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(...) I just got back from lunch at Walmart, and held/inspected some of those sets. Then I get back and check out Lugnet, and you report on the MB site update. My report: I looked at the following sets; 1911, 1916, 1917, and one other set that had a (...) (20 years ago, 6-Jan-05, to lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands, FTX)
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The Marvel sets are now featured (URL) online!> I'll post more later, once I've taken a closer look. Dave! (20 years ago, 6-Jan-05, to lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands, FTX)
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(...) Hi Bill: Thanks as always for the information! Please let us know whatever you can find out! Dave! (20 years ago, 4-Jan-05, to lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands)
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I was in Meijer over the weekend with my Nephew and was browsing the isle as always. They had many new Mega Bloks products including Pokemon Balls that had Mega Bloks inside. There are 4 different kinds to find. He got Pikachu that can evolve from (...) (20 years ago, 4-Jan-05, to lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands)
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(...) Doh! Uh... Hmm... Uh... Sophocles wrote plays over two thousand years ago, and the well has been used as a watersource since antiquity, so "Play Well" is clearly a ripoff, too. Uh, sure... Dave! (20 years ago, 27-Dec-04, to lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands, FTX)
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(...) Ha! I love it. They couldn't decide which company's motto to rip off-- Nike or LEGO, so they compromised:-) JOHN (20 years ago, 27-Dec-04, to lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands, FTX)
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(...) Hi Mark: As far as I know, this particular knock-off set is at least a few years old, so I'd think that it was probably included in the recent lawsuit (and should have been discontinued, I suppose). I'm not familiar with this online seller, (...) (20 years ago, 27-Dec-04, to lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands, FTX)
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So uh, do you think that Lego will have a problem with this: (URL) Taken from an (URL) online store>. Especially when you compare it with: (URL) >> Set number (URL) 6256>? I thought Lego just came down on this company for ripping off it's product? (...) (20 years ago, 26-Dec-04, to lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands, FTX)
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(...) (URL) Here's> a rendering of several of these pieces, minus the landing strut. Super nifty! Dave! (20 years ago, 22-Dec-04, to lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands, FTX)
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| | Re: Bad News for Richard's Wallet (was Re: New Dragons Sets)
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<snip> (...) The 'Wizard's Sea Assalt' set looks like the Iron Raider's (9252) with a differant number, (Sea Asault set looks like an exact match). I still want the Sea Asault set, in whatever form it comes in. I do possess all the 'Elements' sets (...) (20 years ago, 20-Dec-04, to lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands)
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| | Bad News for Richard's Wallet (was Re: New Dragons Sets)
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(...) Looks like there are a few additional Dragons sets on the near horizon. Check them out here: (URL) see the "Wizard's Strong Box" and "Wizard's Sea Assault" for starters, and then there are the "Summon," "Unleash," and "Bane" sets. Dave! (20 years ago, 20-Dec-04, to lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands)
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| | Review of MB 9962
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Before I get started, I just noticed that the MegaBloks website has been updated to include several new products in the (URL) ProBuilder line,> not to mention the Nano stuff that Jeff discussed (URL) here.> Jeff also mentioned the 9962 jet, but I'll (...) (20 years ago, 20-Dec-04, to lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands, FTX)
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(...) Hi Jeff! I briefly (URL) mentioned> these sets previously, but I didn't have very complete or thorough information. Thanks for the detail and for the news re: the 300 piece set. Dave! (20 years ago, 20-Dec-04, to lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands, FTX)
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sorry to reply to my own post, but the 4 new racers are seen here: (URL) new nano> I did not see the 300 piece set I got, though. Jeff (20 years ago, 19-Dec-04, to lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands, FTX)
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I saw new Megablocks Nano sets today; 4 new cars with extra engines & headlight pieces to customize your car-apparently the bottom of the cars light up to simulate neon under cars; AND a 300 piece 'build station'. the coolest thing was the new nano (...) (20 years ago, 19-Dec-04, to lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands)
