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Re: Tente?
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lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands
Date: 
Fri, 5 Nov 1999 20:48:59 GMT
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In lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands, Jeremy Sproat writes:
> Joseph Gonzalez wrote:
> > 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 respirator) in Europe.
> 
> Ooooh, man.  If they're still making and selling models of naval ships, I am
> *so* there.
> 
> > Here is a copy of an interesting letter Chris McGough received.  It sort of
> > contradicts the possibility that Tente is still doing business.
> 
> Hopefully, they only put the name out, not the business...
> 
> Cheers,
> - jsproat
> 
> --

I saw a Mega-Blocks battleship the other day at TRU- cheap I think only about
$20. Looked pretty cool, just not LEGO, and I can't imagine starting a
collection of even more construction toys, and I would never mix brands, even
if they're compatible, but it was cool looking. Notably- it looks like the
hull is made out of bricks instead of one big piece.

Chris
> Jeremy H. Sproat <jsproat@io.com> ~~~ http://www.io.com/~jsproat/



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  Re: Tente?
 
(...) You don't understand. Tente ships were *cool*. They looked good. And there were a lot of them. I've seen the Megablocks crapola they try to pass off as a ship. It's nowhere even close to what Tente put out. It's too big, blocky, and severely (...) (27 years ago, 5-Nov-99, to lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands)

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(...) Ooooh, man. If they're still making and selling models of naval ships, I am *so* there. (...) Hopefully, they only put the name out, not the business... Cheers, - jsproat (27 years ago, 5-Nov-99, to lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands)

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