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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 (...) (25 years ago, 5-Nov-99, to lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands)
| | | | | Re: Tente?
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| (...) I don't know how the company is doing any longer, but in my opinion, it is the best Lego clone. I got a Tente Greyhound Bus in 1979; it had some really fantastice pieces, pieces that I with that Lego would make, such as rounded sloping tiles. (25 years ago, 5-Nov-99, to lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands)
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| What is the status of Tente anyways? What I mean is, is that company doing well, or are they just barely surviving? The reason is, when I was younger (like 10 years ago!) I saw that stuff around, but now I never see it anymore. Back then, they had (...) (25 years ago, 5-Nov-99, to lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands)
| | | | | Re: Tente on ebay
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| (...) yeah..i guess a url would have been helpful (sorry about that, chief!) (URL) g (25 years ago, 5-Nov-99, to lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands)
| | | | | Re: Tente on ebay
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| (...) star (...) got pictures of it? anyone? Dan. (25 years ago, 5-Nov-99, to lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands)
| | | | | Tente on ebay
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| Hey Tente fans, there are some sets over on ebay (including an interesting star wars knock-off set I've never seen before). ..joseph g (25 years ago, 5-Nov-99, to lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands)
| | | | | Re: Mega-Bloks battleship
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| (...) I don't have pictures, but at Target yesterday I finally saw the elusive Best-Lock (it's not Mega-Bloks) Battleship. I've gotta admit that it's interesting, at least in how they tried to handle the curvature of a ship with bricks instead of (...) (25 years ago, 2-Nov-99, to lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands)
| | | | | Blockmen Military Building System
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| I have weakened too! A 50% off sale at a NZ discount chain did it. All sets come with 2 fully poseable figures with names like Major Movit, Lt. Torch, Sgt. Slam, Corporal Crusher and baddies with names like Reek Havoc, Chop Stuey (Ninja), Lunk, 365x (...) (25 years ago, 22-Oct-99, to lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands)
| | | | | Re: LDraw Parts
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| I have made a small collection of "semi-bricks", ie half-brick high clone bricks: (URL) am also seriously planning to work on the Byggis door and windows. Byggis is a Swedish clone brand that make 100% Lego-compatible bricks with a quality very (...) (25 years ago, 13-Oct-99, to lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands)
| | | | | LDraw Parts
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| Hello Where can I find non-Lego LDraw parts? (25 years ago, 12-Oct-99, to lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands)
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