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| | 10 lbs of Mega Bloks tan parts
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I have said amount in a tub free for anyone who wants to pay postage. I find it hard to throw stuff away, even MB. But it goes in the trash before the end of the year if no-one wants it. It comes from the tank sets. I am keeping just the wheels and (...) (20 years ago, 18-Dec-04, to lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands)
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| | Re: New Dragons Sets
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(...) Is that the one with the piston-based "ice breath" system? If so, my local Value City has a few on the shelves for $19.99 (a minor discount, but at least it's something.) Hope this is of use! Dave! (20 years ago, 16-Dec-04, to lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands)
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(...) (URL) can a product line that PCS Edventures successfully launched based on the quality of LEGO materials and technology of the RCX be converted to Mega Bloks material? LEGO may have dropped out of the relationship, and they sought a (...) (20 years ago, 15-Dec-04, to lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands)
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(...) I saw that press release and couldn't decide whether to mention it here. I don't know if those of us in North America will see much impact from this, but anything that makes a stronger brand would seem to be a benefit in the long run. For that (...) (20 years ago, 15-Dec-04, to lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands)
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(...) MB issued a press release about this as well: (URL) a relatively slow loading PDF. Unfortunately I could not just grab the text but the gist is they are happy and they think they are going to do well. XFUT off-topic.clone-brands (20 years ago, 15-Dec-04, to lugnet.mediawatch, lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands)
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| | Re: Is this a Lego part or not?
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(...) It appears to be shredded pieces from several MB palm branches to me. Though some of them could be the ferns as well... Interesting use of the the "Semi-Lego" Galidor leg pieces as well. C-Ya, Rich (20 years ago, 15-Dec-04, to lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands, lugnet.general, FTX)
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Hey everybody - Need some help. I am trying to figure out if the ferns seen in (URL) this picture> are a Lego part or not. I have never seen anything like it so my guess would be no. But since I am not 100% positive I ask for your help. Thanks Mark (...) (20 years ago, 15-Dec-04, to lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands, lugnet.general, FTX)
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| | PCS Edventures partners with Mega Bloks
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PCS Edventures has partnered with Mega Bloks to be their partner in the education market. Presumably this means their BrickLab kit will feature MegaBloks instead of Lego. Longtime Lugnetters may remember Richard Wright (aka Weird Richard). (URL) (20 years ago, 10-Dec-04, to lugnet.mediawatch, lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands)
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| | Re: Brick Century Military
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(...) This gets more and more interesting. The only Oxford tank wheels that I have came from that 15000 set, and they're about as big as a LEGO 2x2 round brick. The MegaBloks tank wheels are somewhat larger, as shown in the third model from the (...) (20 years ago, 9-Dec-04, to lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands, FTX)
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| | Re: Brick Century Military
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(...) Nope, 'Shifty Bricks' becomes 'Brick Century' (or at least is affiliated with it somehow); whereas Oxford is an entirely different and independent company from Korea, think of it as the Korean equivalent of Megabloks if you like. As for (...) (20 years ago, 9-Dec-04, to lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands, FTX)
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(...) I wasn't sure if Shifty / Brick / .. became Oxford. I think I have an old post that listed a source for buying new Oxford sets, but they work out the same or higher priced than real Lego. Nice info on Korean Lego schools. The eBay contact I (...) (20 years ago, 8-Dec-04, to lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands, FTX)
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| | Re: Brick Century Military
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(...) Nope. Oxford is in Korea, and neither China nor Hong Kong's courts have any bearing. Also, aside from web sources who buy Oxford sets and then sell them second hand at higher rates, Oxford is not sold outside of Korea, period. I am not sure, (...) (20 years ago, 8-Dec-04, to lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands, FTX)
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| | Re: Brick Century Military
