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In lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands, Paulo Renato wrote:
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In lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands, Ed Andrews wrote:
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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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I think that this might be a good idea indeed! I’m really sick of this blays
and rbrowns!
Hey, if TLC thinks classic colors are dull (who are they kidding afterall?,
kids?...) maybe there are other companys that would not.
Does anyone here have any sort of contact inside (no need for that inside I
suppose) of such a company? That could be a chance for them too. With old
colors back and suberb plastic quality (i.e., better than MB; on the league
of Tyco for instance) I (and some of US for sure) certainly would migrate
from brick suppliers.
Paulo Renato (who is still and will be for a long time much upset with this
color change.)
P.S. Dear Lego, the color change is a growing mistake. The more it persists,
the bigger the mistake. When will you be able to realize it? Maybe too late,
I’m afraid.
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Paulo,
I just received Brick set #0494, everything but the original box. The bricks
were still in shrink wrap. If these aren’t Lego, I’ll ... Heck even Lego sued
because they were (kinda still are) too close too Lego. The fitup is better
than any clone brand I have every owned (past (Tente and LokBlok and recent
BestBlok’s Ertle John Deere). I am desperately trying to establish an overseas
contact to purchase bulk bricks from Brick / Shifty / Oxford. I have found no
sources in LUGNET.
I am very disappointed in other forums on LUGNET concerning this topic. With as
much expressed dissatisfaction about the color change, lack of this part made in
this color, this route looks like a ready made market. To me, one could
approach this a number of ways. Duplicating Lego offerings will surely draw
their legal departments’ attention. I would assume that one could limit the
offerings to parts and colors not offered by them.
I am very excited about this. Glad to find a few people with similar sentiment.
I will attempt to keep this forum posted towards any developments on my end.
Ed
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| (...) Hi Ed, To tell you the truth, as clone goes, I only know MB and Tyco (and a handful of non-compatible brands, like Tente, etc). Tyco did have a very nice fitup (0). MB's is not so good, but it is improving. Now (1) the large round holes in the (...) (20 years ago, 1-Aug-04, to lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands, lugnet.color, FTX)
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