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(...) Watch out, purists--another clone-fan is on the scene. One Matthew Aaron Schuler made his debut at 12:34PM ET on Feb 9. Mom, Dad, and son are super-groovy, I'm happy to report. If you're interested, pictures will follow tomorrow, so that all (...) (21 years ago, 18-Feb-04, to lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands, lugnet.off-topic.debate, lugnet.people)
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(...) Mmmmm. And the Command Ops sets have finally made it out here to the periphery. Only took 6 months :-( Well, one set has, the (URL) Capture>. AUD30 at Big W (Campbelltown, Sydney). I haven't seen a review, sooooo... I have to say I'm (...) (21 years ago, 14-Feb-04, to lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands, FTX)
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(...) 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 (...) (21 years ago, 26-Jan-04, to lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands, lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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(...) My excuse is that john Gerlach and I were posting our posts at essentially the same time, not that someone posted something (more than a week earlier in your case, Dave) thatI should have read before posting to the thread. So I'll see your (...) (21 years ago, 24-Jan-04, to lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands)
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| | Re: Monolith Dimensions
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(...) Three other people mentioned that when replying to the same post as you. Larry was the second one, so he's correct...in a mildly hypocrytical way. (21 years ago, 23-Jan-04, to lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands)
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(...) But no one in this thread has pointed out that the monolith is 1x4x9 yet! Or did I miss a post... Dave K (21 years ago, 23-Jan-04, to lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands)
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| | Re: Shamefully vague product sightings
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(...) Here's some detail on other sets I've spotted: (URL) Red Ranger on Tyrannosaurus> (URL) Blue Ranger on Triceratops> (URL) Yellow Ranger on Pteranodon> and I purchased the (URL) Black Ranger on Velociraptor.> I notice, looking at these images, (...) (21 years ago, 23-Jan-04, to lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands, FTX)
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| | Re: Monolith Dimensions
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(...) Reading the rest of the thread before posting is often a good thing to do. (21 years ago, 23-Jan-04, to lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands)
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"Dave Schuler" <orrex@excite.com> wrote in message news:HrwFG3.Euu@lugnet.com... (...) Best-Lock is (...) Actually, the monolith is 1x4x9. (21 years ago, 23-Jan-04, to lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands)
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| | Re: Over 70 LEGO products copied
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(...) Well then, join the geek! (URL) I know, like the rest of us aren't) (21 years ago, 23-Jan-04, to lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands, lugnet.off-topic.fun, lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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| | Re: Over 70 LEGO products copied
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(...) Actually, the monolith was 1x4x9. >> Mark (Oh my gosh, I'm such a *NERD*!!!!) :o (21 years ago, 23-Jan-04, to lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands)
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(...) That's true - I remember seeing those other sets around too. Although they look like Lego themes, they're not copies of specific sets. I seem to remember spotting that the 1x1 bricks are cubes too. So, why are Lego parading it as an illegal (...) (21 years ago, 22-Jan-04, to lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands, FTX)
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(...) Please demonstrate that, without any specific reference, it is reasonable to assume ANY OTHER monolith. That is, provide a cite to some other monolith just as, or more deeply, embedded in popular culture. :-) (...) I believe you can do that in (...) (21 years ago, 22-Jan-04, to lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands, lugnet.off-topic.fun, FTX)
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(...) 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. (...) (21 years ago, 22-Jan-04, to lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands, FTX)
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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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