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(...) From what Ben's Bricks wrote about the cost of custom molds, a Chinese contact seems to be the easier and cheaper route. Isn't Oxford the new Shifty? I don't think the bricks aren't protected by copyright. Didn't the Hong Kong court rule that? (...) (20 years ago, 8-Dec-04, to lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands, FTX)
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| | Re: Brick Century Military
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(...) Good eyes, Dave!! I don't own any of the 9707 Megabloks Tanks either but after reading your post, I sort of went to look at what I have and want to hear something interesting? Those wheels from Ed's picture (URL) here> look a lot like the ones (...) (20 years ago, 8-Dec-04, to lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands, FTX)
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| | Re: Brick Century Military
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(...) I don't have any Megblocks and only one of the John Deere Ertle/ Best Block sets. No comparison to Shifty. Shifty is Lego as far as the bricks are concerned. The axles and wheels are the weak link, not Lego at all. Look up the 1999 / 2000 Hong (...) (20 years ago, 8-Dec-04, to lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands, FTX)
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| | New Nano sets
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My local KMart features four new Nano sets, numbering from 5907 through 5910 and each representing a roadster and including a small figurine and aroudn 100 pieces. These are about one inch tall and do not appear to be articulated, but they include a (...) (20 years ago, 7-Dec-04, to lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands)
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| | Re: Brick Century Military
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(...) Without seeing them in person I can’t do more than speculate, but it looks to me as if the wheels on the tank are remarkably similar to those used by MegaBloks for years in a number of sets, beginning with the 9707 Combat Tank in 1999. The (...) (20 years ago, 7-Dec-04, to lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands, FTX)
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| | Re: Brick Century Military
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Brickcentury is the same as Shifty Bricks (actually, you can tell this from the pictures). I believe they have either renamed their military line to this, or they are planning to rename the company itself. Some of the newer military sets that are (...) (20 years ago, 7-Dec-04, to lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands, FTX)
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| | Re: Brick Century Military
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(...) Hey, Sorry, I forgot about posting that contact. (URL) Pictures: (URL) made two orders from him and have been quite pleased. Ed (20 years ago, 6-Dec-04, to lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands)
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| | New MegaBloks buckets
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On Friday I spotted three new MegaBloks bulk buckets on the shelves of a local TRU. I’m not 100% sure of the set numbers, but here are the details as well as I recall them: Set #876 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Promo Bucket 300 pieces, with two (...) (20 years ago, 6-Dec-04, to lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands)
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| | Re: BTR sets at a dollar store
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(...) My local "Dollar General" didn't have any on the shelves, but it did have close to four dozen copies of LEGO's NBA minifig packs and one copy of the MegaBloks "Cyclone" Gyro-Fighter. However, "Family Dollar" featured five copies of each of two (...) (20 years ago, 3-Dec-04, to lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands)
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| | Re: BTR sets at a dollar store
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(...) Thanks for the news, Ray. In my town, Dollar General stores are a dollar-a-dozen, so I'll check around and see what I can find. I've seldom had much luck with discount store LEGO or clone finds, but every so often a set or two pop up. If I can (...) (20 years ago, 30-Nov-04, to lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands)
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| | Re: MOC: Apocryphal Blacktron Freudenshadow Racer
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(...) Thanks for the feedback! I'm glad to see that you took it in the proper spirit: as a sort of homage rather than a gesture of nose-thumbing. Keep the inspiration coming, and maybe I'll keep up the eye-burning re-interpretations! Dave! (20 years ago, 30-Nov-04, to lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands, FTX)
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| | BTR sets at a dollar store
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BTW, in case anyone cares... a few of the smaller Built To Rule sets (Hasbro ?) were spotted at a Dollar General the other day. These may be new stock or old stock. That particular store is not one that get to frequently, so I'm not sure. There was (...) (20 years ago, 30-Nov-04, to lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands)
