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Re: Na na na na na na na na...
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lugnet.general
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Wed, 2 Nov 2005 21:37:23 GMT
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In lugnet.general, Damien Nesbit wrote:
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Greg, as a long time batman fan, I must admit that I’ve often been tempted to
purchase one of those C3 sets, especially since I’ve seen them time and time
again discounted almost to nothing. As cool as the figs did appear, I always
opted against buying these toys in favor of spending my limited budget on
actual Lego product. The major problem that I find with most clones is the
limited compatability with actual Lego product, i.e. mega blok “plates” that
are 1/2 a brick high, instead of 1/3 high like thier lego counterparts.
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For the record, you’re probably thinking of Tyco, because the vast majority of
Mega Bloks bricks are 1/3 brick-height. There have been a few half-brick-height
plate over time (such as the 8x24, the 8x16, the 4x16, etc.) but Mega Bloks has
never had a 2x4 plate half the height of a brick.
C3, the brand name under which the DC-themed sets have been marketed, likewise
adhere to the 1:3 plate:brick height ratio.
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I suspect that the people at Warner (DC’s parent company, f.y.i. Marvel’s
parent company is New Line) decided that the lesser brands of construction
toys were not successful in exploiting the market potential that has come to
be expected by the batman franchise.
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Batman’s a property of DC Comics, so presumably a Marvel license would be
irrelevant (except in terms of not wanting to associate too closely with one’s
comic-competitor).
Marvel is at least happy enough with Mega Bloks’ treatment of the line that
additional sets are due out for the 2006 product year.
Dave!
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| (...) Greg, as a long time batman fan, I must admit that I've often been tempted to purchase one of those C3 sets, especially since I've seen them time and time again discounted almost to nothing. As cool as the figs did appear, I always opted (...) (19 years ago, 26-Oct-05, to lugnet.general, FTX)
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