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Rather than a review, this is a list of pros and cons of Megablocks Dragons. I picked up the $30 Sorcerer's Lair kit at Fortress TRU, Times Square, NY. You'll notice many of the pros are also cons. I've made a sample diorama I call "Turned to the (...) (22 years ago, 16-Jun-02, to lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands)
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| | Re: Mech Pic
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(...) That's OK, I haven't used the hand or faceplate pieces in any of my original creations anyway. It'll be cool to be able to work with the click-joint pieces on the computer! (...) Certainly! I'll be putting them up at (2 URLs) (...) Hmm, the (...) (22 years ago, 14-Jun-02, to lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands)
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| | Re: Mech Pic
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(...) Aargh! The first victim! Sorry about that! Tore Ericksson recently noted that my use of the stud2.dat primitive would cause certain clone parts to render in POV-Ray with the LEGO logo--an grievous oversight by me! I've been in the process of (...) (22 years ago, 14-Jun-02, to lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands)
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| | Re: Mech Pic
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(...) Hi! It's neat to see that model rendered in LDraw format... which brings me to my question: would it be possible for me to get a copy of the .dat files for those Mega Bloks parts? Specifically, the articulated pieces that form the joints and (...) (22 years ago, 14-Jun-02, to lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands)
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| | Re: Solid Aluminum 2x4 Bricks!
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(...) And along the same lines, am I the only one who thought the actual design of the Prancing Pony Inn was highly reminiscent of that of Guarded Inn (note, among other things, how the covered area is on the left and the walled open area extends to (...) (22 years ago, 11-Jun-02, to lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade, lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands)
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| | I want Tente scans
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Where on Earth can I get Tente scans of boats ? Please let me know where I had lot of Tente but I got rid of it and know I want to build those boats that I had but this time in LEGO with LDRAW (22 years ago, 11-Jun-02, to lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands)
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| | Aluminum 2x4 Keychains!
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Get your very own aluminum keychain while they last! (URL) going on vacation in two weeks, so if you plan on buying a brick, please send your payment ASAP so I can ship it before I leave. --Bram Bram Lambrecht bram@cwru.edu www.bldesign.org (22 years ago, 11-Jun-02, to lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade, lugnet.market.brickshops, lugnet.general, lugnet.off-topic.fun, lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands) !
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| | Re: The New Clone Brand
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(...) Stupid MegaBloks. I hate 'em! Well...most of us do don't we? ;) That truck does look pretty neat...I might just have to pick up one for myself! -Frank (22 years ago, 10-Jun-02, to lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands)
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| | Re: The New Clone Brand
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(...) The REAL treasure in this set (I thought) was the 1x2 smoke-grey-transparent TILES that it uses for the truck's rear view mirrors. And of course all that orange. DaveE (22 years ago, 10-Jun-02, to lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands, lugnet.town)
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| | The New Clone Brand
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While perusing the inventory of a local TRU, I came across a shocking new construction brick toy that's a shameless and direct copy of another brand. Imagine my surprise when I spotted (URL) bears more than a passing similarity to the existing (...) (22 years ago, 10-Jun-02, to lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands, lugnet.town, lugnet.dear-lego)
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| | WTB: Mega Bloks, Tyco, and Lego Elements
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Your disgust with these cheaply made and inferior clone bricks is to our mutual advantage: you don't want 'em and I will pay you $$$ USD to take them off your hands! Now, I haven't always had good results posting a WTB Clone Elements list -- so (...) (22 years ago, 26-May-02, to lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade, lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands)
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| | Re: My recent eBay purchase
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(...) stumbled on the Indian set... However, nothing else in the parts lot points to it. Frank might be right, it might be the fireplace set... (...) If this is true, then it begs the question of which clone brand made it? Funny thing is, all the (...) (22 years ago, 24-May-02, to lugnet.general, lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands)
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| | Re: (_Some sets of interest for Castle folks_)
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(...) Hmm. Well, now I don't know. At first, it looked like the ones in the pic were too short, compared to the real things I have setting on my desk. But when I look at the partsref image, it seems like a match. Weird. Maybe this'll be the one I (...) (22 years ago, 22-May-02, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands)
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| | Re: (_Some sets of interest for Castle folks_)
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(...) (URL) am I missing something? James (22 years ago, 22-May-02, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands)
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| | Re: (_Some sets of interest for Castle folks_)
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(...) I'll be buying at least one of them, and I'll post a review thereafter. In the meantime, I'm not so sure that all of these parts are direct copies of canonical pieces. For instance, what about the two grey cones in (URL) Dave! (22 years ago, 22-May-02, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands)
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| | Re: (_Some sets of interest for Castle folks_)
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(...) Hard to say, but you might be. :) Try checking dollar stores in your area; I've seen the little sets (HTO sized) in them here and there, under the brand name "Shifty Bricks" or just "Shifty". I bought one as you said: a novelty, and ended up (...) (22 years ago, 22-May-02, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands)
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| | Re: (_Some sets of interest for Castle folks_)
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(...) Indeed. :) (...) O.k. so I accept the fact that the quality is abysmal… And that the bricks are probably completely malformed and possess absolutely no tensile strength to grip together… But! For only $5USD there should be a few elements of (...) (22 years ago, 21-May-02, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands)
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| | Re: (_Some sets of interest for Castle folks_)
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(...) If it was real quality that these imitators sported, than even forgeries have their own inate validness. Coupled with a mischeivious cloud of industry these devices have their due place in my legoverse: jail. MegaFigs, Kubriks, Blockos.. any (...) (22 years ago, 22-May-02, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands)
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| | Re: (_Some sets of interest for Castle folks_)
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(...) Well, as I understand it, it really is not in their best interest to do so. Some of the companies almost legitimate, in such that they act like real companies, but their business is selling copyrighted material (CDs*, DVDs*, plastic building (...) (22 years ago, 22-May-02, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands)
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| | Re: (_Some sets of interest for Castle folks_)
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(...) Arrgh! Nothing more annoying than cheap knowkoffs, especially of Castle Sets. Can anyone tell me exactly why china (or other asian countries for that matter) don't enforce copyright laws? It's like this, what If you took the harry potter of (...) (22 years ago, 21-May-02, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands)
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