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Subject: 
Re: Clone DATs--any interest?
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lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw, lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands, lugnet.cad.dev
Date: 
Sat, 27 Nov 1999 01:30:38 GMT
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lpieniazek@novera&stopspam&.com
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First of all, no one is trying to "pass" any clones as being the real
thing.

Todd Lehman wrote:

You take out a LEGO brick and put in a crummy clone brick and it's
like taking out real burger and putting in tofu, or like taking out ice
cream and putting in ice milk:  it actually affects the meal itself, and you
don't have the real thing anymore.

Second, Tyco is NOT "crummy", it's just different. I don't use it but I
think you're letting your emotions get in when you toss around "crummy".
Tyco made blocks that it would really really have been nice to see TLG
make.

Signed,
A LEGO Purist

--
Larry Pieniazek larryp@novera.com  http://my.voyager.net/lar
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  Re: Clone DATs--any interest?
 
(...) Disagree. I remember trying it out Tyco in 1988 and it left a very bitter taste in my mouth -- blyecch -- and at the time I wasn't even a LEGO purist. True, Tyco was the best of the non-LEGO off-brands, but the quality still never quite lived (...) (25 years ago, 27-Nov-99, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw, lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands, lugnet.cad.dev)

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  Re: Clone DATs--any interest?
 
(...) OK, here's an analogy... Hopefully this will illustrate the purist's point of view and why it's not arbitrary... You go into a restaurant and order big fat juicy third-pound burger with all the fixings, a side of french fries, and a big tall (...) (25 years ago, 27-Nov-99, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw, lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands, lugnet.cad.dev)

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