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| | Re: MOC: Apocryphal Blacktron Freudenshadow Racer
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(...) Thanks! (...) Heh, that's cute. My initial reaction was laughing and groaning at the same time. I suspect that may have been your purpose. Anyway, I'm flattered. And you did a good job of covering your stated goal (similar to the Outcast, but (...) (20 years ago, 29-Nov-04, to lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands, FTX)
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| | MOC: Apocryphal Blacktron Freudenshadow Racer
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Tony Hafner has presented his very cool (URL) Outcast Racer>, for which much praise is due. Very nice work, Tony! Seeing this fine craft, I was inspired to try something similar, adding my own (I hope) distinctive style. Please let me know what you (...) (20 years ago, 26-Nov-04, to lugnet.space, lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands, FTX)
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| | Re: Lego Company chooses poorly? (was re: Shifty set)
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(...) Indeed. Although a headline like "Rich Multinational Toy Company Gives Poor Finnish Children Second Rate Building Bricks for Christmas" could hardly appeal to Lego... Cheers Richie Dulin (20 years ago, 25-Nov-04, to lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands, lugnet.general, lugnet.mediawatch, FTX)
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| | Re: Lego Company chooses poorly? (was re: Shifty set)
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(...) Are you willing to vouch for the safety of each of those fake sets? Were LEGO to have given the o.k. to give away the illegal sets they (the LEGO company) would have, at least in principle, been giving their assurance that the sets are safe to (...) (20 years ago, 25-Nov-04, to lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands, lugnet.general, lugnet.mediawatch)
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| | Lego Company chooses poorly? (was re: Shifty set)
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(...) charity, presumeably for distribution to the poor. I read between the lines that this is Finnish law, that siezed illegal goods can be destroyed or given to charity. The article claimed that the clones were dangerous and could break in normal (...) (20 years ago, 25-Nov-04, to lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands, lugnet.general, lugnet.mediawatch)
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| | Re: Shifty set
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(...) I am not sure what either "blatant" nor "jeers" mean, but when reading the Danish and the English version, I would have translated this way: ....all are Slavic copies of Lego.... I asume blatant is something else. Sonnich (...) (20 years ago, 24-Nov-04, to lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands, lugnet.general, lugnet.mediawatch)
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| | Re: Never-released LOTR Intelli-Blox sets?
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(...) I think I was unclear in my wording. The Mines of Moria set was indeed released, and eventually I was lucky enough to find one on deep discount at KB toys. The instructions included in that set gave the description of the phrases uttered by (...) (20 years ago, 23-Nov-04, to lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands)
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| | Re: Never-released LOTR Intelli-Blox sets?
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(...) Out of curiosity, I just searched for Intelli-Blox on eBay and the Mines of Moria set does turn up! But you're right - this whole series of toy was poorly marketed - I never saw it in stores! -Bryan (20 years ago, 23-Nov-04, to lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands)
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| | Re: Never-released LOTR Intelli-Blox sets?
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(...) That's really a shame, IMO. Sure, the series wasn't as well-conceived as it might have been, but there was a lot of good in it, too. I love love love the statuary from Battle at Weathertop, and the gargoyle-ish pieces from Orc Attack at Amon (...) (20 years ago, 23-Nov-04, to lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands)
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| | Re: Never-released LOTR Intelli-Blox sets?
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The Basic Block Bucket was even listed on Marz Distribution three years ago. The total number of sets touted at Toy Fair was larger than what was released. (20 years ago, 23-Nov-04, to lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands)
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| | Re: New Dragons Sets
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<snip> (...) Maybe, maybe not. I think I'd like to find out for certain though. At least as far as the Vorgon Stronghold goes (even if it's like the U.S. version (i.e. "normal," I wouldn't mind a second copy of the set; very nice BURP-like pieces.) (...) (20 years ago, 22-Nov-04, to lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands)
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| | Never-released LOTR Intelli-Blox sets?
