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In lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands, Dave Schuler wrote:
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In lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands, Isaac Yue wrote:
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Brickcentury is the same as Shifty Bricks (actually, you can tell this from
the pictures). I believe they have either renamed their military line to
this, or they are planning to rename the company itself. Some of the newer
military sets that are coming out now bear this logo on the box; and yes,
they are compatible with Lego although the quality still gets beaten by
Megabloks by quite a margin.
Red Bean
http://www.redbeanstudio.net
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Without seeing them in person I can’t do more than speculate, but it looks to
me as if the wheels on the tank are remarkably similar to those used by
MegaBloks for years in a number of sets, beginning with the 9707 Combat Tank
in 1999. The design seems to be similar to the Oxford 15000 tank as well.
This is interesting to me because, if I’m correct, then this represents a
clone cloning clones, an unusual move that seems to unite LEGO and its
legitimate competitors in a way we haven’t seen before.
Isaac and Ed: Can either of you compare the “Brick” wheels to the MegaBloks
wheels to determine if these are indeed as similar as they appear?
Thanks to both of you for the info in any case.
Dave!
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I don’t have any Megblocks and only one of the John Deere Ertle/ Best Block
sets. No comparison to Shifty. Shifty is Lego as far as the bricks are
concerned. The axles and wheels are the weak link, not Lego at all.
Look up the 1999 / 2000 Hong Kong “Lego vs Shifty” lawsuit and I think you’ll
see they actually had the Lego molds under license in the mid to late 90s.
Their contract expired with Lego and they just forgot to stop stamping bricks.
Shifty won part of that suit in that the classic bricks are not protected.
Problem was that Shifty was outright copying sets and putting their trade mark
on it. A big no, no even in China.
Okay guys and gals (for a third try), want to try and get a Classic Grey brick
order going with Shifty?
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| (...) Good eyes, Dave!! I don't own any of the 9707 Megabloks Tanks either but after reading your post, I sort of went to look at what I have and want to hear something interesting? Those wheels from Ed's picture (URL) here> look a lot like the ones (...) (20 years ago, 8-Dec-04, to lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands, FTX)
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| (...) Without seeing them in person I can’t do more than speculate, but it looks to me as if the wheels on the tank are remarkably similar to those used by MegaBloks for years in a number of sets, beginning with the 9707 Combat Tank in 1999. The (...) (20 years ago, 7-Dec-04, to lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands, FTX)
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