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| I never thought I'd say this, but: I've gotta get me some Megabloks! Those are sweet, and exactly what LEGO should be doing. Let's hope these things sell like hotcakes and wake 'em up to how lucrative the mecha market is. Makes me wonder why they (...) (23 years ago, 3-Dec-01, to lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands)
| | | | | MegaBloks MECHA
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| On the heels of its Blok-Bots product line, MegaBloks has just released the first batch of "Warriors Future Force" mecha-style vehicles. These feature the same click-joints as the Blok-Bots, as well as new weaponry. I saw four types on the shelf at (...) (23 years ago, 2-Dec-01, to lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands)
| | | | | Re: TYCO Calculator?
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| (...) Well, $26 + p&p is a little too much for a calculator to me, and the other ... is insisting on US only. :o( Thanks for the links, at least now I know how they look. /Tore (23 years ago, 1-Dec-01, to lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands)
| | | | | Re: TYCO Calculator?
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| (...) Here are another two for auction: (URL) They December 2nd and 5th, respectively. I'm not the seller, and I won't be bidding. Good luck to anyone interested! Dave! (23 years ago, 30-Nov-01, to lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands)
| | | | | Jackie's Architectural Toys List
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| I found this list of block brands, (URL) a nice discussion of what they are all about, (URL) to a bibliography at the Hudson-Mohawk Industrial Gateway which mentioned the Embossing Company. (23 years ago, 30-Nov-01, to lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands)
| | | | | Re: What brand is this?
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| Actually, PVC can be molded into moderately detailed shapes. There is a model railroad materials company (evergreen I think) that makes trusses, I beam, tubing, and etc. out of PVC. It's much more slippery than styrene, requires a different glue, (...) (23 years ago, 27-Nov-01, to lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands)
| | | | | Re: TYCO Calculator?
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| (...) We got the belville one. One of the kittens could almost pass for a tiger cub... almost. Scott A (...) (23 years ago, 26-Nov-01, to lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands)
| | | | | Re: What brand is this?
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| (...) Doh! Hoisted by *my* petard! I think you're right, insofar as I can judge the plastic simply by handling it; polystyrene it is. I spell Chemistry with a capital F. Dave! (23 years ago, 26-Nov-01, to lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands)
| | | | | Re: What brand is this?
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| (...) ?? Really?? Not some sort of Styrene but Poly Vinyl Chloride, the stuff that those offwhite household sewage pipes are made of? That's wild. I would have expected Polystyrene (which is not as good as ABS, the "better" styrene) for this usage. (...) (23 years ago, 26-Nov-01, to lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands)
| | | | | Re: What brand is this?
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| (...) I received the item today, and it's, well, sort of weird. I've given it only a cursory inspection, but the plastic appears to be PVC, and the parts are packaged on a couple of sprues. The odd thing is that nearly all of the parts are direct (...) (23 years ago, 26-Nov-01, to lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands)
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