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Subject: 
Mega Bloks Disney and Power Ranglers
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Tue, 3 Dec 2002 18:37:43 GMT
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I just saw this and thought it might be of interest.

Paul

In lugnet.general, Joe Meno writes:
Hi all,

was wandering on the net and spotted this...

http://www.toymania.com/news/messages/2610.shtml

The short of it (from the press release):

MONTREAL, Nov. 12 - Mega Bloks Inc. today announced that it has agreed to • enter
into licensing agreements with Disney Consumer Products and its affiliates, • for
the creation of construction toys featuring beloved Disney(R) characters,
including Disney's Winnie the Pooh(R), Disney Princesses and classic • characters
and Power Rangers (R). The Disney agreement is global in scope, while the • Power
Rangers agreement covers all major markets where Mega Bloks distributes its
Micro products, except Japan.

(Incidentally, I have a few Tokyo Disneyland/DisneySea sets, done by a Chinese
company..cheesy parts, but the minifigs aren't that bad)

The upside is that there could be a nice assortment of items. The downside is
that TLC's not involved.

(sigh)

Joe Meno



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  Re: Mega Bloks Disney and Power Ranglers
 
(...) Actually, my interest is temptered until I see what's in store for us. I care not one jot for the Power Rangers, though maybe the Blok-Bots angle would be cool (what the heck is a Zord, anyway?) And I'm curious to see which Disney properties (...) (22 years ago, 3-Dec-02, to lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands)

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  Well, this isn't good (especially for the Disney board here)
 
Hi all, was wandering on the net and spotted this... (URL) short of it (from the press release): MONTREAL, Nov. 12 - Mega Bloks Inc. today announced that it has agreed to enter into licensing agreements with Disney Consumer Products and its (...) (22 years ago, 13-Nov-02, to lugnet.general)

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