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(...) Wow. Good thing you didn't have a wiffle bat in hand, or we'd all have little circle-shaped welts. :-, Cheers, - jsproat (25 years ago, 30-Jul-99, to lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands)
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Ugh, what a joke! BTW, how bad were the pieces? Scott Sanburn (...) (25 years ago, 30-Jul-99, to lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands)
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(...) That's proof enough for me. They can't get away with this...It's far beyond imitation(*rage*)...it's a SCAM!!! SCAM! SCAM! SCAM! SCAM! SCAM! SCAM! SCAM! SCAM! SCAM! SCAM! SCAM! SCAM! SCAM! SCAM! SCAM! SCAM! Stupid Supid Stupid chinese WHY MUST (...) (25 years ago, 30-Jul-99, to lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands)
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I recently found a Lego-clone (not a very good one) at a discount store. The pieces include bricks, 1/2-height plates, and a few wheels and medium-slope roof pieces, in about 10 different colors. They are slightly larger than regular Lego bricks -- (...) (25 years ago, 29-Jul-99, to lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands, lugnet.market.auction)
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i'm continuing the clone-closet-cleanout two sets are on ebay (URL) g (25 years ago, 29-Jul-99, to lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands)
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(...) --snip-- (...) Well, this all seems credible enough. I give my official imprimatur of truth. I guess I'll keep my eyes open on my way through BC, and see what turns up. It would interesting to to have a set or two, even if the quality is not (...) (25 years ago, 28-Jul-99, to lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands)
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Sorry I didn't provide more information right off, but this was my first post to the LEGO-related newsgroups so I wasn't aware exactly what was expected. I just ran across this stuff in the store and thought it might be something worth letting (...) (25 years ago, 27-Jul-99, to lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands)
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| | Re: VERY-shifty scans (Re: "Shifty" rip off brand)
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(...) --snipped-- (...) i don't know who the original poster was, but paul maxwell gave me the scans from the bootleg toys site (maintained by a chris doyle): (URL) like to find out more about these toys...(mainly what do the elements inside the box (...) (25 years ago, 27-Jul-99, to lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands)
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Even with these scans I remain skeptical. Until the orginal poster comes through with more specific info about the purchase, I withhold judgment. I realize that a hoax is rather far-fetched, but why are we being so coy? Most people give plenty (...) (25 years ago, 27-Jul-99, to lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands)
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nope, that is NOT an edited scan (at least I didn't edit it and i'm quite sure the guy that sent it to me did not edit it) ..joseph g (...) Canada, (...) layout, (...) was (...) of (...) INCREDIBLE!! (...) (25 years ago, 27-Jul-99, to lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands)
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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 (...) (25 years ago, 27-Jul-99, to lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands)
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Never seen nothing like it. Is it a edited scan...? (...) (25 years ago, 26-Jul-99, to lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands)
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| | VERY-shifty scans (Re: "Shifty" rip off brand)
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(...) --snipped-- (...) China" i just got some scans of these from a very reliable source..SIMPLY INCREDIBLE!! look at these scans! (URL) the next "official" theme we'll see out of denmark will be chinese pirates (nyuk, nyuk) ..joseph g (25 years ago, 26-Jul-99, to lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands)
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(...) --snipped-- (...) China" i just got some scans of these from a very reliable source SIMPLY INCREDIBLE!! look at these scans! (URL) the next "official" theme we'll see out of denmark will be chinese pirates (nyuk, nyuk) ..joseph g (25 years ago, 26-Jul-99, to lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands)
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(...) Apart from the printing, and the copy-right issues, how were the elements themselves? Did they compare in quality to Mega Bloks, or Best-Lock? Can you actually use them well with LEGO elements? I'd be very interested to see some of these, or (...) (25 years ago, 26-Jul-99, to lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands)
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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 (...) (25 years ago, 25-Jul-99, to lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands)
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So, after more than a year of eyeballing the small canned sets, I finally got the Space Fighter (#9254/85 pcs.), cuz Cyborians are seriously out-gunned by the Repzyllian fleet, and need all the help they can get. Since it was on sale at $3.33 at K€B (...) (25 years ago, 17-Jul-99, to lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands)
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| | Re: exin castles and tente aircraft carrier on ebay
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I am excited because I will soon be getting Tente set #460 which IIRC was the larger of two Tente Space sets of the late 70s that were made to compete with Lego. It supposedly contains instructions to 5 different models which can be built at once! (...) (25 years ago, 2-Jul-99, to lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands)
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some guy has more than a few exin castles and three tente aircraft carrier sets on ebay...check it out now! i won a couple of exin castles last week and you'll probably be able to get the sets at a cheaper price than i got mine. ..joseph g (25 years ago, 28-Jun-99, to lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands)
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| | Pnuematic parts cost more elsewhere
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Pneumatic compatible parts elsewhere might not cost less. Today, tubing cost me US$0.64/foot from a hobby shop. A set of 4 T couplers cost $2.75. The Lego USA Shop-at-Home service pack # 5109 Pneumatic Tubing costs $3.25. It includes 5.17 feet of (...) (25 years ago, 19-Jun-99, to lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands)
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