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| (...) Yeah, I've wondered about that. All I know is that those pictures have been up for quite a while, so maybe they date from before the sets' release and are actually just "promotional" images, possibly subject to change? (...) I'm thinking that (...) (22 years ago, 22-Nov-04, to lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands)
| | |  | | Re: Clone brand review - Diablock
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| (...) Twenty-three dollars? Is that correct? That's quite a price tag for such a small set. Thanks for sharing these pictures. I'd never even heard of this brand before, though they look similar to ATCO. Dave! (22 years ago, 22-Nov-04, to lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands, FTX)
| | |  | | Clone brand review - Diablock
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| For those who have never seen this brand in person, I managed to obtain 3 small sets today and have posted a picture-heavy review of one of them on my forum (URL) here>. Please take a look if you are interested. Here is a picture of one of the sets: (...) (22 years ago, 21-Nov-04, to lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands, FTX)
| | |  | | Re: Shifty set
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| In lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands, Sonnich Jensen wrote: -snip- (...) -snip- (...) You could achieve all 3 things:- 1. Leave the bag sealed. 2. Build the set in the bag. 3. Throw the built set in sealed bag away. (:^) (...) Have a Technic bulldozer (...) (22 years ago, 20-Nov-04, to lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands)
| | |  | | Re: New Dragons Sets
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| <snip> (...) Wow! Apparently the UK gets a differant selection of sets and what's actually in them. Just looking at the version shown for 9891 "Vorgan Stronghold" I don't recognize anything about that set from what I have... Ok, if you don't count (...) (22 years ago, 20-Nov-04, to lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands)
| | |  | | Re: New Dragons Sets
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| (...) why I never mentioned them before. This site: (URL) has info on them. Do a search for "bloks" and you'll get a nice listing of these and other sets. I found these on page 2 of the search results. Still, the two-pack does indeed look like it (...) (22 years ago, 19-Nov-04, to lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands)
| | |  | | Re: New Dragons Sets
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| <snip> (...) Yes I do... the 4 new ones that you reported on, 9858 (Dragon Mountain), and 9887 (Fire Storm Fortress). All the others I either have on-hand or on-order, (AFAIK). That would be 7 dragons from all 6 of the sets I don't have yet. (...) (22 years ago, 19-Nov-04, to lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands)
| | |  | | Re: New Dragons Sets
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| (...) just online? Come to think of it, I can check my local KB today at lunch. I'll report back if I find anything... (...) Hee! Out of curiosity, do you know which ones you're missing? I have the Vorgan demon "Rot" on my desk right now, eating a (...) (22 years ago, 19-Nov-04, to lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands)
| | |  | | Re: Shifty set
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| (...) It's not quite accurate for them to describe all of the sets as "blatant copies" of LEGO sets. Granted, many sets were direct copies, and Shifty certainly copied numerous patent-protected parts, but the Shifty castle set that I bought has no (...) (22 years ago, 19-Nov-04, to lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands, lugnet.general, lugnet.mediawatch)
| | |  | | Re: Shifty set
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| Funny, I bought and wrote this... Now I read this: (URL) is just across the waters, 80 km from here. 10 tons, 10000 sets :-) That is a lot! S PS: I will keep the set, in case I have to do a setup/show sometime again. It will go under "bad bad bad (...) (22 years ago, 19-Nov-04, to lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands, lugnet.general, lugnet.mediawatch)
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