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(...) Whoa! That's the first I've seen of this brand. What wild-looking minifigs. Thanks for the link--I'll try to find more info. Dave! (20 years ago, 17-Feb-05, to lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands, FTX)
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| | Unknown Clone Brand
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Guys, Any idea what this clone brand is: (URL) I found this picture while browsing 1000steine.de. The entire folder (with more pics) can be found here: (URL) Red Bean (URL) (20 years ago, 17-Feb-05, to lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands, FTX)
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| | Re: Price of petrol vs price of plastic products
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(...) I'm keeping this in lugnet.lego because it might actually be relevant there. Feel free to FUT as appropriate. Overnight, KMart has increased its prices for MegaBloks sets by about 15%. I happen to have been in this same store yesterday, so I (...) (20 years ago, 28-Jan-05, to lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands, lugnet.lego)
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| | Re: Shifty set
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(...) This brand has appeared again on eBay: (URL) (20 years ago, 21-Jan-05, to lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands, lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Get over to Megabloks.com right now!
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(...) (URL) Just for reference.> Those hinges are indeed very strong, and I love the slope with the "4" emblem. Dave! (20 years ago, 18-Jan-05, to lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands, FTX)
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| | New Mega Bloks Dragon Minifig sets
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I was in Kmart today and spotted 3 new Minifig packs for the Dragons theme. Each pack consists of 3 figs and 3 weapons ($2.99 ea.). 9541 Dragon Sages 9542 Spiritus Guild 9543 Xenos Clerics The packaging is different from the usual tins or plastic (...) (20 years ago, 13-Jan-05, to lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands)
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| | Re: Pokemon Mega Bloks
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(...) Alas, the whole Pokemon mythology is a mystery to me. As far as I know, Pikachu is the sound of a voyeur's sneeze (pause for raucous laughter). Anyway, I spotted these new Pokemon sets at KMart and grabbed one at random. As it turns out, only (...) (20 years ago, 10-Jan-05, to lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands, FTX)
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| | Re: Get over to Megabloks.com right now!
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(...) I wonder if this is some kind of swipe at the "collectible masks" market. I'm afraid that it's lost on me, but if it helps sell some more Dragons, then that's super. (...) I can't say for sure, but these look like the same molds used for the (...) (20 years ago, 7-Jan-05, to lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands, FTX)
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| | Re: Get over to Megabloks.com right now!
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(...) My local Walmart had most of the new sets when I was in earlier this week. Set 1931 Spider-man vs. Venom is the one that comes in a metal box (like the chess set from a year or two ago). (...) Unleash was the only one of the three (...) (20 years ago, 7-Jan-05, to lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands, FTX)
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| | Re: Get over to Megabloks.com right now!
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(...) I checked my local Target, but no sign of the Marvel sets. Oddly, they've rearranged the construction block aisle now that Christmas has passed, and I don't even see a mention of the Marvel stuff in the little placeholder labels on the (...) (20 years ago, 6-Jan-05, to lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands, FTX)
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| | Re: Get over to Megabloks.com right now!
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(...) I just got back from lunch at Walmart, and held/inspected some of those sets. Then I get back and check out Lugnet, and you report on the MB site update. My report: I looked at the following sets; 1911, 1916, 1917, and one other set that had a (...) (20 years ago, 6-Jan-05, to lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands, FTX)
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The Marvel sets are now featured (URL) online!> I'll post more later, once I've taken a closer look. Dave! (20 years ago, 6-Jan-05, to lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands, FTX)
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| | Re: Pokemon Mega Bloks
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(...) Hi Bill: Thanks as always for the information! Please let us know whatever you can find out! Dave! (20 years ago, 4-Jan-05, to lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands)
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I was in Meijer over the weekend with my Nephew and was browsing the isle as always. They had many new Mega Bloks products including Pokemon Balls that had Mega Bloks inside. There are 4 different kinds to find. He got Pikachu that can evolve from (...) (20 years ago, 4-Jan-05, to lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands)
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(...) Doh! Uh... Hmm... Uh... Sophocles wrote plays over two thousand years ago, and the well has been used as a watersource since antiquity, so "Play Well" is clearly a ripoff, too. Uh, sure... Dave! (20 years ago, 27-Dec-04, to lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands, FTX)
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(...) Ha! I love it. They couldn't decide which company's motto to rip off-- Nike or LEGO, so they compromised:-) JOHN (20 years ago, 27-Dec-04, to lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands, FTX)
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| | Re: so, a quick poll for you.
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(...) Hi Mark: As far as I know, this particular knock-off set is at least a few years old, so I'd think that it was probably included in the recent lawsuit (and should have been discontinued, I suppose). I'm not familiar with this online seller, (...) (20 years ago, 27-Dec-04, to lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands, FTX)
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| | so, a quick poll for you.
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So uh, do you think that Lego will have a problem with this: (URL) Taken from an (URL) online store>. Especially when you compare it with: (URL) >> Set number (URL) 6256>? I thought Lego just came down on this company for ripping off it's product? (...) (20 years ago, 26-Dec-04, to lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands, FTX)
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| | Re: Review of MB 9962
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(...) (URL) Here's> a rendering of several of these pieces, minus the landing strut. Super nifty! Dave! (20 years ago, 22-Dec-04, to lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands, FTX)
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| | Re: Bad News for Richard's Wallet (was Re: New Dragons Sets)
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<snip> (...) The 'Wizard's Sea Assalt' set looks like the Iron Raider's (9252) with a differant number, (Sea Asault set looks like an exact match). I still want the Sea Asault set, in whatever form it comes in. I do possess all the 'Elements' sets (...) (20 years ago, 20-Dec-04, to lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands)
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