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Re: Tyco Superblocks page (Re: What ever happened to the copycat brand TYCO?)
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Tue, 6 Nov 2001 19:28:08 GMT
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In lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands, Joseph Gonzalez writes:
couple of years.

all that's left is a few lego, mega-blok (oddly enough, the mega-blok stuff is
increasing in quantity lately) and a couple of kawada sets.

  Boy, that Kawada stuff is awful.  I bought a few small kits on eBay and
was surprised at how unsatisfying they were.  I could probably be called
clone-friendly, and I still can't abide the stuff.  I think ATCO is, if not
the same stuff under a different name, remarkably similar in quality, such
as it is.
  Does anyone know how many actual clone brands are on the market today?  I
refer to compatible brands such as MegaBloks, Intelli-Blox, and even
Best-Lock, I suppose, but not Kawada or ABC Blocks, which are basically
LEGO-shaped but not compatible in any useful sense.

     Dave!



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  Re: Tyco Superblocks page (Re: What ever happened to the copycat brand TYCO?)
 
I have a list of a few others on an old web page of clones: (URL) still seen each of these around today. jt In lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands, Dave Schuler writes: <snip> (...) (23 years ago, 6-Nov-01, to lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands)
  kawada blocks (Re: Tyco Superblocks page)
 
kawada IS pretty poopy but i really enjoy the 10-inch godzilla models for displaying purposes and would probably still be willing to pay a ridiculous price if i were to see someone selling the gamera model (to go with the godzilla and ghidorah (...) (23 years ago, 6-Nov-01, to lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands)

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  Re: Tyco Superblocks page (Re: What ever happened to the copycat brand TYCO?)
 
(...) yup i've been liquidating almost all of my lego and lego-related stuff over the past couple of years. all that's left is a few lego, mega-blok (oddly enough, the mega-blok stuff is increasing in quantity lately) and a couple of kawada sets. (...) (23 years ago, 6-Nov-01, to lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands)

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