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Re: If only we could all build our own Turtle Worlds...
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Thu, 5 Aug 2004 22:44:07 GMT
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In lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands, Dave Schuler wrote:
   Apparently MEGABLOKS isn’t the only brick-based construction toy to have secured a TMNT license. I know that Byggis had previously produced some Jurassic Park sets, but this is the first time I’ve seen the Turtles.

That may be the first time you’ve seen this set, but it’s pretty old, by the looks of things. It’s got the old Teenage Mutant HERO Turtle name that was created for the UK (where “ninja” was too negatively associated with “terrorism”), with the 80’s logo, and the 80’s character style. You’d think with how popular the Turtles were in the 80’s there’d be at least one prominent webpage covering stuff released outside of the US.



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  Re: If only we could all build our own Turtle Worlds...
 
(...) My first encounter with Byggis blocks was (URL) in 2000,> and I never would have identified them without Tore Eriksson's (URL) help.> To date I still have very limited knowledge of the brand, so they could have a whole sewer full of TMNT (or (...) (20 years ago, 6-Aug-04, to lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands, FTX)

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  If only we could all build our own Turtle Worlds...
 
Apparently MEGABLOKS isn't the only brick-based construction toy to have secured a (URL) TMNT> license. I know that Byggis had previously produced some Jurassic Park sets, but this is the first time I've seen the Turtles. Byggis is a very high (...) (20 years ago, 5-Aug-04, to lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands, FTX)

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