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Re: Anyone else seen this?
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Mon, 9 Jul 2001 06:49:43 GMT
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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.
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> 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.
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> 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.
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> 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.
Spotted four of these on the weekend at the wee toyshop in Macquarie centre
outside Tah-zhay (home of the $1.50 mini-sets...). $30. The fig-heads look like
they are closely related to the folk of King Leo's castle. Highly recommended to
anyone who likes clone curios, and isn't moving to Florida in a month...
Also spotted the Creator game, at a very silly price.
--DaveL
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| Hey Dave! How are you? The Creator Game? The board game or the CDROM? How much was it? I bought one brand new for $5! :) See-ya round like a Lego Pizza Mel (...) (23 years ago, 9-Jul-01, to lugnet.loc.au)
| | | Re: Anyone else seen this?
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| Has anyone in Melbourne seen one of these chess sets? I wouldn't mind getting one. Can someone who has seen one pick up an extra one please? cheers SAB (23 years ago, 9-Jul-01, to lugnet.loc.au)
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| 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 (...) (23 years ago, 22-Jun-01, to lugnet.loc.au)
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