Subject:
|
Re: VERY-shifty scans (Re: "Shifty" rip off brand)
|
Newsgroups:
|
lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands
|
Date:
|
Tue, 27 Jul 1999 11:36:14 GMT
|
Viewed:
|
356 times
|
| |
|
|
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
Joseph Gonzalez wrote:
>
> 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
|
|
Message is in Reply To:
25 Messages in This Thread:
 
  
- Entire Thread on One Page:
- Nested:
All | Brief | Compact | Dots
Linear:
All | Brief | Compact
|
|
|
|
