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(...) Well, to my mind the HP sets had a similar problem with the bearded guy whose face was misprinted such that even though the minihead will sit lower (or correctly), you have to raise it up so that the glasses do not appear to be located beneath (...) (22 years ago, 26-Jun-02, to lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands)
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(...) Argh!!! When I posted the above, I had only looked in the polybag. Now that I have built the set I have discovered that the brown beards are not moulded properly and prevents the head from sitting as low as it should on the neck. So, while the (...) (22 years ago, 25-Jun-02, to lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands)
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One of the Shifty sets is a copy of Lego's 1932 Wizard's Cart (URL) so you would think if you saw the box featuring a blue wizard with white beard pulling a cart. However, a Shifty set is always a bit of a lucky dip on colours, so it should have (...) (22 years ago, 25-Jun-02, to lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands)
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(...) compatible and (...) is not (...) I just bought another Shifty set. This one is a Pirate/Imperial set, an obvious copy of Lego's 6279 Skull Island. (URL) cost $35 (US$20) and was the largest Shifty set available. The Lego equivalent cost US$53 (...) (22 years ago, 25-Jun-02, to lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands)
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| | Re: WTB: Lego and Clone Stuff (page updated -- new items and prices on page)
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(...) The total price I am willing to pay per element. The presumption about clone elements, in particular, is that to most Lego collectors they are little better than garbage -- hence my inducement, or bounty, that they sell them to me instead of (...) (22 years ago, 24-Jun-02, to lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade, lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands)
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(...) Your images/descriptions are laudably clear. About the prices/bounties however-- are the bounties in addition to an agreed upon price between buyer and seller, or is that the total price you are willing to pay? As for unpriced items, I assume (...) (22 years ago, 24-Jun-02, to lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade, lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands)
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| | WTB: Lego and Clone Stuff (page updated -- new items and prices on page)
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Hey Y'all: I haven't always had good results posting a WTB Clone Elements list -- so right up front I want you to know that my webpage is not some difficult to understand list of descriptions -- it is loaded with images of almost every element I am (...) (22 years ago, 24-Jun-02, to lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade, lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands)
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(...) Notice this makes the end of a Best-Lock brick 5/16" square, the same as a one-stud surface grid. If they had holes on the ends, that would make for some interesting possibilities... except I can't get excited about the colors, their gripping (...) (22 years ago, 23-Jun-02, to lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands)
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[snip] (...) The brick & plate size thing is a little tricky. 6 Best Lock bricks is exactly the same height as 5 Lego/Mega Bloks/Tyco bricks. So if someone really wanted to they could use them together. (...) I agree with that completely. -Mike (...) (22 years ago, 23-Jun-02, to lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands)
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(...) I swung by a Target store and couldn't resist (...) SUCKA;-) -John (22 years ago, 22-Jun-02, to lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands)
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Hey Y'all: Before dinner last night, I swung by a Target store and couldn't resist trying out the new #3174 F-117 Nighthawk Stealth Bomber set from Best-Lock. I thought to myself that it had been two years since I tried one of their sets, and if (...) (22 years ago, 22-Jun-02, to lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands)
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| | WTB: Clone Stuff & Clone Reference Image Announcement
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Hey Y'all: A small reference image concerning the Mega Bloks (MB) and Tyco 2x2 "reverser" plates can be found at: (URL) yeah, see it and weep! And please take note that my "Feed My Black Tar Brick Habit!" page is a great reference page too -- esp. (...) (22 years ago, 21-Jun-02, to lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands, lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade)
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(...) I've been mixing and matching and found the figs to be very compatible with LEGO. I bought to small pirate sets and found the figs to be as follows. HATS: Very rough. The tricorns are much flatter than the LEGO equivalent and to not have the (...) (22 years ago, 21-Jun-02, to lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands)
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(...) Thanks for the reviews Kerry, being a clone-dabbler myself, I will have to try and track down some in Sydney. (22 years ago, 20-Jun-02, to lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands)
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(...) shifty3.jpg Thanks, Ross. If you look at shifty3.jpg, you will see the two larger sets I bought. The Gladness Homestead (3-level Paradisa house with satellite dish) is on the right on the 2nd top shelf. The unnamed castle with drawbridge and (...) (22 years ago, 20-Jun-02, to lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands)
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(...) (URL) has some pictures of the boxes - the smaller sets are in shifty2.jpg, the larger ones in shifty3.jpg ROSCO (22 years ago, 19-Jun-02, to lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands)
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The dreaded Shifty/Brick brand has now appeared in Brisbane, Australia, spotted by a group of LUGnetters at a recent OzFest (see (URL) the interests of scientific research, informed consumerism, and saving a bit of dosh, I went along to the same (...) (22 years ago, 19-Jun-02, to lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands)
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I've posted photos of two things I've made with the Mega-Blok joints and limbs on my web site at (URL) They're listed as "M:Tron Alien Hybrid Mecha" and "Ice Planet Stalklauncher" (not the greatest names, but oh well). (22 years ago, 19-Jun-02, to lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands)
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| | Re: Megablocks Dragons: Sorcerer's Lair
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(...) You dream about them, I keep *smelling* them. The paint and plastic is aromatic. The joints still squeak with tacky paint, surely dislodging a molecule or two into the air. Everywhere I go, I catch little whiffs of whatever is in the wind and (...) (22 years ago, 19-Jun-02, to lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands)
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| | Re: Megablocks Dragons: Sorcerer's Lair
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(...) Eric-- Thanks for posting these. I dreamed about these last night. Do the knights have helmets that can be removed, or is the head/helmet all one piece? Aaron D. (22 years ago, 18-Jun-02, to lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands)
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