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(...) As one of the chief apologists for All Things Clone, as well as a major Simpsons fan, I formally pronounce these toys to be an abomination. They are bad bad bad, in terms of design and (visual) execution, although I don't care to purchase the (...) (23 years ago, 25-Mar-02, to lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands)
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(...) 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 (...) (23 years ago, 25-Mar-02, to lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands)
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(...) 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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(...) Is this material scan-able (in terms of copyright)? I'd love to see the picture, since the official MB model includes some obviously non-LEGO elements. (Might the education-and-criticism clause of the fair use polices cover this kind of (...) (23 years ago, 25-Mar-02, to lugnet.loc.uk, lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands, lugnet.dear-lego)
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(...) Interesting, they have negative shareholder equity. They do seem to be generating cash though Maybe we should start lugnet.off-topic.finance Any other MBA's out there? Lester (23 years ago, 25-Mar-02, to lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands)
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(...) Wow. That's really inexcusable. Sad. :^( ~Grand Admiral Muffin Head -- Mark's LEGO(R) Creations (URL) (23 years ago, 25-Mar-02, to lugnet.loc.uk, lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands, lugnet.dear-lego)
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Has anyone else noticed that the latest UK edition of the Lego Club Magazine features Mega-Bloks? Look on the page of readers' models, and in the bottom-left is a picture of Mega-Bloks' mid-blue/yellow/tran...ish-yellow "9743 Pro Builder® Blue (...) (23 years ago, 25-Mar-02, to lugnet.loc.uk, lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands) !
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Greg Howell <meowdammit99@hotmail.com> wrote in message news:GtED9H.MD5@lugnet.com... (...) Knights (...) what (...) ago, but (...) to (...) more (...) sell (...) done (...) to (...) lists (...) before (...) company (...) can (...) as (...) Thank (...) (23 years ago, 24-Mar-02, to lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands)
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(...) Hi David, Don't feel stupid about not knowing what those terms are. You have many more acronyms to worry about (like spud, burp and snot!) IPO stands for Initial Public Offering which is when a company decides to sell stock to the public with (...) (23 years ago, 22-Mar-02, to lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands)
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(...) (23 years ago, 23-Mar-02, to lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands)
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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: (URL) are AWFUL! There is no rhyme or reason to these toys...though of (...) (23 years ago, 23-Mar-02, to lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands)
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Wow, there is some juicy information in the prospectus (80 pages) about the company and the construction toy "industry". Mega Bloks Inc is the new official name of the company since last Tuesday. They had 2001 sales of 150M and gross profit of 70M, (...) (23 years ago, 22-Mar-02, to lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands)
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(...) Hi, A "red herring" is the US term. Since it was made in Canada it might not be a red herring. It's a colorful name for the first public document describing the company's offering of securities. US law requires a big RED INK disclaimer on the (...) (23 years ago, 22-Mar-02, to lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands)
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To find the documents filed today on SEDAR (URL) large color PDFs) To find the news release (En/Fr) (URL) (23 years ago, 22-Mar-02, to lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands)
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I have no idea what any of that means. Is a red herring what the Knights of Ni want us to chop down the Mightiest Tree in the forest with? And what does IPO stand for? I honestly got an A in my economics class a year ago, but I don't recall either (...) (23 years ago, 22-Mar-02, to lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands)
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(...) I wouldn't say it's a "very, very bad idea"...Just a very, very risky idea. This is worse than playing the lottery. You have a very small chance of winning big, and a very LARGE chance of losing all the money you invested. If you play the IPO (...) (23 years ago, 22-Mar-02, to lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands)
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I just read on the Bloomberg news wire that Mega Bloks, Inc. will IPO and list its stock as "MB" on the Toronto Stock Exchange. The underwriters are Merrill Lynch, Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce, and National Bank of Canada. This is big news (...) (23 years ago, 22-Mar-02, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands) !!
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(...) mixing required!!! BTW, this page has the underline problem, too. D'oh! ROSCO (23 years ago, 21-Mar-02, to lugnet.loc.au, lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands)
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Evening all, MB 9709 - not bad for $30. Port Block had to refit a couple, obviously :-) (URL) baldly going... (23 years ago, 20-Mar-02, to lugnet.loc.au, lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands)
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Dave Schuler <orrex@excite.com> wrote in message news:Gt6BIq.117@lugnet.com... <snip> (...) update (...) do! (...) Yeah, I think I'll try making a couple parts.this is the most I've ever been interested in part creation.I'll wait till after the (...) (23 years ago, 20-Mar-02, to lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands)
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