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In lugnet.loc.au, David Drew writes:
> Hi,
> I was in my local toy-store today, getting a monster mask for a birthday
> party tomorrow, and I saw what has to be only of the most blatant Lego
> rip-offs that I've ever seen.
>
> It was a 'Chess' set. The logo that showed the 'Chess' was exactly the same
> as the Lego logo, just a different word inside. It looked so close that the
> first couple of times, my mind actually substituted the 'lego', and I
> thought that I was looking at a Lego set. :) I can't remember the name of
> the maker, something trivial. It was made in China.
>
> The actual product was a chess-set made of minifigs and small 4*4
> baseplates. The bodies of the chess-men weren't Lego rip-offs, they were a
> neat 2*2 round body that looks pretty much like a regular chess piece, but
> with dimples on the base so they could latch onto the baseplate studs.
>
> The pieces all had arms, heads, with helmets and crowns etc, and these
> pieces looked like they had just stepped straight out of Legoland. I
> couldn't judge the scale of the studs and pieces from the box, but they
> looked pretty close to that of Lego's.
>
> All up, the set cost $29.99, down from $39.99, and if you're looking for a
> lego-ish chess set, and are not phased (oops fazed, been spending too much
> time discussing particle theory.:) ) by rip-offs, then this looks like a
> pretty good buy.
This sounds very cool Dave -- if you can bring it along to the next Studfest I
may have to take it off your hands. And it's not a rip-off, it's a compatible
building system, okay!
--DaveL (poor chess player, big chess fan)
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