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(...) The last 2-3 years being the operative phrase there. Prior to that, well... (URL) read here.> That said I agree that within the last 2-3 years Mega Bloks has improved significatly. On a scale of one to ten I would say Lego is a 9 and Mega (...) (21 years ago, 21-Aug-03, to lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands, FTX)
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(...) I agree, my dear Lord Insanity. -- Hop-Frog (21 years ago, 21-Aug-03, to lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands, FTX)
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(...) Does the nuclear sub with sound element count as being within "the last two to three years"? That set, partially completed (the hull was about 4-5 rows of bricks high) crumbled under its own weight when extended 1 foot off the edge of a table (...) (21 years ago, 21-Aug-03, to lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands)
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(...) I'm afraid that that's an unfortunate and (IME) non-representative example. I've built simultaneously larger and flimsier structures that have stood up quite well under their own weight, so something else seems to be at play in your case. (...) (21 years ago, 21-Aug-03, to lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands)
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(...) I would say so, I never got one cause it wans't to scale with the others. (which are close enough) (...) I have had the samething happen with lego before. Specifically the ship I built almost 4 years ago. (URL) here> I had the front fork (...) (21 years ago, 21-Aug-03, to lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands, FTX)
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(...) I would say so, I never got one cause it wans't to scale with the others. (which are close enough) (...) I have had the samething happen with lego before. Specifically the ship I built almost 4 years ago. (URL) here> I had the front fork (...) (21 years ago, 21-Aug-03, to lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands, FTX)
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(...) A certain group of non-clone users may fall into that group, but I suspect it's less an issue than you seem to suspect. Some people avoid clones because they feel that they're violating TLC's patent rights, others avoid them because they (...) (21 years ago, 21-Aug-03, to lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands, FTX)
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(...) When the patent falls to public domain, the right of exclusion is over. That's the law. The protection of IP rights was never intended to extend into infinity -- not even theoretically, esp. not theoretically! That some are being given the (...) (21 years ago, 22-Aug-03, to lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands, FTX)
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(...) How many samples do I have to take? It's representative enough for me, since it wasn't my first bad experience.... I've tried MB several times and always have been, in the end, disappointed with the quality. I have limited resources (of time, (...) (21 years ago, 22-Aug-03, to lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands)
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(...) Obviously, you have to keep taking samples until you agree with me. (...) Then that's unfortunate indeed. In the past, I've insisted that quality is on par with LEGO, but I have to admit that differences certainly exist. The great Sea Wolf (...) (21 years ago, 22-Aug-03, to lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands)
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(...) <snip> I was looking thru my pieces last night and sure, TLC has been exemplary lately, but I recall (strokes chin thoguhtfully) that when Samsonite was the authorized maker and distributor of LEGO, at least for Canada, in the early '70's... I (...) (21 years ago, 22-Aug-03, to lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands)
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(...) Interesting test criteria. I wonder how many of the large Lego sets I have built over the years would have passed this test in partially completed states. Come to think of it, there aren't many Lego sets this big, so if you extended them a (...) (21 years ago, 27-Aug-03, to lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands)
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