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Well now I have an Elgo Skyline. Thanks, Ray. I'm intrigued by 3 alien bricks found in the Elgo--can anyone identify these? They are white, 1" by 0.5", height 0.5", with two square studs. Walls are nominally 1/16" thick and the square studs are (...) (22 years ago, 2-Sep-02, to lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands)
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| | Re: Dragons rocks!!! (new MB Castle)
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(...) And we do, in Big W and Target. Picked up the big Warriors Castle ($AUD90) and my boys each got a Dragonslayer set ($AUD20). VERY impressive. And some slick thinking on the designers part too - batteries in the orbs that light lights in (...) (22 years ago, 31-Aug-02, to lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands)
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| | Re: Cool looking clone on Ebay
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One of the guys on the Brickfilms forums actually has some of these. his grandparents are Korean and bring them for presents when they visit. He generated quite a bit of excitement on the boards when he posted pics of them and a bunch of us set out (...) (22 years ago, 30-Aug-02, to lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands)
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| | Re: Cool looking clone on Ebay
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Oxford Quick Observations ((URL) don't own any of this stuff I am just making observations from the images on the website. Who knows what the element quality or level of Lego, MB, Tyco compatibility may be? But because the site is not necessarily (...) (22 years ago, 28-Aug-02, to lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands)
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| | Re: Cool looking clone on Ebay
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(...) Since I'm a little rusty on my Korean, I ran the page through Babelfish and got some amusing translations. Here's one from a Paradisa-style set: (...) and here's one from the guestbook: (...) I'm not mocking--the translation is much better (...) (22 years ago, 28-Aug-02, to lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands)
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| | Re: Cool looking clone on Ebay
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Browsing as I post: (URL) Hop-Frog (22 years ago, 28-Aug-02, to lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands)
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| | Cool looking clone on Ebay
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(URL) auctions have ended (unsuccessfully for me!), but I've emailed the seller to see if more might pop up in the future. Has anyone ever heard of this brand? Dave! (22 years ago, 28-Aug-02, to lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands)
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| | Re: A NEW CASTLE Wishlist
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(...) Aaron: Could you check out my wants page and let me know if there is an MB sword type that you know about that is not listed there? I am pretty sure I have it covered in terms of the element shapes, excluding color considerations. I wasn't (...) (22 years ago, 26-Aug-02, to lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands)
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| | Re: A NEW CASTLE Wishlist
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(...) Actually, there is a wider variety from MB. Block Bot Ninja and Dragon has two Katana swords slightly shorter than TLCs sword. The big ugly old Castle set from the early 1990s had what I will call "Crusader" medium length grey swords, the (...) (22 years ago, 26-Aug-02, to lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands)
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| | Re: A NEW CASTLE Wishlist
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(...) There are two types of MB castle swords. If you go to my parts wanted page, you will find what I am calling "Mega Bloks Sword 1" and "Mega Bloks Sword 2" [note: those are just scans, not properly scaled or sized in relation to one another] -- (...) (22 years ago, 26-Aug-02, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.dear-lego, lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands)
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| | Some MB Dragons pics
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I've got all the current sets, set up on my table. I took some quick pictures this morning. You can see them here: (URL) happy to answer questions about them. I suggest posting the questions, and I'll post answers. That way I don't get emails with (...) (22 years ago, 24-Aug-02, to lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands)
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| | Re: Dragons rocks!!! (new MB Castle)
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(...) Mmmm. I was never fond of the Lego dragons - too small, and just not sinister enough :-) (...) I disagree on the shame thingie only. I'm over shame. But the new MB dragon sets are great (and ideal for BrikWars). I came across these for the (...) (22 years ago, 24-Aug-02, to lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands, lugnet.loc.au)
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| | REVIEW: #9337 MB Blok Bots: Spy
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REVIEW ~~ #9337 Mega Blocks Transforming Blok Bots: Spy MSRP: approx. $13 USD Pieces: 165 Age: 7+ Visual link (from box artwork): (URL) impressions (unpacking)~~ The Good: 1) Plenty of trans-dark blue: 10 2x2 tiles, 4 1x3 slopes, 4 1x2 inverted (...) (22 years ago, 23-Aug-02, to lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands)
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| | Re: Place your orders! (Was: Coko Bricks sighting in Sweden)
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(...) Nuts to that! Tore's proximity gives him a moral obligation to feed our habit! 8^) (...) That's worth looking into. I'm bummed that Coko doesn't appear to be generally available via US retail. I suppose shipping and tariffs might make them (...) (22 years ago, 23-Aug-02, to lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands)
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| | Re: Place your orders! (Was: Coko Bricks sighting in Sweden)
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(...) Joseph Gonzalas has ordered directly from Coko, but I seem to remember him saying that it was very complicate paying and several phone calls to China. I think this might be a better way to go. Paul (22 years ago, 23-Aug-02, to lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands)
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| | Re: Place your orders! (Was: Coko Bricks sighting in Sweden)
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(...) Before placing a huge burden on Tore maybe we should see if anyone knows for sure that we can't somehow order these for ourselves here in the states. A few weeks ago Paul M. suggested to me that it might be possible to obtain a catalogue and (...) (22 years ago, 22-Aug-02, to lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands)
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| | Re: Place your orders! (Was: Coko Bricks sighting in Sweden)
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(...) Whoa! I'm definitely on-board for an order. Maybe we should coordinate here or through group emails so we can assemble a single order rather than send you to Coko for twenty separate purchases. Of course, shipping to the US would have to be (...) (22 years ago, 22-Aug-02, to lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands)
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| | Place your orders! (Was: Coko Bricks sighting in Sweden)
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(...) I can do that. Divide the prices by ten*) and keep in mind that I have to add shipping costs. Place your preliminary orders and I'll check the fees. Here are som hires scans from the printed catalogs: (URL) (202k) (URL) (188k) *) One US$ = (...) (22 years ago, 22-Aug-02, to lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands)
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| | Re: Coko Bricks sighting in Sweden
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(...) It looks like the good quality Coko. If someone in Sweden would be willing to be a source for these sets, that would be really cool. Paul (22 years ago, 22-Aug-02, to lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands, lugnet.loc.se)
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| | The name of the Ritvik/MB Employee?
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Hey: Don't we have a Ritvik model builder in our midst? What was the guy's name? Does anyone recall the link to the fellow's space on Brickshelf? Thanks in advance, -- Hop-Frog (22 years ago, 22-Aug-02, to lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands)
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