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While searching the Internet for clone-brand info, I came upon a mention of other Lord of the Rings sets that apparently never saw release. After the disappointing performance of this product line, it's no surprise that the whole series was (...) (20 years ago, 22-Nov-04, to lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands)
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| | Re: Clone brand review - Diablock
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(...) Whoops! Good call--I didn't stop to think that the set might have originated other than in the United States. Stupid Americentrism. My apologies to all who aren't enslaved to the US-version of the dollar. Dave! (20 years ago, 22-Nov-04, to lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands)
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| | Re: Clone brand review - Diablock
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(...) Assuming it's a "dollar" amount from the "$" sign, I can find 8 different "dollars" (really more like 7 since the Bermuda Dollar appears to be based on the US Dollar): US Cost | Country ===...=== 00.70 | New Taiwan 02.96 | Hong Kong 13.97 | (...) (20 years ago, 22-Nov-04, to lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands)
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| | Re: New Dragons Sets
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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 (...) (20 years ago, 22-Nov-04, to lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands)
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| | 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! (20 years ago, 22-Nov-04, to lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands, FTX)
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| | 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: (...) (20 years ago, 21-Nov-04, to lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands, FTX)
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| | 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 (...) (20 years ago, 20-Nov-04, to lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands)
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| | 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 (...) (20 years ago, 20-Nov-04, to lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands)
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| | 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 (...) (20 years ago, 19-Nov-04, to lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands)
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| | 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. (...) (20 years ago, 19-Nov-04, to lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands)
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| | 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 (...) (20 years ago, 19-Nov-04, to lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands)
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| | 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 (...) (20 years ago, 19-Nov-04, to lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands, lugnet.general, lugnet.mediawatch)
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| | 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 (...) (20 years ago, 19-Nov-04, to lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands, lugnet.general, lugnet.mediawatch)
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| | Re: New Dragons Sets
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<snip> More news from the Dragons front. I don't think that this has been brought to anyone else's attention. I just found these 2 sets on KBtoys.com. One a Fire set and one an Ice. Set #205651 ( (URL) )and set #205661 ( (URL) . Both are on sale for (...) (20 years ago, 18-Nov-04, to lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands)
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| | Re: MegaBlocks Snoopy and Woodstock set?
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(...) Hi Hop-Frog! In my quest to find out more about this set, which I have never seen in person, I stumbled upon the instructions scanned online: (URL) offers many of their sets' instructions online at (URL) but I'm not aware of any formal policy (...) (20 years ago, 17-Nov-04, to lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands)
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| | Re: Going cloneless
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(...) "You do not comprehend the power of the dark side!...." Your foolish jedi tricks will not work on me... ;) Dave K (20 years ago, 15-Nov-04, to lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands)
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(...) Like I said--All in good time. All in good time. Dave! (20 years ago, 15-Nov-04, to lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands)
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(...) You wish... (...) -Tim (20 years ago, 15-Nov-04, to lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands)
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(...) Sorry to hear that, John. Best of luck in your sell-off! (...) Oh, great. Now I'll have to bid against Tim for these fine clone items. Dave! (20 years ago, 15-Nov-04, to lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands)
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| | Apocryphal Classic Space revisited
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Some of you may recall (URL) these> variations on the Classic Space theme. In the spirit of continuing my homage to that fine genre, (URL) here's> another small offering. I envision it as a light strike fighter or probably a scout ship. Enjoy! Dave! (20 years ago, 15-Nov-04, to lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands, lugnet.space, FTX)
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| | Re: Going cloneless
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(...) Congrats! (eat your heart out, Dave!) -Tim (20 years ago, 15-Nov-04, to lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands)
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| | Going cloneless
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Well, after dabbling with Mega Bloks and Intelli-Blox on and off for the past decade I've decided to abandon efforts to cross-brand my building. I've debated the relative merits of clone use back and forth for some time. I can't say it's any sort of (...) (20 years ago, 15-Nov-04, to lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands)
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| | Re: Mega Bloks does it again...
