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(...) I thought Tente had bitten the dust but the guy that is selling that Galaxy Wars set on ebay told me it was released just a couple of weeks ago (the five-digit identifying number IS unique). Perhaps the company is thriving (or at least on a (...) (25 years ago, 5-Nov-99, to lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands)
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(...) Are the 2x4 bricks about 3/4 inch (1.5cm) by 1 1/2 inch (almost 4 cm) and about 1/4 inch (1 cm) high? With tiny little knobs? I used to have several of these (legacy from older siblings) mixed in with the more ancient Legos in my collection. (...) (25 years ago, 5-Nov-99, to lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands)
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| | Re: Tente?
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(...) I had a little boat that they made; it was a Destroyer or something smiliar. I loved the little lifeboat pieces, and the tiny dual-barrelled cannon that it had. I wonder whatever happened to that? I'll have to ask my mom... One thing that I (...) (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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(...) 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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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)
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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)
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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)
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(...) star (...) got pictures of it? anyone? Dan. (25 years ago, 5-Nov-99, to lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands)
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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)
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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)
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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)
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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)
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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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You don't want to post it? Because... it's so bad you're scared you'll scorch someone's eyes reading it? ... it's so good no one will believe you? :-) (...) (25 years ago, 29-Sep-99, to lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands)
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I have recently come into possesion of the Best-Lock "White Skull" pirate ship 6204. If you would like my opinion of it please email me. ejones@bloomington.in.us (25 years ago, 29-Sep-99, to lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands)
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Hi all, Someone mentioned buying a Mega-Bloks battleship at TRU a short time ago. Does anybody have a picture of this? I'm in Australia and the Mega-Bloks website doesn't seem to have this kind of set. Actually, they still don't seem to have the (...) (25 years ago, 18-Sep-99, to lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands)
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(...) This is pretty limited experience to make a judgment, I think. Why not go out and spend 3 or 4 dollars on a nice MegaBlock set? I suggest the "Space Fighter" tube set, or maybe "Desert Duel" (Creature Seekers). There is also "Cyborian Rover" (...) (25 years ago, 5-Sep-99, to lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands)
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The worst part about them, is that TWO 'identical' pieces (in my case 1x2 bricks ... are DIFFERENT COLORS!!! Talk about a lack of quality control ... The JG cars are pretty neat though ... the smaller 2 ones (one is 1/59th scale, and the other is (...) (25 years ago, 4-Sep-99, to lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands)
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