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In article lugnet.announce, hsadm2.jgonzale@email.state.ut.us (Joseph
Gonzalez) writes:
> the construction clone site has the recent addition of a tente page.
> http://users.sisna.com/gonzo3/tente.html
> [...]
Wow, that's quite an impressive list of clones you have there at the
http://users.sisna.com/gonzo3/clones.html
page. I wonder, are there enough LEGO® fans here who are interested in both
LEGO® bricks and imitation brands (such as Tente and Tyco) that we should
set up a separate group here for clones? (This topic has come up before.)
I would call it something like one of...
lugnet.off-topic.clones
lugnet.off-topic.off-brands
lugnet.off-topic.imitations
...because (this being an Internet site for the benefit of those who enjoy
building with, discussing, collecting, buying & selling, and exchanging
information about LEGO® brand toys) anything non-LEGO® (including clones) is
technically off-topic here.
A dedicated group for clone brands would give people who care about them a
clear place to do so without offending purists*.
It's important to me that we are as careful as possible not to let any clone
information accidentally leak into the databases here or into groups like
lugnet.reviews.
--Todd
* Going from the data gathered question #2 at
http://www.lugnet.com/fibblesnork/lego/guide/survey/results/part1.html
more than nine out of ten people taking the survey indicated that they don't
buy any other brands of plastic building blocks besides LEGO®. Moreover,
four out of ten people responded that they wished all other brands would
disappear off the face of the Earth.
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| (...) If tente is to be included, I'd prefer that it be called off-brands because I would have to say clearly that tente is no clone. It's not even a workalike, really. (...) I am a purist. Yet I own a fair bit of tente, a whole shoebox full. (1) (...) (26 years ago, 2-Feb-99, to lugnet.general, lugnet.admin.general)
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| the construction clone site has the recent addition of a tente page. (URL) been curious about these sets for quite a while and the recent acquisition of a 1991 catalog has given me the chance to add some scans for other fans that might not have (...) (26 years ago, 1-Feb-99, to lugnet.announce)
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