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Re: New element (Was: Re: New x-pod sets)
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lugnet.general
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Sun, 18 Jan 2004 16:56:31 GMT
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In lugnet.general, Lindsay Frederick Braun wrote:
> In lugnet.general, Allan Bedford wrote:
> > In lugnet.general, Huw Millington wrote:
> > > 4346 has two of an interesting new element
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> > Very interesting indeed!
> >
> > > Brick 1 x 1 with studs on two sides:
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> > I've often wondered why the 'studs on all sides' was the only configuration of
> > this style of brick.
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> Hey Allan,
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> My understanding is that the 1x1 brick with stud on only
> one side is not produced by TLC because the patent (!) is
> still owned by Ritvik and used in MegaBloks.
You must have read my mind. It was, in fact, a 1x1 with a stud on one side that
I was really thinking of. I will love to have and will use the piece Huw noted
above, but it would also be nice to have one that didn't need any clearance on
the side opposite the face of the brick.
> That's why
> they could only do the 1x4 like that, at least until the
> part comes out from under the copyright window. So I guess
> this is a reverse application of the law that protects TLC's
> special elements.
Well, I guess we can't complain. If that's who has the trademark then so be it.
I have only ever bought two small MegaBloks sets and enjoyed them so much that I
gave them away. Not to beat a broken drum, but the quality just wasn't there.
> I'm really stoked to see that they opted to do a two-sided
> version, though. That really does have some possibilities!
I like it better when they play around with new configurations of existing
shaped bricks than creating entirely new shapes. For example, the 1x4 you
mention above is much more interesting, to me, than say the black half-arch,
combination slope thingie's that are on top of the Air Blazer's helicopter, just
below the blades. But that's just an opinion, nothing more.
> > So if these sets have been available for so long (as noted below) at retail, I
> > wonder why they're not yet on the Shop At Home site? I'd order them today if I
> > could.
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> Me too. Hey, Huw (and anyone else who got one of those),
> how much do they go for? I'm arriving in the UK next week
> and there is an Argos just down the street from where I will
> be living.
I guess I'll be waiting until March. Moving to England isn't in the budget for
this year. ;)
Best regards,
Allan B.
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| (...) Eh, just back it up to a 1x1 or 1x2 technic brick with the peghole in the right place, and it's all good. But I agree that it would have been nicer to see a the megablok part rendered in "the good stuff" instead. (...) I do agree--still have (...) (21 years ago, 18-Jan-04, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: New element (Was: Re: New x-pod sets)
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| (...) Hey Allan, My understanding is that the 1x1 brick with stud on only one side is not produced by TLC because the patent (!) is still owned by Ritvik and used in MegaBloks. That's why they could only do the 1x4 like that, at least until the part (...) (21 years ago, 18-Jan-04, to lugnet.general)
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