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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.
Paul
In lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands, Dave Schuler writes:
> The truck is a ten-wheeled semi with a turntable mounting. The brick
> quality is quite good (better, I believe, than MB) and the underside of each
> brick and plate shows the well-known square holes common to several brands.
> I have no familiarity with Dalu or Shifty, but it's the same style as Coko,
> Blok-Tek, and Oxford. Other points of similarity include the quatrefoil
> turntable design and numerous distinctive pieces, such as 45-degree inverse
> slopes with notches on the slope face (as well as a 2x3 33 inverse slope
> with notches, which I hadn't seen previously). Also included are a few of
> the 2x2 half-slope plates once described by Thomas Burger:
>
> The set also has a number of 1x1 bricks with side stud, the Coko-standard
> wheel mount and treaded (plastic) tires, a new (to me) steering wheel, three
> seat elements, two simple-curve 4x2x2 windscreens, 1x1 plates with
> horizontal clip, 1x2 brick grill, 1x2 plate with handle, a handful of 2x2
> round bricks, a bunch of 1x2 and 2x2 tiles as well as a few 1x1 trans-color
> tiles. Also a good number of 4x6, 6x6, and 4x8 plates, and several 6x8
> plates. Rounding out the part count are a whole bunch of 1x2 bricks and 1xN
> plates.
> The set comes with two minifigs with knees, but they're really not that
> great overall. After true LEGO minifigs, IMO the best contender in the
> field is the Oxford minifig, which is very close to the original in quality
> but has subtle differences. The Wal*Mart truck figs are like the old-style
> Coko or Blok-Tek figures. The set has a 10-step instruction book with easy
> to follow illustrations, including an inset of the parts needed for each
> step as well as "ghosting" of previous steps, but in any case the set isn't
> all that complicated.
>
> On the whole, I'm quite pleased with this set, if only as a novelty. I'd
> love to see further development of Coko-style sets in the US, even if only
> as Wal*Mart-only product lines. Anyone who's got $14.84 to blow and who's
> interested in sampling the plastic quality of a non-MB clone should think
> about picking it up.
>
> Dave!
>
> On the whole,
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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 (...) (22 years ago, 14-Jan-03, to lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands)
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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 (...) (22 years ago, 10-Jan-03, to lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands)
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