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Subject:	Re: Clone DATs--any interest?
Newsgroups:	lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw, lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands
Followup-To:	lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands
Date:	Mon, 29 Nov 1999 19:23:23 GMT
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In lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw, Steve Bliss writes: > 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. Aha! I don't remember that pain, but that sounds about right! That would certainly explain why that double-tube plate made parts connected to it so difficult to pull apart! :-( --Todd [followups to lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands]

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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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