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Re: In praise of Blockmen
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Wed, 25 Oct 2000 02:08:48 GMT
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In lugnet.loc.au, Richard Parsons writes:
> Afternoon all,
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> Having encountered Blockmen for the first time in Australia (at Big W), I
> have some heretical words of praise.
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> This stuff is not a competitor for Lego. They don't make many different
> blocks (its as though they assume that you will complement their stuff with
> other brand blocks). They have simply aimed their product at the very area
> Lego refuses to contemplate - military, in modern desert army, modern jungle
> army, and future space army iterations.
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> The blocks seem to be pretty good, the price isn't quite as bad as Lego, and
> the non block elements (sandbags, barbed wire fences, guns, pipes) are cool.
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> The vehicles suck, being complete elements, not built of blocks, and badly
> proportioned (so ignore them :-). I plan to build vehicles for them out of
> adventurers. I note from their website that they are bringing out a good
> looking humvee, but again, its not made of blocks - its a humvee model with
> studs on it.
There are always MegaBloks khaki bricks for vehicles.
Building the box model tank or helicopter would be way too scary for scale.
We have the bi-planes, the slouch hats, the scorpions etc.
> For a wry smile, check out their website, particularly
> http://www.blockmen.com/bios/bios.htm
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> I wonder to whom they refer when they speak of the 'clone-like little weak
> people' ;-)
Them's fightin' words.
Next thing, there will be DNA comparisons.
> In the meantime, I foresee the odd Blockmen element turning up in BrikWars,
> and even wonder at the battlefield impact of a squad of Blockmen, running
> around and 'hut, hut, hutting' in a way not really credible for gormless
> smiley minifigs. I remember reading with irritation about how Lego required
> that the BrikWars rules be written generically, without specifically naming
> or limiting the game to Lego. Perhaps Lego *wanted* us all to rush out and
> buy other brands to use them with BrikWars :-)
Brand v brand, a true 'state of origin' conflict.
We did have a couple of 'observers' at Sundays event, hiding in the ruined
jungle temple.
> Cool by me.
-pete.w (who has way too many Johnny Thunders with nothing to do)
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| (...) Mmmm, must remember that for the battle report: "Two Blockmen were seen scoping the town from a secure vantage point high in the Mayan Temple, and calling in co-ordinates for an artillery strike from a regional firebase. Fortunately for all (...) (24 years ago, 25-Oct-00, to lugnet.loc.au)
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| Afternoon all, Having encountered Blockmen for the first time in Australia (at Big W), I have some heretical words of praise. This stuff is not a competitor for Lego. They don't make many different blocks (its as though they assume that you will (...) (24 years ago, 25-Oct-00, to lugnet.loc.au)
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