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(...) Doesn't this have more to do with MegaBloks being a hometown company than a marketing failure on the part of TLC? I wouldn't expect a big MegaBloks display in a toy store in Billund. Marc Nelson Jr. (20 years ago, 15-Nov-04, to lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands)
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| | Mega Bloks does it again...
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Well, here is an other example of good marketing execution by Mega Bloks... And a bad one by LEGO, in my view. November 13th, 2004, a new toy store opened in Quebec City : (URL). They have many specialised sections, one of them about construction (...) (20 years ago, 14-Nov-04, to lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands, lugnet.dear-lego)
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| | Re: Mega Bloks Star Trek Enterprise D Now in
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(...) Hi Bill and all: I've been scouring the internet for other news on the Marvel licenses, but I've pretty much come up dry. However, I stumbled upon another curious (URL) Q&A> that I thought I'd mention here: Will Trek C3 playsets be possible (...) (21 years ago, 12-Nov-04, to lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands, FTX)
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(...) The French Revolution version of removing your hat. Ouch! (...) They still have the police torso under their armor. That makes them undercover cops. :) (...) I just compared the 2 brands and you're right - the legs are the same length. But, (...) (21 years ago, 12-Nov-04, to lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands)
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(...) Ha ha ha, okay, okay. I guess I have painted myself and many of my MOCs as BTR proponents. Thanks for that info Dave! I also thought that the BTR line was finito. TRU and Wally World (Wal-Mart) had cleared out their shelves for the last time, (...) (21 years ago, 11-Nov-04, to lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands, FTX)
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(...) This week I spotted a small set in this series on the shelf at Wal*Mart. Apparently these are Exin blocks, which previously has produced castle sets and currently offers sets representing several Spider-Man scenes, Shrek's Castle, and/or (...) (21 years ago, 10-Nov-04, to lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands, FTX)
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This might be of particular interest to (URL) Christy> and (URL) Pamela Hale,> but all are welcome to look: I just checked out the Hasbro website to gather some info on the (I thought) discontinued BTR line, and I discovered that there may be a (...) (21 years ago, 10-Nov-04, to lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands, FTX)
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<snip, et. al.> Well, here it is, my B-day, and I got to open up the package this morning. The crate is a bit better than reported or expected. It's real wood - thin and mostly ply, but real wood. The boxes inside are just 2. One for each set. I (...) (21 years ago, 10-Nov-04, to lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands)
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(...) Sure he can, as long as you take his head off with it! I've had some success mixing and matching the sculpted parts, at least enough to satisfy me, but I see your point. For someone who particularly values that kind of interchangeability, then (...) (21 years ago, 10-Nov-04, to lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands)
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(...) I'm aware of why the Minimates were pictured in this gallery - I wasn't suggesting they were replacing the MB figs, just pointing out how they made the MB figs look inferior (IMO). Actually, I think that the MB buildings look better when (...) (21 years ago, 10-Nov-04, to lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands)
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I don't know anything at all about the "One Piece" animated series, other than the fact that two of the characters are apparently named Luffy and Shanks. However, while perusing the Japanese MegaBloks site, I came upon (URL) this set.> Leaving aside (...) (21 years ago, 9-Nov-04, to lugnet.boats, lugnet.pirates, lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands, FTX)
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(...) Yep, you don't know what the h-e-double-hockey-stick you're talking aboot--since it's a Canadian company, MB makes their bricks out of the furs of little baby seals and hockey sticks--that's why the Canadian gov't reimplemented the seal hunt (...) (21 years ago, 9-Nov-04, to lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands)
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(...) For that matter, I don't know why this should affect MegaBloks at all. From what I've gathered, MegaBloks are crafted from the bones of puppies and innocent children. Have I been misled? Dave! (21 years ago, 9-Nov-04, to lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands)
