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(...) This kennyho1971 seller may have a future in writing spam: "authorized to produce in China by LEGO and sold in China only" Yeah, right. It's an interesting counterpoint to this month's Modern Plastics editorial: "China Offers More Than (...) (22 years ago, 21-May-02, to lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands)
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(...) That is correct. Taiwan, Hong Kong, mainland China, and many other east Asian countries do not observe/enforce international copyright laws. That is why bootlegs are so common everywhere over there except Japan. Jeff (22 years ago, 21-May-02, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands)
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i'm cutting back on a lot of the pages i used to maintain so clones get the axe. hopefully this list will provide some resource for anyone that wants to start a similar page in the future (though some links may be outdated at this point). my tyco (...) (22 years ago, 21-May-02, to lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands)
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(...) Indeed. The quality is abysmal; Shifty bricks are made by cheap press molding (the same technique that gives you the cave in 6099 Traitor Transport). Yick. I don't think Lego can go after them very effectively because of the lack of strict (...) (22 years ago, 21-May-02, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands)
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Believe me.. be thankful you don't have the ability or are forced to buy these sets.. I've seen Shifty's quality, and it sucks rocks. (big ones).. I can't believe how blatantly they've stolen Lego's pictures and slightly modified them. One would (...) (22 years ago, 21-May-02, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands)
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Pretty strange, but if the quality is anything, theyd be fun to have. (especially that set with all those bat sheilds) To bad i cant get over to china any time soon...... WB (22 years ago, 21-May-02, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands)
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In lugnet.castle, Richard Noeckel writes: <snipped hideous links> OH MY POOR EYES!!!...!!! Jeff (22 years ago, 21-May-02, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands)
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(_Some sets of interest for Castle folks_) (If questions should arise, seek clarity within the following explanatory links) (URL) here they are… !New Castle Sets!… (URL) has a Scala-esk background, but the pieces are all castle…no pink stuff! It (...) (22 years ago, 21-May-02, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.pirates, lugnet.general, lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands)
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(...) Yes, but it's adequately titled: "0029 Horrendous Castle Set." I'd agree, it's pretty atrocious of a set. I love Engrish sometimes! LFB (22 years ago, 21-May-02, to lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands)
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(...) (URL) brand is "Shifty" rather than "BRICK"... Shifty we already know well, it's total cack. I was taken with how 1/2 of these are very "accurate copies" while the other half are a wild mishmash of elements of many colors that don't hang (...) (22 years ago, 20-May-02, to lugnet.general, lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands)
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