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Subject: 
VERY-shifty scans (Re: "Shifty" rip off brand)
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Date: 
Mon, 26 Jul 1999 21:05:13 GMT
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In lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands, Chris Lyman writes:
> I was glancing thru a dollar-shop in lower-mainland British Columbia, Canada,
> a couple days ago when I saw some small LEGO sets for sale • --snipped--
> They are actually "SHIFTY" brand, not LEGO, although the box design, layout,
> graphics, colors, etc. look almost exactly like LEGO, even the SHIFTY logo was
> similar to the LEGO logo. The only difference was the name and also a bunch of
> Chinese characters in small print on the side of the box. Aha.. "Made in
China"

i just got some scans of these from a very reliable source..SIMPLY INCREDIBLE!!
look at these scans!
http://members.xoom.com/legohead/shifty.html
http://members.xoom.com/legohead/shifty2.html

maybe the next "official" theme we'll see out of denmark will be chinese
pirates (nyuk, nyuk)

..joseph g



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  Re: VERY-shifty scans (Re: "Shifty" rip off brand)
 
Never seen nothing like it. Is it a edited scan...? (...) (27 years ago, 26-Jul-99, to lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands)
  Re: VERY-shifty scans (Re: "Shifty" rip off brand)
 
Man, talk about rip off! But if they are made in China, it is understandable. China has grossly violated numerous international copy-right laws, and this is no exception. Stupid Chi-Com clone bricks! Scott Sanburn (...) (27 years ago, 27-Jul-99, to lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands)

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  "Shifty" rip off brand -- can they get away with this??
 
I was glancing thru a dollar-shop in lower-mainland British Columbia, Canada, a couple days ago when I saw some small LEGO sets for sale, the kind that usually go for $4 or $5 US. They were being sold for only $1 a piece; they had a set of a couple (...) (27 years ago, 25-Jul-99, to lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands)

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