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(...) OK, I saw a credible report this morning (no pictures though). (URL) - search for Trek; but it will scroll off within a couple days and is just a brief blurb. The respondant, Rob, co-runs the site is 100% reliable. It is one set, the D, with (...) (21 years ago, 20-Feb-04, to lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands)
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| | Re: Not just another Mega Bloks vs. Lego article
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Article originally posted www.kansascity.com of the Kansas City Star: BLOCK PARTY Lego will join Canada's Mega Bloks in offering toddlers oversize bricks By JOSEPH PEREIRA and CHRISTOPHER J. CHIPELLO The Wall Street Journal The building-block wars (...) (21 years ago, 20-Feb-04, to lugnet.mediawatch, lugnet.general, lugnet.quatro, lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands, FTX)
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I saw a barely-credible report that they showed a 1701-D with Picard figure at Toy Fair this week, for summer release. None of the sites I've seen have any coverage, but that's hardly surprising. Does anyone have any positive (or negative) (...) (21 years ago, 20-Feb-04, to lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands)
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| | Re: Not just another Mega Bloks vs. Lego article
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(...) How about someone just paste the text in here? Giving credit to the original website please.... -AHui A&M LWorks (URL) (21 years ago, 20-Feb-04, to lugnet.mediawatch, lugnet.general, lugnet.quatro, lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands, FTX)
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| | Re: Not just another Mega Bloks vs. Lego article
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(...) DO YOU HAVE TO CREATE AN ACCOUNT? IF YOU DO CAN ANYONE COPY THE ARTICLE AND EMAIL IT TO ME PLEASE? - JEFF (21 years ago, 19-Feb-04, to lugnet.mediawatch, lugnet.general, lugnet.quatro, lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands)
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| | Re: Adding part updates (and clone parts)
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(...) Fortunately, I had already made some small steps in that direction prior to Matthew's debut! (And my clone-collaborator wasn't involved in the birth at all, so his efforts have proceeded unabated.) (...) Oh, that... The well-designed site (as (...) (21 years ago, 19-Feb-04, to lugnet.cad.dev.mac, lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands)
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(...) Since it's been about a month now, I figure it's time to check up on this again. Anything happening here, or is it now a hopelessly lost cause. Given the recent happy announcement, I'm assuming it's been indefinitely put off. By the way, where (...) (21 years ago, 19-Feb-04, to lugnet.cad.dev.mac, lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands)
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There are some really interesting tidbits about Lego and Mega Bloks in this article from the Kansas City Star (requires registration to view): (URL) there is a lot in here that is general knowledge, including a concise report on the falling numbers (...) (21 years ago, 19-Feb-04, to lugnet.mediawatch, lugnet.general, lugnet.quatro, lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands)
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(...) Well, I'm flummoxed. It seems unlikely to me that LEGO would provide true-LEGO bricks without requiring a clear indication on the packaging, but I can't imagine, given TLG's successful litigation against Coko/Shifty, that TLG would allow a (...) (21 years ago, 19-Feb-04, to lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands, FTX)
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from Raving Toy Maniac's coverage of Toy Fair 2004: (URL) my fav so far is the Javelin 7 another set from Toy News International: (URL) in both pics, it's obvious that several pieces are direct COPIES of Lego pieces. I wonder if Art Asylum bought a (...) (21 years ago, 19-Feb-04, to lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands, FTX)
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| | May I present...
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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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| | Re: New Mega Bloks Military sets found.
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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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| | Re: Golden Ratio (was Over 70 LEGO products copied)
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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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| | Re: Monolith Dimensions
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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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(...) 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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| | Re: Monolith Dimensions
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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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| | Monolith Dimensions
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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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