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(...) Ya, but I can get by without all that other stuff, while LEGO? LEGO I gotta have. :-) (...) Follow up on that line of discussion probably ought to go to off-topic.debate (21 years ago, 9-Nov-04, to lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands, lugnet.lego)
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(...) You're worried about just Lego? Everything made out of plastic, from clothes to carpets to housing materials to cars to appliances to electronics to computers to decorative junk around the house will increase in cost. Plastic, its everywhere. (...) (21 years ago, 9-Nov-04, to lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands, lugnet.lego)
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Hi, I just read this in local newspaper (Le journal de Montréal) edition of Nov 8th 2004: ==liberal translation from french== "Montréal based compagny MegaBlock indicated in October that they will need to increase cost of their toys to compensate (...) (21 years ago, 9-Nov-04, to lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands, lugnet.lego)
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(...) Excellent! Thanks very much for your help, Russell. I'll add it to my listing. Dave! (21 years ago, 8-Nov-04, to lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands)
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(...) It's not as though they replaced MegaBloks minifigs with MiniMates--all of the MB minifigs are shown in the review, and the (to me) hideous minimates only show up to demonstrate that the set can be used in a diorama, as the review indicates. (...) (21 years ago, 8-Nov-04, to lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands)
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(...) 2045 #06 Charizard 255 2000 2040 #25 Pikachu 220 2000 This is what the boxes said. Russell (21 years ago, 8-Nov-04, to lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands)
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(...) I own a fair amount of Mega Bloks, but I'm not very impressed with this set. There are a few specialty elements I like (the mailbox is neat), but the main reason to get this would be for the minifigs, and I find Mega Bloks figs plain ugly. In (...) (21 years ago, 6-Nov-04, to lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands)
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Hey, Just wanted to keep everybody informed on the status of the New Spider-Man sets from Mega Bloks. I came across these pictures this morning from action-figure.com (URL) I find out more information I will keep you informed. The set looks pretty (...) (21 years ago, 6-Nov-04, to lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands)
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(...) Where have I been... I've been around. Did a stint working for one of the Lego stores for a little over a year, working myself poor as an assistant manager. I felt somewhat compelled not to post here during that period. And, then again, I (...) (21 years ago, 5-Nov-04, to lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands)
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(...) Jeez, Rich--where have you been? I haven't seen you in ot-clones in about three years! Thanks for the news about this set. Do you know if the chest has its own set-number, or is it just sold as a two-pack of the constituent sets? Either way, (...) (21 years ago, 5-Nov-04, to lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands)
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(...) On a side note, at COSTCO, they are selling an actual chest (18"x18"x36" {approx}) of Dragons for just under $80. The set includes 9879 (Vorgan Ice Fang) and 9889 (Portal of Fire). I thought it was a cool promo and had the Mrs. get it for me (...) (21 years ago, 5-Nov-04, to lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands)
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(...) If you can indeed get that, it would be superfantastic. Thank you very much! (...) Cool--thanks for that, too. Dave! (21 years ago, 29-Oct-04, to lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands)
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(...) I can get the info for these two when I go to storage on Sunday. (...) 1999 -- Russell Clark Co-Founder, BayLTC/BayLUG (URL) is a very fine line between "hobby" and "mental illness." (21 years ago, 28-Oct-04, to lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands)
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(...) Thanks Grand Admiral, I'm quite well aware of that. However, this is an entry to the space wheels contest which is under this posting board. Erego, this posting will be found here, and with other space enthusiast postings. Vive la revelucion! (...) (21 years ago, 28-Oct-04, to lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands, FTX)
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(...) They are both new (about five years) and small (operating out of NYC office space). As pulled from (URL) this> article: "Art Asylum is a relatively small and relatively new toy company," the co-presidents of 'A Call to Arms' said. "They have a (...) (21 years ago, 27-Oct-04, to lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands, FTX)
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