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In lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands, Mike Petrucelli wrote:
> The last 2-3 years being the operative phrase there.
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
without support. I consider that unacceptable adhesion.
FWIW, I miss Tyco.
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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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| (...) 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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| | Re: IBM chooses Mega-Blocks over Lego
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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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