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Re: A VERY interesting article on the Lego Business
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lugnet.general
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Fri, 22 Dec 2000 02:05:00 GMT
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In lugnet.general, Tom Stangl writes:
> It definitely puts a new light on the whole Tyco stink, though - I wish Tyco >were still around, they made some amazing parts, and in colors that Lego >still doesn't think are important enough (come ON Lego, produce military >colors!!! You can see them as Landscaping Colors if you must!).
Yup, yup, yup...
To my mind Tyco bricks stick together just as well, if not actually better,
than do Lego bricks, and I actually have come to believe that the plastic
might actually have been more resiliant than whatever TLC uses.
And those reverser plates with holes and studs -- hooweee! Those are sweeet!!!
O man, and those triangle bricks and angled curves -- love 'em!
Color me Tyco khaki green...
-- Richard
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 | | Re: A VERY interesting article on the Lego Business
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| (...) Richard is right about some of those TYCO pieces. The triangle and angle bricks are elements that are lightyears ahead of what LEGO uses for angle pieces. I bought a few of their red castle sets (red and gray pieces), and the towers and (...) (24 years ago, 22-Dec-00, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: A VERY interesting article on the Lego Business
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| That's UKP 45K *in 1981* - that was a decent chunk of change. Lego could have paid them off because they actually admitted guilt, or because they figured it was cheaper than continuing the litigation. It definitely puts a new light on the whole Tyco (...) (24 years ago, 21-Dec-00, to lugnet.general)
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