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I recently returned from a visit in CA (had a great time, thanks for asking :)
in which, among other things, I visited my uncle + aunt + two younger cousins.
The older of them had a lego bucket in her room, or so it seemed. Upon closer
inspection, I found it was actually a Mega-Blocks bucket! I was pretty
surprised, since this was my first encounter with clone-brands (I mean an
opened box).
I was curious to see the qualities of these bricks, so the next day I sat down
and tried to connect these unknown blocks. Some of them were indeed Mega--
mega-sized, many juniorized pieces (this was some fantasy/house girl bucket)
though many plain bricks too. Also very much pastel colored. I liked the
colors - lt blue, lt purple, turqoise aside from TLC's normal pink and tiny
bit of purple in Belville sets. Normally I'd object to such generalization,
but lego does it too, so I can't hold grudge against Mega-Blocks for that.
My cousin and I built all morning (well, I did most of the building) - first a
playground, then we added a house next to it, and a "pool" too.
The clone bricks (blocks?) seem to be less compatible with each other and the
baseplate than lego's with each other. I mean that they some of them don't
attach as easily, and some fall apart easily.
The figures seemed weird compared to minifigs, and they were caucasian (not
weird - just a change from yellow). But I'm sure minifigs seem even weirder if
you're not used to them...
I'm not sure I liked the Mega-Blocks, but there were definitely some nice
parts to this bargain - the colors, the furniture (though pre-fab) was nice,
etc. I'm guessing the price was lower too.
I'm interested - why do you clone-brand-fans use clone brands? How did you get
around to use them?
-Shiri
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| (...) Because in some cases they are REALLY cool! And as time passes they are getting better. And you can really stock up on bricks in many colors and even trans elements for cheap. Here in the Bay Area it is my observation that the shelves were (...) (25 years ago, 31-Dec-99, to lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands)
| | | Re: Mega-Blocks - a new experience
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| (...) That's my experince, too. I have tried MegaBloks, Cuboville, and Byggis, and I also have a Tyco phone. IMO, MegaBloks are least compatible, Tyco a little better, and Byggis and Cuboville are closest to the Real Thing. I also have a lot of (...) (25 years ago, 3-Jan-00, to lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands)
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