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Re: Question about quality of Best Lock...
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In lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands, David Eaton wrote:
> One thing seemingly only I've experienced with my 2 Best-Lock sets that I've got
> is that my hands slowly turned greyish black when building the sets. I've
> mentioned that a couple times online, but nobody else seems to have had the same
> experience. 'Course that was their old castle line from back in 2000 or so, so
> it could be either that their quality has since improved, or I got some old
> moldy sets or something.
Now that you mention it, I seem to recall a weird residue or film on the bricks
in sets I bought in 1999, but I don't think it colored my hands in any
noticeable way. Maybe rather than mold, the substance was mold-release?
> But any way you slice it, I wasn't impressed, other
> than by their set design (which is admittedly pretty cool).
I've found that some aspects of Best-Lock sets can be directly adapted to LEGO,
but it's a laborious process, to be sure.
Dave!
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| (...) I'd agree with Dave! If you hate Tyco and MegaBloks, you'll hate Best-Lock even more (And again, I also have to admit I've always been impressed with the quality of the limited amount of Tyco Super-Blocks that I've been exposed to). One thing (...) (20 years ago, 6-Oct-04, to lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands)
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