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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list will provide some resource for anyone that wants to start a similar page in the future (though some links may be outdated at this point).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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Hi all, Someone pointed this out on rec.toys.lego: (URL) on "view sellers other auctions" and see about 15 of these. These look like a complete knock-off, not a clone brand. Bruce (22 years ago, 20-May-02, to lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands)
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(...) THank you sir! I have since found out myself, that these are in fact Tyco 45s. I know they yellow, (obviously) but would like to find out if they are available in red. Would you be willing to part with the ones you have? The great Tyco earch (...) (22 years ago, 19-May-02, to lugnet.build, lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands)
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(...) Sorry I couldn't comment earlier--I didn't even see this thread until I spotted the image on Brickshelf while browsing your fantastic fire engine models. To answer your question, Frank is indeed correct--it's TYCO. I have about 25 of these (...) (22 years ago, 18-May-02, to lugnet.build, lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands)
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(...) Yes indeed! The launcher has three buttons; the left and right fire the respective missiles, but the center button triggers all three. So my rendering is technically inaccurate, but it gives a sense of how it works. I also cheated on the (...) (22 years ago, 13-May-02, to lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands)
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(...) actually functioned before now. After seeing your rendering, I assume it does. -- Hop-Frog (22 years ago, 13-May-02, to lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands)
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(...) (URL) Dave! (22 years ago, 13-May-02, to lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands)
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(...) No more waiting. The calculator arrived today, and it's so cool! /Tore (22 years ago, 3-May-02, to lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands)
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(...) You are SO LUCKY I did not see that auction. :-) (22 years ago, 2-May-02, to lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands)
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Yes, I saw that one too, but at that time I hadn't the time to persuade the seller to ship internationally. So congrats! /Tore (...) (22 years ago, 2-May-02, to lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands)
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Hi again, The MegaBlok sets that I posted were on clearance at Target a week or two ago are now down to $9.90 (at one Target, still $13.90 at another). I saw one copy of Knight and Wolf (?) at each store. OT, but I also noticed a couple of those (...) (22 years ago, 1-May-02, to lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands)
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