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Re: The Simpsons are going to Blockoland!
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Date: 
Mon, 25 Mar 2002 17:16:52 GMT
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In lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands, Mike Petrucelli writes:
In lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands, Matthew Gerber writes:
At our local T'R'U this morning I came upon these horrible bastardizations
of both The Simpsons AND LEGO...that's right folks! The Blockoland Simpsons
figures are finally here:

http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?f=14079

They are AWFUL!

Are they awful in concept or quality?

Sorry...should have clarified. Quality and implementation are the bad points
(after all, who could fault the makers from grabbing hold of the obvious
joke from the Blockoland episode?).

The figures are all different.

By that I mean that they all look like they were developed independently of
each other, with no thought for the overall quality of the set.

Bart's head is twice as large as Homer's. Though all of the figure's parts
are meant to be interchangeable, they all have different body shapes/styles
that make this pretty much impossible. Even the ball joints used to attach
arms and legs are different on different figures.

I know this doesn't sound horrible, but you'll know what I'm on about when
you see them for yourself.

How much are they?

$27.99 at T'R'U here in Central California.

Matt



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  Re: The Simpsons are going to Blockoland!
 
(...) Yikes! $28 bucks for (acording to the box) about 100 pieces. I would not pay that for real Lego let alone a clone. Now on clearance they might be worth it despite the irregularities. (And in reference to the other post; for the record Dave, I (...) (23 years ago, 25-Mar-02, to lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands)

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  Re: The Simpsons are going to Blockoland!
 
(...) Are they awful in concept or quality? How much are they? (...) Looks pretty cool to me. -Mike Petrucelli (23 years ago, 25-Mar-02, to lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands)

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