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| | | I was at the Wal*Mart in Keene, NH today & saw a clone brand (under the 'Wal*Mart' brand of toys ,whatever it's called) of a Wal*Mart truck, complete with mini-figure! Jeff (21 years ago, 8-Jan-03, to lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands)
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| | | | | Re: Wal*Mart truck clone! —Dave Schuler
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| | | | | (...) Interesting! Do you have any other info? (ie., What kind of truck/how many pieces/what price/Lego-compatibility/was it in the LEGO aisle?) I haven't yet seen anything like this in my local Wal*Mart, but I wasn't really looking for it, either. (...) (21 years ago, 9-Jan-03, to lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands)
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| | | | | | | Re: Wal*Mart truck clone! —Jeff Szklennik
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| | | | | | (...) Just got done scanning it! $14.88 kid connection (k.c. aisle) it's non- replenishable (i work there) 464 pc. looks totally lego compatible (maybe dalu- made for WM w/o Dalu lable). minifigs have knees! see brickshelf: (URL) huh? Jeff (21 years ago, 10-Jan-03, to lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands)
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| | | | | | | | Re: Wal*Mart truck clone! —Ross Crawford
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| | | | | | | (...) Dunno - I get "page not found" ROSCO (21 years ago, 10-Jan-03, to lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands)
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| | | | | | | | Re: Wal*Mart truck clone! —Erik Olson
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| | | | | | | Wal-Mart's Kid Connection brick bucket was Mega Blocks. (21 years ago, 10-Jan-03, to lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands)
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| | | | | | | | Re: Wal*Mart truck clone! —Dave Schuler
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| | | | | | (...) While we're waiting for the picture, here's some other info. First off, a big thank-you to Jeff for the heads up, or I never would have seen it. The truck is a ten-wheeled semi with a turntable mounting. The brick quality is quite good (...) (21 years ago, 10-Jan-03, to lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands)
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| | | | | | | | Re: Wal*Mart truck clone! —Jeff Szklennik
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| | | | | | | (...) so sorry- i added the subfolder, pic & everything, i must've done something wrong, 'cause it didn't 'stick' on brickshelf the first time (URL) (21 years ago, 11-Jan-03, to lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands)
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| | | | | | | | | Re: Wal*Mart truck clone! —Christopher J. Dean
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| | | | | | | | | (...) Can somebody post a picture of this? Whenever I go to view Jeff's picture, the webpage does not exist. If anyone out there bought it, please post a picture. I would greatly appreciate it. That way I know what to look for the next time I head (...) (21 years ago, 22-Jan-03, to lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands)
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| | | | | | | | | | | Re: Wal*Mart truck clone! —Ray Sanders
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| | | | | | | | | | (...) I'll try to take a picture tomorrow. In the mean time, its a square-ish flat box, primarily red in color, with yellow and white lettering, a picture of the truck model on a blue surface is on the front. Look in the aisle with all the other (...) (21 years ago, 22-Jan-03, to lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands)
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| | | | | | | | | | | | Re: Wal*Mart truck clone! —Christopher J. Dean
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| | | | | | | | | | | <SNIP> (...) Thanks alot Ray. Your help is greatly appreciated. Chris (21 years ago, 22-Jan-03, to lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands)
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| | | | | | | | | | | | Re: Wal*Mart truck clone! —Ray Sanders
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| | | | | | | | | | (...) And here are the deep links to the box pictures... (URL) (21 years ago, 22-Jan-03, to lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands)
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| | | | | | | | | | | | Re: Wal*Mart truck clone! —Dave Schuler
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| | | | | | | | | | (...) (URL) side mirrors are basically exact duplicates of part 2540: (URL) the red steering wheel, visible through the windshield, is nearly identical to part 3829: (URL) both of these elements were re-written from scratch for the clone library. I (...) (21 years ago, 25-Feb-03, to lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands)
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| | | | | | | | | Re: Wal*Mart truck clone! —Jeff Szklennik
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| | | | | | | | (...) I went back thru the link-I WILL MAKE THIS THING WORK! ok I got out my frustration, unless it dissappears again RRRAAAARGGGH! (...) (21 years ago, 24-Jan-03, to lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands)
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| | | | | | | | Re: Wal*Mart truck clone! —Paul Maxwell
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| | | | | | This set is definitly a Coko set. I have enough Coko to match these bricks and the minifigs against. Coko 100%... Instructions Coko style too. I also would like to see Coko developing sets again for the US market... Even if it is through Wal-Mart. (...) (21 years ago, 14-Jan-03, to lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands)
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| | | | | | | | Re: Wal*Mart truck clone! —Dave Schuler
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| | | | | | | (...) I over-stated the apparent duplication of parts in the Wal*Mart set; several distinctive pieces are very similar but are undeniably different enough not to have come from direct copies of molds. I also just noticed that the underside of the (...) (21 years ago, 14-Jan-03, to lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands)
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| | | | | | | | | Re: Wal*Mart truck clone! —Ray Sanders
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| | | | | | | | (...) This should be interesting in light of the TLC infringement victory (in China) that hit the wire-services today (see .mediawatch). Since this appears to be a Coko set, and TLC just won 33 of the claimed infringements against Coko, I wonder if (...) (21 years ago, 21-Jan-03, to lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands)
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| | | | | | | | | | Re: Wal*Mart truck clone! —Ray Sanders
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| | | | | | | | (...) I'm bginning to see this set in more stores now. One store I visted today already had it on clearance, which I thought was odd. Upon asking about this, I was told... "that was one of the things that was supposed to be here for christmas, but (...) (21 years ago, 9-Feb-03, to lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands)
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| | | | | | | | Re: Wal*Mart truck clone! —Jeff Szklennik
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| | | | | | (...) SNIP Howbout a Coko cobana? ;)) Jeff (21 years ago, 15-Jan-03, to lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands)
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| | | | | Re: Wal*Mart truck clone! —Jeff Szklennik
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| | | | (...) Hey, I went back to the Keene, NH Wal*Mart on Tue., Feb. 25, & they still had about 10? sets left. Jeff (21 years ago, 27-Feb-03, to lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands)
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| | | | | | Re: Wal*Mart truck clone! —Dave Schuler
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| | | | (...) The Wal*Mart near the north of Pittsburgh had four in the clearance aisle, but they were still ringing up @ $14.88. When I bought my copy a few weeks ago, I think they had about a dozen. Dave! (21 years ago, 27-Feb-03, to lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands)
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