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(...) 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 - (URL) cited without endorsement or further comment also from : (...) (21 years ago, 22-Jan-04, to lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands, FTX)
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(...) The monolith was 1x4x9 -- the first three squares. Yea, I'm a geek... :-) JohnG, GMLTC fut off-topic.geek (21 years ago, 22-Jan-04, to lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands, FTX)
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(...) 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, (...) (21 years ago, 22-Jan-04, to lugnet.general, lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands, FTX)
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(...) LOL -Jeff (I hate the gray change!) (21 years ago, 22-Jan-04, to lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands)
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(...) Heehee. On the contrary, LEGO is moving closer to clone colors (cloning the clone, in essence, as LEGO did previously with the 8x8 plate). A certain LUGNETter-at-large put together an interesting examination of the color issue, which I cite (...) (21 years ago, 21-Jan-04, to lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands, lugnet.general)
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(...) <snip> Hey, I'll bet we know what colors the clone brands want to make next! -Scott (21 years ago, 21-Jan-04, to lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands)
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(...) James has already touched on this issue, but I thought I’d add my $.02. The main problem with “The Brick” is that the company produces and sells inferior quality bricks in sets that very closely mirror the copyrighted designs of true LEGO (...) (21 years ago, 21-Jan-04, to lugnet.general, lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands)
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(...) I wouldn't bother too much about that issue. With a fair computer (P120 and above) and not any extremely huge models, the difference in rendering time is hardly noticable. Just add <zero>* BFC NOCERTIFY and you have a really quick and easy fix (...) (21 years ago, 21-Jan-04, to lugnet.cad.dev.mac, lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands)
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Really poor detail follows, but on the assumption that any bit of info is helpful, here goes: I've spotted a new Power Rangers figure at my local Target. It's about 9 inches tall and uses ball-and-socket joints like Gyrofighters and the Rangers' (...) (21 years ago, 20-Jan-04, to lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands, FTX)
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(...) Glad you asked, because it gives me another good excuse to get off my duff and finish what I started. My collaborator in setting up a clone.dat website has been very patient with my procrastination, and he's put together an attractive site (...) (21 years ago, 20-Jan-04, to lugnet.cad.dev.mac, lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands)
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(...) I believe one of you Mac guys may have actually inquired about the clone part files at one point. So clone part makers, what's the current status? I have a copy of clone001.zip. Should I make that available from the Mac ldglite startup page, (...) (21 years ago, 20-Jan-04, to lugnet.cad.dev.mac, lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands)
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(...) Ooohh I remember that store. In my neck of the woods (western Canada) they were called "Consumers Distributing" (which is essentially what you've written in French, I guess). Their style of selling was to have no showroom whatsoever - and (...) (21 years ago, 14-Jan-04, to lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands)
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(...) space figs (the figs were disassemble-able & interchangeable with the other pieces). I think they faded out & then came back out a few years ago & are now gone again. Jeff (21 years ago, 10-Jan-04, to lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands)
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Please see my mpd file attached in (URL) (21 years ago, 10-Jan-04, to lugnet.general, lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands)
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(...) Hi Paul: Thanks for the info, even if it's a trifle disappointing. I was hoping to expand my army into the realms of the dead, but not if the can't hold their arms up. Double bummer about the non-clear weapons--that would have been especially (...) (21 years ago, 9-Jan-04, to lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands, FTX)
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(...) Dave, I got this set a couple of weeks ago at TRU in New York and just haven't had time for a post. Yes, the magnets work, and the dragon is kind of see thru. 5 of the knights are totaly clear, while 5 are silvery clear like the dragon. The (...) (21 years ago, 9-Jan-04, to lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands, FTX)
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Maybe not news to some people, but I spotted (URL) new Dragons set at my local TRU. It's a bit pricey at $19.99, but it includes a "Krystal," a two-headed Dragon, and 10 "Ghost Warriors." The Dragon is dull silver, but the warriors (in standard (...) (21 years ago, 8-Jan-04, to lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands, FTX)
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To anyone interested in an Alien/Aliens theme Lego conversion, please note that the wepons of the Kubrick Alien figures are perfetly scaled with Lego-like minifigs. A little loose in the MF hands, but nothing that cannot be easily corrected. Now, (...) (21 years ago, 7-Jan-04, to lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands)
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(...) You're welcome. Make sure to see the other picture I took in my vacation: an old 1978 Lego ad in a cartoon magazine! (URL) (21 years ago, 7-Jan-04, to lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands)
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(...) I remember that brand, but I've never seen it in real life. I suppose it couldn't have done too well, judging by its disappearance! (...) My first exposure to any compatible clone brand (i.e., not Tente) was the MEGABLOKS Brontosaurus set from (...) (21 years ago, 7-Jan-04, to lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands)
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