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Re: Clone Parts (and Color ) Inventories
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lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands
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Thu, 22 Jul 2004 00:27:16 GMT
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In lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands, Dave Schuler wrote:
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In lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands, Ed Andrews wrote:
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I believe that the set you’ve shown is part of the Oxford brand of bricks.
I purchased a similar set on Ebay and gave a favorable review
here. In summary,
the product was very good, and the plastic quality was excellent, but the
cost ultimately made the set not a great bargain. Others have ordered from
this site, but I understand that the costs of
shipping are exorbitant. Beyond that, I don’t really know of a source for
the parts you mention.
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I went ahead and bought a set off of eBay, $9.99 + 9.99 shipping.
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$19.98?!? You fink! I spent 2.5 times that much for my set! Of course, the
seller was in Hong Kong, so I guess it was my own fault. Still,
no regrets.
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Oxford aside, does anyone operate an aftermarket parts outlet?
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To my knowledge there is currently no website catering to the resale market
for clone brand elements. Every so often a clone element might sneak onto
Bricklink (like when that crafty Jen Boger spotted some clones trying to infiltrate the market!), but these are usually
condemned with a great wailing and gnashing of teeth, since clone brands are
explicitly disallowed by the Bricklink TOS. Your best bet for second-hand
clone purchases is, unfortunately, either Ebay (caveat emptor) or the direct
solicitation of sales from likely individual sellers.
Dave!
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The Oxford stuff on www.etamiya.com doesn’t look to be that discounted on the
retail side, let alone any shipping. The set off of eBay shows to be from Hong
Kong, but must only include surface mail for $10 S&H. I’ve ordered from
overseas before and the 4 to 6 week wait isn’t that bad.
Have you been following Ben’s Bricks and the custom drivers he is molding? Here
is my thought line. You’ve got overseas clone brick companies with little to no
distribution stateside. Not in an attempt to copy Lego sets, or even release
currently produced color parts, it would be very tempting to commission them to
make custom colors from their existing molds. Can you image the return of
classic light and dark gray? Limitless!
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| (...) $19.98?!? You fink! I spent 2.5 times that much for my set! Of course, the seller was in Hong Kong, so I guess it was my own fault. Still, no regrets. (...) To my knowledge there is currently no website catering to the resale market for clone (...) (20 years ago, 21-Jul-04, to lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands, FTX)
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