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In lugnet.pirates, Dave Schuler wrote:
> They're clones, but they're cool, and I'd hate for all my LUGNET friends to miss
> out on a rare chance to acquire these sets:
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> http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=3144489246&category=19011
> http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=3144491490&category=19011
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> They're out of my price range, and I don't know the seller, so I have no vested
> interest in these items. Coko is generally a high-quality clone brand, and I
> don't believe that these particular sets were involved in the recent LEGO patent
> lawsuit in China.
>
> FUT OT.Clones, and I won't mention them again.
>
> Good luck to any bidders!
>
> Dave!
Sorry Dave, but I have to put my two cents in on this!
I bought one of the Coko pirate ships a couple of years ago. It is NOT high
quality or even mediocre quality in my opinion. For those who have never used
Coko, I found it to be awful! I had parts that wouldn't stick to each other and
I had parts that fit so tight that they would literally "pop" off after a short
period of time. The printing on one sail was not centered on the sail. The
masts were crooked and in general it was a big dissapointment! The only thing I
found to salvage from the set was the chrome cutlasses. Those are pretty neat!
But I wouldn't recommend anyone to pay more than the cutlasses are worth for a
set!
It's a real shame in some ways because I liked the brown mast pieces for the
brown color and I liked the look of black cannon. I even liked the sails being
white with a black skull and crossbones on it. But the pieces are so cheaply
made, I found that none of the parts were usable! Don't waste your money unless
you just want to own it for posterity!
regards,
Tom
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| (...) Hmm. I'm beginning to think that Coko has suffered wide swings in quality during its various incarnations. I have a complete pastel castle (pastle? castel?) set and a basic "universal" building set, and both are of quite high quality, at least (...) (21 years ago, 12-Sep-03, to lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands)
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