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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.
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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
here look a lot like the
ones that came in this
Oxford set that I happen to have!! Unfortunately, I don’t currently own any of
the new Brick Century tanks so I can’t compare the actual objects, but I will
try to get some if I chance by any of them again (and
here is a bigger pic
of that Oxford set).
As for Ed’s point about the classic grey brick bulk order, given Shifty’s
quality and the fact that they’re technically not copyrighted, you might as well
hire a factory to make your own in quality that are compatible to Lego’s. I’ve
found that colour matching of any plastic products is actually not as
complicated as it’d seem :)
Isaac (Red Bean)
visit http://www.redbeanstudio.net
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| (...) From what Ben's Bricks wrote about the cost of custom molds, a Chinese contact seems to be the easier and cheaper route. Isn't Oxford the new Shifty? I don't think the bricks aren't protected by copyright. Didn't the Hong Kong court rule that? (...) (20 years ago, 8-Dec-04, to lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands, FTX)
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| (...) This gets more and more interesting. The only Oxford tank wheels that I have came from that 15000 set, and they're about as big as a LEGO 2x2 round brick. The MegaBloks tank wheels are somewhat larger, as shown in the third model from the (...) (20 years ago, 9-Dec-04, to lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands, FTX)
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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 (...) (20 years ago, 8-Dec-04, to lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands, FTX)
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