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at my Claremont, NH W*M, I picked up a $20 A10 Warthog Probuilder model. It has a new molded & printed/painted nose 'cone', a new cockpit, new engine intake/output cowlings, new molded missles & landing gear. it's light & dark gray. on the side of (...) (21 years ago, 23-Mar-04, to lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands)
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(...) I've seen that site before, and I appreciate the thoroughness of the reviews, even if I differ with their conclusions! Most of the complaints about MEGABLOKS are of the "I don't like the plastic" variety, and in that regard there's not much to (...) (21 years ago, 19-Mar-04, to lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands)
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(I just find this stuff, I don't name the sites) (URL) somewhat more favorable review of a different MB line: (URL) site is not a LEGO site, it's a toy site. Contrast those reviews with this one: (URL) ) Hope that helps. (21 years ago, 19-Mar-04, to lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands)
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(...) Ah-ha. (...) Odd? (...) Ok, thanks for the clarification. -Mike Petrucelli (21 years ago, 18-Mar-04, to lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands, FTX)
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(...) Sorry to psych you out, and sorry about the troublesome links. I'm at work, so I don't know how the links would work with dial-up, but that might be the problem. Anyway, the "minifig" link is to the patent document for the original MEGABLOKS (...) (21 years ago, 18-Mar-04, to lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands, FTX)
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(...) Could you elaborate on what this is. Those links have crashed every browser I tried. (Must not be dial-up friendly) The name 'galaxy theme battleship' really has me curious. Might this be related to the new smaller scale stuff? If the price to (...) (21 years ago, 18-Mar-04, to lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands, FTX)
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| | Re: KKK described latest restructuring as "last chance" for Lego in FT article
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(...) The actual quality isn't as bad as some people seem to think, but there has indeed been juniorization in MEGABLOKS--almost as long as in LEGO sets. Unlike LEGO, MEGABLOKS usually (though not always) offsets the juniorization with generous (...) (21 years ago, 18-Mar-04, to lugnet.general, lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands)
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Found these while browsing: (2 URLs) Lion> (URL) theme battleship> I'm looking for more, though the database isn't the most search-friendly. I figure there must be more, but I haven't found them yet. Dave! (21 years ago, 10-Mar-04, to lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands, FTX)
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(...) 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)
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| | Re: Has anyone seen any pics of the new miniature brick line from Mega Blocks?
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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)
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