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    Has anyone seen any pics of the new miniature brick line from Mega Blocks? —Thomas Main
   Ever since I found out about Mega Blocks making miniature bricks I've been excited to see some pictures. A few days ago I read another article (which I have lost the cite to since) that described a 700 piece model that would fit into the palm of (...) (21 years ago, 4-Mar-04, to lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands)
   
        Re: Has anyone seen any pics of the new miniature brick line from Mega Blocks? —Dave Schuler
     (...) Holey moley, that sounds cool! I haven't heard a peep aside from what I've read here, but I'll keep looking. Any ideas on what kind of themes or models might be in the works? Dave! (21 years ago, 4-Mar-04, to lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands)
   
        Re: Has anyone seen any pics of the new miniature brick line from Mega Blocks? —Erik Bush
     WOW! I haven't heard anything about this until I read your post. I searched on the Mega Blocks website and couldn't find anything interesting. Where did you hear about this? Erik! (21 years ago, 9-Mar-04, to lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands)
    
         Re: Has anyone seen any pics of the new miniature brick line from Mega Blocks? —Thomas Main
     (...) Well, I finally found the article again. It was from the Toronto Star. Here is the excerpt: While Danish-based Lego announced last month a new line of big blocks, after saying it would declare a loss in 2003, Mega Bloks will introduce this (...) (21 years ago, 9-Mar-04, to lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands)
   
        Re: Has anyone seen any pics of the new miniature brick line from Mega Blocks? —Dave Schuler
     (...) Ask, and ye shall receive (eventually): Pretty nifty, from what I've (URL) I observe with interest that MEGABLOKS appears finally to have embraced the the 2x3 slope brick 33 as well as the 2x3 brick. Also of note are the new (to MB) 4x8 plate, (...) (20 years ago, 6-Jul-04, to lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands, FTX)
    
         Re: Has anyone seen any pics of the new miniature brick line from Mega Blocks? —Dave Schuler
     (...) (URL) Here's> a better overview. But now that I've looked more closely, I'm a little apprehensive--I can't tell if the bricks are the same scale as existing bricks, or if they're smaller. What does "Nano" mean in this context, exactly? Are the (...) (20 years ago, 6-Jul-04, to lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands, FTX)
    
         Re: Has anyone seen any pics of the new miniature brick line from Mega Blocks? —Thomas Main
     In lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands, Dave Schuler wrote: <snip> (...) Thanks for finding the pics of these. I believe that the Nano system is a different scale from regular megabloks bricks. That's what intrigued me to the system. Kinda like Modulex, I (...) (20 years ago, 7-Jul-04, to lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands, FTX)
    
         Re: Has anyone seen any pics of the new miniature brick line from Mega Blocks? —Bill Connick
     (...) I got a chance to see these up close and personal at Toy Fair in February and they are on a different scale as well as not compatible with other Mega Bloks/LEGO bricks. They are very cool looking and come with a magnifying glass to work on the (...) (20 years ago, 7-Jul-04, to lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands, FTX)
    
         Re: Has anyone seen any pics of the new miniature brick line from Mega Blocks? —Dave Schuler
     (...) Hi Thomas and Bill-- Thanks for the clarification, even if I'm not sure how I feel about the scale! I just noticed that (URL) shows these sets with a release date of July 11. Dave! (20 years ago, 8-Jul-04, to lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands, FTX)
    
         Re: Has anyone seen any pics of the new miniature brick line from Mega Blocks? —Dave Schuler
     (...) Update: Amazon now indicates that these will be released on August 1. Tune in on August 1 to learn that the release date has been rolled back to August 15... Dave! (20 years ago, 12-Jul-04, to lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands, FTX)
    
         Nano Building System found! —Bill Connick
     Just wanted to let everyone know, I ran into my local Meijers today and found the Nano line by Mega Bloks. I picked up a 5.99 set the 5901 red convertable. I like the set a lot. It has a lot of fun pieces and makes a really cool model. It also comes (...) (20 years ago, 12-Jul-04, to lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands, FTX)
    
         Re: Nano Building System found! —Dave Schuler
     (...) If I may say so, Bill's (URL) site> has pics and info on a variety of current and forthcoming releases and is well worth checking out. Bummer about the pushed-back release date for the Enterprise, though... (...) I would love to see pics and (...) (20 years ago, 13-Jul-04, to lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands, FTX)
    
         Re: Nano Building System found! —A. Mark Wilburn
     (...) It's on megabloks own website... and wow, I never knew about these. Slopes that are 2/3 height instead of a full brick?! Yes!! Talk about flexibility... let's hope Lego is listening?? (URL) (20 years ago, 15-Jul-04, to lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands, FTX)
   
        Yeah, they're small. —Jeremiah VanderMark
   (...) I just got the Off Shore Racing set a few minutes ago, and let me tell you these things are tiny. (URL) Haven't had much time to study 'em, but it looks like they have a different plate height/width ratio, and bricks are only two of the (...) (20 years ago, 16-Jul-04, to lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands, FTX)
   
        Re: Yeah, they're small. —Jeremiah VanderMark
   (...) OK, now that I've had some time with the little things, I can give an idea of how they work. First, the height/width ratio is slightly different from that of normal Lego or Mega Bloks - two plates (or one brick) tall equals one brick's width, (...) (20 years ago, 17-Jul-04, to lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands, FTX)
   
        Re: Yeah, they're small. —David Laswell
   (...) There are advantages to both arrangements, but most of them fall to the original design. A 1:1:1 ratio means it's really easy to get stuff to line up, but it cuts down on a lot of the versatility found in the 5:5:6 ratio used by The LEGO (...) (20 years ago, 17-Jul-04, to lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands, FTX)
 

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