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What, exactly, makes a brick a "clone?" Lots of AFOL's seem to include Tente
in the list of clone brands, and that's fine, but I sort of inferred that
clones were those brands that made some attempt to duplicate at least the
dimensions of Lego, if not the quality. TYCO and MegaBloks, for instance, fit
with Lego to some extent, whereas I don't recall Tente fitting at all. Is
"clone-ness" simply the general similarity between brand X and Lego. Or am I
thinking too hard about this?
In other news, I've finished generating DAT files for 20 clone brand pieces,
from Block-Men, MegaBloks, and TYCO. I don't have any skill at webpage
design, so until I come up with a passable site, is there a place I can post
the DATs for general use?
Of course, these pieces are ABSOLUTELY NOT part of the LCad Canon, nor should
they be; I just wanted people to have the chance to play around with the
pieces. After all, in a virtual setting, differences in ABS quality become
irrelevant!
Any help or insight is greatly appreciated!
Dave!
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| (...) Well, there is a spectrum which makes it hard to put a line, though I'd propose 5 categories of non-LEGO construction sets: Clone: has bricks with the same dimensions as LEGO bricks Mega Bloks, Tyco, Coko (I think) Compatible: has components (...) (25 years ago, 5-Nov-99, to lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands)
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| (...) See now, I've had a couple of Tyco sets (just for the freaky looking Spaceguys) and I once got a Tente set (Destroyer) from a particularly clueless relative, but I would *never* consider Tente to be a Lego clone, any more than I would consider (...) (25 years ago, 5-Nov-99, to lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands)
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