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Subject: 
Re: Clone DATs--any interest?
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lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw, lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands
Date: 
Mon, 29 Nov 1999 19:17:02 GMT
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In lugnet.cad.dev, Todd Lehman wrote:

In lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw, Larry Pieniazek writes:
Second, Tyco is NOT "crummy", it's just different.

Disagree.

I'd say, brickwise, Tyco's biggest problem is they didn't round off the edges of
the bricks.  You thought it hurt to step on *LEGO* bricks?  Those Tyco pieces
were doubly painful.

Also, the lack of rounding made it hard to pry the pieces apart.

Steve



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  Re: Clone DATs--any interest?
 
(...) Disagree. I remember trying it out Tyco in 1988 and it left a very bitter taste in my mouth -- blyecch -- and at the time I wasn't even a LEGO purist. True, Tyco was the best of the non-LEGO off-brands, but the quality still never quite lived (...) (25 years ago, 27-Nov-99, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw, lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands, lugnet.cad.dev)

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