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Subject:	Re: Over 70 LEGO products copied
Newsgroups:	lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands
Date:	Thu, 22 Jan 2004 16:17:20 GMT
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In lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands, Dave Schuler wrote:

Best-Lock isn’t quite a full-blown clone because the bricks don’t follow the same proportions as LEGO bricks, whereas MEGABLOKS (a true clone, if you will) does use the same dimensions. For example the proportions of a LEGO 2x4 brick (excluding the studs) are 3x5x10 (height x depth x length), while Best-Lock is 1x2x4 (just like the monolith, now that I think about it. Hmm...)

I think the monolith is 1x4x9(1), Dave! I think you’re endangering the mission when you post bad information, Dave! I think you should lie down and take a stress tab, Dave!

1 - http://fusionanomaly.net/monolith.html cited without endorsement or further comment

also from : http://www.designaddict.com/designaddict/forums/index.cfm/fuseaction/threadshowone/threadid/887/index.cfm

1 is to 4 is to 9 The Golden Section deals with things on a 2 dimensional level. For instance, 2:3 is length:width, but the application of the Golden Section doesn’t provide for the third variable of depth. I think Mr. Clarke’s dimensions for the monolith take the Greek ratio of 3:5 and created a pleasing three dimensional shape out of a two dimensional ratio. If you notice: 1 (first number in monolith) plus 3 (golden section ratio) equals 4 (second number in monolith dimensions) plus 5 (second golden section ration) equals 9 (final number in monolith dimensions). Maybe I’m seeing a link that doesn’t exist but it feels like there is. :)

++Lar

Message has 2 Replies:

		Re: Over 70 LEGO products copied
(...) Hey, I didn't specify which monolith I was citing. Now that you mention it, though, Best-Lock bricks and tiles allow you to build to the precise proportions of Clarke's Monolith, 20 LDraw Units deep by 80 units wide by 180 units tall. Groovy. (...) (20 years ago, 22-Jan-04, to lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands, FTX)

		Re: Golden Ratio (was Over 70 LEGO products copied)
(...) There isn't a link there, because the Golden Section isn't 2:3... The golden ratio is derive from a rectangle where if a square is cut from the rectangle, the remaining piece is another golden ratio rectangle. So, the sides of the original (...) (20 years ago, 26-Jan-04, to lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands, lugnet.off-topic.geek)

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		Re: Over 70 LEGO products copied
(...) Hi Jason: Best-Lock caused quite a stir (URL) it hit the fan on RTL a few years ago,> largely because of initial perceptions that the Best-Lock minifigs were so similar to LEGO. As it turned out, they were rather different, as were the bricks, (...) (20 years ago, 22-Jan-04, to lugnet.general, lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands, FTX)

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