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(...) L??? Luna? Lair? Dunno either... Dave K -who misses Hoppy (21 years ago, 26-Nov-03, to lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands, FTX)
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| | Deals at Value City
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My local Value City has a number of MEGA BLOKS sets on sale below MSRP. Included among them are the various Warriors: Future Force mecha, a smattering of ProBuilder sets, several Gyro-Fighters, a few Dragons sets, and a couple of those shoot-n-score (...) (21 years ago, 26-Nov-03, to lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands, FTX)
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| | Re: Fwd from a builder: Colors don't match, among other things!
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(...) I am not happy about the new colors and I'm sure my message will get lost in the fray, but I just have to reply. Jeff makes a point that if kids don't think LEGO is superior, they won't become adults that buy LEGO for their kids. Let's take (...) (21 years ago, 21-Nov-03, to lugnet.dear-lego, lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands)
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| | Re: Lego now making Mega Bloks colors (was Re: Fwd from a builder: Colors don't match...)
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(...) blocks is: (...) ~1960) to build something. The 'modern' bricks I have are much better. I *did* like the effect, though, when I built a roof with a mix of old, slightly curved, CA slopes, and modern bricks. It looked more 'live'. -- Anders (...) (21 years ago, 20-Nov-03, to lugnet.general, lugnet.dear-lego, lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands)
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| | Re: WM semi-truck clone set 4 sale
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(...) cool set, if you're not averse to clone brands. For anyone who just can't get enough of my dazzling prose, here's the review I posted a few months ago: (URL) in all, a cool set. I haven't been to a Wal*Mart in a while--does anyone know if Kids (...) (21 years ago, 20-Nov-03, to lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands)
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| | WM semi-truck clone set 4 sale
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If anyone wants one of the WM / Kids Connection Semi-trucks (clone set, believed to be made by Coko) please contact me. I have several that I picked up on clearance. I would list these for sale on BL, but clone items are prohibited there (and (...) (21 years ago, 20-Nov-03, to lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands, lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade)
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| | Re: PixelBlocks!
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(...) season. If it wasn't this same product, it was awfully close -- side-interlocking, translucently-colored building blocks. There were 2 or 3 "model" sets. I think they were: a building, a table lamp, and a phone. I don't recall them having any (...) (21 years ago, 20-Nov-03, to lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands)
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| | Re: Lego now making Mega Bloks colors (was Re: Fwd from a builder: Colors don't match...)
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(...) Well, if I understand the tide of sentiment here on LUGNET (as well as the corporate Newspeak dished out by TLG), you need to maintain a special perspective while exmining this issue: When LEGO demonstrates wide (and random) variations in (...) (21 years ago, 19-Nov-03, to lugnet.general, lugnet.dear-lego, lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands)
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| | Re: Lego now making Mega Bloks colors (was Re: Fwd from a builder: Colors don't match...)
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(...) And to be fair, my experience with Mega Bloks consists of picking them out of yard-sale lots of LEGO, so I've really only dealt with MB pieces that are relatively old and worn. I must admit that more than one recent MB set design has caught my (...) (21 years ago, 19-Nov-03, to lugnet.general, lugnet.dear-lego, lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands)
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| | Re: Lego now making Mega Bloks colors (was Re: Fwd from a builder: Colors don't match...)
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(...) I have to agree. I'm holding a chunk of dark gray blocks from a recent MB set and they all stick together very well, the colors of the various parts match and the bricks themselves line up nicely so that surfaces that are supposed to be smooth (...) (21 years ago, 19-Nov-03, to lugnet.general, lugnet.dear-lego, lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands)
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| | Re: Lego now making Mega Bloks colors (was Re: Fwd from a builder: Colors don't match...)
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(...) Well that was the case 4 or 5 years ago. As of 2 to 3 years ago Mega Bloks is much improved. Only the occasional 1x1 part suffers this problem now but there are usually 10 to 20 extras so you can get one that makes the model work. I am very (...) (21 years ago, 19-Nov-03, to lugnet.general, lugnet.dear-lego, lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands)
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| | Re: PixelBlocks!
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(...) These look quite interesting. Their website looks good, its interesting that they have used CAD images so much. They also have their bulk parts down to a T, tho its a bit easier when you only have one element! As long as they don't go changing (...) (21 years ago, 19-Nov-03, to lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands)
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| | PixelBlocks!
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Hi gang! Don't know if this is really considered a "clone" product, though it uses a similar stud and tube style connection, but it does not appear to be Lego compatible. It is a cross between Lite Brite and Lego.... PixelBlocks. (URL) get some (...) (21 years ago, 19-Nov-03, to lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands)
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| | Re: Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Megabloks
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(...) Cool. Thanks for the info. -Mike Petrucelli (21 years ago, 18-Nov-03, to lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands)
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| | Re: Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Megabloks
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"Mike Petrucelli" <lordi@erols.com> wrote in message news:HnI1uD.141v@lugnet.com... (...) Battle (...) The sets were $12.99, $19.99 and $29.99 -- Rosemary Regner, PE R Squared Digital Media rose@r2dm.com www.r2dm.com (21 years ago, 17-Nov-03, to lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands)
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| | Re: MB Ford GT
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(...) I'd be interested to see the internal structure, but I agree that the contoured panels are not as satisfying for the builder (and their (Good heavens!, I meant *they're*) nigh-impossible for the LDraw writer...) Still, I'm curious about the (...) (21 years ago, 6-Nov-03, to lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands)
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(...) I'd be interested to see the internal structure, but I agree that the contoured panels are not as satisfying for the builder (and their nigh-impossible for the LDraw writer...) Still, I'm curious about the wheels and how they're attached. MEGA (...) (21 years ago, 6-Nov-03, to lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands)
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| | Re: Element commercial
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(...) Saw it, it's pretty cool. Of course, if you don't catch the MEGA BLOK trademark/disclaimer at the beginning, you'd think it was being built out of LEGO building blocks. Anyone know why they chose MEGA BLOK instead of LEGO? (BTW - it's all CGI (...) (21 years ago, 6-Nov-03, to lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands, FTX)
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| | Re: MB Ford GT
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(...) There's so much fairing it's hard to see how it's a brick model at all. I admire builders who do studless stuff, it's an interesting exercise, but this model just doesn't do much for me. What else can you build with the parts? Not too much I (...) (21 years ago, 6-Nov-03, to lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands)
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| | MB Ford GT
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Anyone bought one yet? (URL) body is moulded a la model kit... looks good though :-) J BTW: can anyone help me get hold of the MB Harleys as they're not available here in the UK? I have the Road King, but I'd like to get the Softail ((URL) and the (...) (21 years ago, 6-Nov-03, to lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands)
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