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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 (...) (25 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 (...) (25 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, (...) (25 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 (...) (25 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 (...) (25 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 (...) (25 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 (...) (25 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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