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Subject: 
IS LEGO COPYING MEGA-BLOCKS NOW?
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Date: 
Mon, 31 Dec 2001 13:53:17 GMT
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G'day all,

having seen images of next years sets (this years hopefully for us in
OZ...the wonders of the international time zones) I have been wondering if
Lego have been nicking ideas off Mega Blocks. This has been prompted by the
'action' sets megablocks produced in the past few years featuring among
other things a skate park...and what is set 6738 going to be...

http://www.marzdistribution.com/insideMarz/moreinfo.cfm?ID=LEGO-6738

Not having had time to look through all the images available, I could be
mistaken though...

NOTE: many images are available at:
http://www.marzdistribution.com/insideMarz/lego.cfm

Benjamin Whytcross



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  Re: IS LEGO COPYING MEGABLOKS NOW?
 
(...) unfamiliar with the MegaBloks set in question, I'll post a pic of it tonight. The similarities are extensive and undeniable (though admittedly there's a certain "look" demanded by the theme). It amuses me greatly that LEGO is now effectively (...) (22 years ago, 31-Dec-01, to lugnet.loc.au, lugnet.general, lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands)
  Re: IS LEGO COPYING MEGA-BLOCKS NOW?
 
(...) It would be fine with me if they started looking to Mega Blocks for design ideas, MB has some great sets, but I won't buy them because of the quality. My 8 & 5 year old would really go for this set. I'm wondering if that lighter color is light (...) (22 years ago, 31-Dec-01, to lugnet.loc.au, lugnet.general)
  Re: IS LEGO COPYING MEGA-BLOCKS NOW?
 
I'm all for taking god ideas wherever you find them, and Mega Bloks has some great models out. "Benjamin Whytcross" <b_whytcross@hotmail.com> wrote in message news:Gp7nwt.H5x@lugnet.com... (...) the (...) (22 years ago, 5-Jan-02, to lugnet.loc.au, lugnet.general)

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