, to lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands)
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(...) Look carefully at the instructions and bricks for the speedboat. There are actually black & dark blue pieces in it, and the two are *very* close in colour. It had me fuming until I noticed that there were actually two colours. Then it all went (...) (24 years ago, 18-Apr-00, to lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands)
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(...) Yeah it was tricky, I'm still picking out black blocks out of the navy pile. But I did realise at the time there were both. But there still is variation with the navy blocks, especially with the inverse slopes when say copmpared to the 2 x (...) (24 years ago, 23-Apr-00, to lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands)
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(...) This was my primary "yay!" over TENTE way back when. The fit was inconsistent, the greys did vary occasionally, but the variances looked very good somehow. Unfortunately IMHO Mega Bloks has a ways to go before it will reach the level of TENTE (...) (24 years ago, 23-Apr-00, to lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands)
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(...) inconsistent, the (...) of (...) large (...) did find (...) bricks (...) seem (...) Don't worry I wasn't building battleships, just castle-like fortifications, Our range of Megabloks here is very limited, I have heard others mentioning these (...) (24 years ago, 24-Apr-00, to lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands)
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(...) When I finished building the MB USS Kittyhawk (aircraft carrier), I found I had over 60 unused pieces of all shapes and sizes spread over a number of plastic bags (so there is no question of getting an accidental extra whole bag of parts). (...) (24 years ago, 6-Nov-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands)
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Dave, I can see thsi piece breaking. You'd have to see it to fully understand, but I'll try to explain. The MB equivilant to to the 1x2 technic hole piece is a little different. In TLG's piece, you can fit the _small_ end into the hole and have it (...) (24 years ago, 6-Nov-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands)
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(...) They couldn't even be ORIGINAL with the Pokémon sets. They couldn't pick INTERESTING Pokémon such as Magnemite, Vaporeon, and such. Nope, they just had to use Pikachu and Charizard. [notices others staring] Pokémon, in terms of the divisions (...) (24 years ago, 7-Nov-00, to lugnet.general)
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You haven't seen it all until you field a call from the "trading desk" for your advice on eBay bidding strategy for a Charizard card. I work in an investment bank, and this really happened in 1998. (24 years ago, 7-Nov-00, to lugnet.general)
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