 | | MOC: Apocryphal Blacktron Freudenshadow Racer
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Tony Hafner has presented his very cool (URL) Outcast Racer>, for which much praise is due. Very nice work, Tony! Seeing this fine craft, I was inspired to try something similar, adding my own (I hope) distinctive style. Please let me know what you (...) (20 years ago, 26-Nov-04, to lugnet.space, lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands, FTX)
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| | Re: Lego Company chooses poorly? (was re: Shifty set)
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(...) Indeed. Although a headline like "Rich Multinational Toy Company Gives Poor Finnish Children Second Rate Building Bricks for Christmas" could hardly appeal to Lego... Cheers Richie Dulin (20 years ago, 25-Nov-04, to lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands, lugnet.general, lugnet.mediawatch, FTX)
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| | Re: Lego Company chooses poorly? (was re: Shifty set)
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(...) Are you willing to vouch for the safety of each of those fake sets? Were LEGO to have given the o.k. to give away the illegal sets they (the LEGO company) would have, at least in principle, been giving their assurance that the sets are safe to (...) (20 years ago, 25-Nov-04, to lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands, lugnet.general, lugnet.mediawatch)
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| | Lego Company chooses poorly? (was re: Shifty set)
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(...) charity, presumeably for distribution to the poor. I read between the lines that this is Finnish law, that siezed illegal goods can be destroyed or given to charity. The article claimed that the clones were dangerous and could break in normal (...) (20 years ago, 25-Nov-04, to lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands, lugnet.general, lugnet.mediawatch)
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| | Re: Shifty set
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(...) I am not sure what either "blatant" nor "jeers" mean, but when reading the Danish and the English version, I would have translated this way: ....all are Slavic copies of Lego.... I asume blatant is something else. Sonnich (...) (20 years ago, 24-Nov-04, to lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands, lugnet.general, lugnet.mediawatch)
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| | Re: Never-released LOTR Intelli-Blox sets?
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(...) I think I was unclear in my wording. The Mines of Moria set was indeed released, and eventually I was lucky enough to find one on deep discount at KB toys. The instructions included in that set gave the description of the phrases uttered by (...) (20 years ago, 23-Nov-04, to lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands)
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| | Re: Never-released LOTR Intelli-Blox sets?
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(...) Out of curiosity, I just searched for Intelli-Blox on eBay and the Mines of Moria set does turn up! But you're right - this whole series of toy was poorly marketed - I never saw it in stores! -Bryan (20 years ago, 23-Nov-04, to lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands)
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| | Re: Never-released LOTR Intelli-Blox sets?
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(...) That's really a shame, IMO. Sure, the series wasn't as well-conceived as it might have been, but there was a lot of good in it, too. I love love love the statuary from Battle at Weathertop, and the gargoyle-ish pieces from Orc Attack at Amon (...) (20 years ago, 23-Nov-04, to lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands)
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| | Re: Never-released LOTR Intelli-Blox sets?
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The Basic Block Bucket was even listed on Marz Distribution three years ago. The total number of sets touted at Toy Fair was larger than what was released. (20 years ago, 23-Nov-04, to lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands)
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| | Re: New Dragons Sets
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<snip> (...) Maybe, maybe not. I think I'd like to find out for certain though. At least as far as the Vorgon Stronghold goes (even if it's like the U.S. version (i.e. "normal," I wouldn't mind a second copy of the set; very nice BURP-like pieces.) (...) (20 years ago, 22-Nov-04, to lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands)
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