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Subject: 
kawada blocks (Re: Tyco Superblocks page)
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Date: 
Tue, 6 Nov 2001 21:12:47 GMT
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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 models i kept).

..joseph g

In lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands, Dave Schuler writes:
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: kawada blocks (Re: Tyco Superblocks page)
 
shame on me for responding to my own post, but i found where i had put some images for the godzilla stuff: (URL) ghidorah is actually the cooler of the two sets (godzilla looks more like an alley cat on steroids) but i found it interesting the way (...) (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?)
 
In lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands, Joseph Gonzalez writes: couple of years. (...) 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 (...) (23 years ago, 6-Nov-01, to lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands)

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