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(...) I wasn't sure if Shifty / Brick / .. became Oxford. I think I have an old post that listed a source for buying new Oxford sets, but they work out the same or higher priced than real Lego. Nice info on Korean Lego schools. The eBay contact I (...) (20 years ago, 8-Dec-04, to lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands, FTX)
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| | Re: Brick Century Military
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(...) Nope. Oxford is in Korea, and neither China nor Hong Kong's courts have any bearing. Also, aside from web sources who buy Oxford sets and then sell them second hand at higher rates, Oxford is not sold outside of Korea, period. I am not sure, (...) (20 years ago, 8-Dec-04, to lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands, FTX)
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| | Re: Brick Century Military
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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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| | Re: Brick Century Military
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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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| | Re: Brick Century Military
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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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My local KMart features four new Nano sets, numbering from 5907 through 5910 and each representing a roadster and including a small figurine and aroudn 100 pieces. These are about one inch tall and do not appear to be articulated, but they include a (...) (20 years ago, 7-Dec-04, to lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands)
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| | Re: Brick Century Military
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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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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 (...) (20 years ago, 7-Dec-04, to lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands, FTX)
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(...) Hey, Sorry, I forgot about posting that contact. (URL) Pictures: (URL) made two orders from him and have been quite pleased. Ed (20 years ago, 6-Dec-04, to lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands)
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On Friday I spotted three new MegaBloks bulk buckets on the shelves of a local TRU. I’m not 100% sure of the set numbers, but here are the details as well as I recall them: Set #876 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Promo Bucket 300 pieces, with two (...) (20 years ago, 6-Dec-04, to lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands)
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(...) My local "Dollar General" didn't have any on the shelves, but it did have close to four dozen copies of LEGO's NBA minifig packs and one copy of the MegaBloks "Cyclone" Gyro-Fighter. However, "Family Dollar" featured five copies of each of two (...) (20 years ago, 3-Dec-04, to lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands)
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(...) Thanks for the news, Ray. In my town, Dollar General stores are a dollar-a-dozen, so I'll check around and see what I can find. I've seldom had much luck with discount store LEGO or clone finds, but every so often a set or two pop up. If I can (...) (20 years ago, 30-Nov-04, to lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands)
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| | Re: MOC: Apocryphal Blacktron Freudenshadow Racer
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(...) Thanks for the feedback! I'm glad to see that you took it in the proper spirit: as a sort of homage rather than a gesture of nose-thumbing. Keep the inspiration coming, and maybe I'll keep up the eye-burning re-interpretations! Dave! (20 years ago, 30-Nov-04, to lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands, FTX)
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BTW, in case anyone cares... a few of the smaller Built To Rule sets (Hasbro ?) were spotted at a Dollar General the other day. These may be new stock or old stock. That particular store is not one that get to frequently, so I'm not sure. There was (...) (20 years ago, 30-Nov-04, to lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands)
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(...) Thanks! (...) Heh, that's cute. My initial reaction was laughing and groaning at the same time. I suspect that may have been your purpose. Anyway, I'm flattered. And you did a good job of covering your stated goal (similar to the Outcast, but (...) (20 years ago, 29-Nov-04, to lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands, FTX)
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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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(...) 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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