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Re: Bad Policy #2 (Why all the secrecy, LEGO Direct?)
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lugnet.lego.direct
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Mon, 7 May 2001 20:35:55 GMT
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In lugnet.lego.direct, Tony Priestman writes:
> On Mon, 7 May 2001, Dave Schuler (<GCz263.2B8@lugnet.com>) wrote at
> 15:39:38
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> > I defy you to point to a single MegaBloks product (other than basic brick
> > design itself, of course) that so closely mirrors a LEGO product that we can
> > really identify a deliberate attempt at cloning.
>
> You may have to think slightly out of the box for this one, but have you
> looked at Playmobil themes recently? They have excellent Castles,
> Pirates, Space and Construction sets. So good in fact, that if I had
> children, I would be giving them serious consideration.
Good point, though I've never personally favored Playmobil. Are they
considered direct competition of LEGO, other than in a nebulous "if my money
goes here, it can't go there" sort of way? They don't strike me as
construction toys, though I understand that they do have some modularity.
Come to think of it, the Playmobil ghost is remarkably similar to the LEGO
ghost. Hmm... Again, though, I think if Playmobil wanted to pirate LEGO's
ideas, they wouldn't need go through LUGNET to do it.
Dave!
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