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Re: review: Chinese "Bricks" military sets
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Fri, 18 Mar 2005 14:48:15 GMT
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In lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands, Arne Lykke Nielsen wrote:
> Hi,
>
> As a Dane I am of course an avid protector of the LEGO brand, but never the less
> I have occasionally strayed into the clone worlds ( I have a number of MegaBloks
> dragon sets, and like them a lot - not the dragons, but the bricks).
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> My latest acquisation was a batch of military "Bricks" sets (I can't show
> pictures, but they are all shown here: http://pc-link.biz/lego/)
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> I've opened and build set 0279, Army Base (13 US$), and I was duly impressed.
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> First off: the quality of the bricks are much better than I expected, almost as
> good as LEGO itself. I didn't get any warped or misshaped bricks, the clutching
> power was excellent, and the bricks all have standard sizes.
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> The colors are not LEGO colors (of course not the nice military green, as LEGO
> have never made this), the red and blue being a bit brighter, the green (the
> trees) being a bit darker.
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> The design is superb (and is not a rip-off of any LEGO designs), the instruction
> book is small, but very comprehensive and easy to follow.
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> There is a number of bricks, that LEGO never made: 10x20 plates, 2x1x6 high
> panels with hollow backside, some odd "corroded" round 1x1 bricks, some very
> nice lids with hinges, the helmets and the kalashnikov rifles (or whatever the
> chinese equivalent is; I mean, if they can clone LEGO, they can clone
> kalashnikov as well, right?).
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> The feel of the finished model is like something from MASH, some old Asian or
> Eastern European "Red Star" HQ, but as the sign says "Kommandatura", it's
> probably supposed to be Cuban.
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> There are 9 minifigs, three heads with beards (LEGO clones), three heads with
> mic's (LEGO clones), and three heads that look somewhat special with square eyes
> (not LEGO clones). Three helmets with white stars, three helmets with red stars,
> and three black caps with red stars. Three different torso printings (not LEGO
> clones).
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> And: there are NO stickers, all bricks have nice solid prints; and the 1x4 tiles
> with camouflage print have 4 dífferent prints!
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> So in conclusion: a quality almost equivalent to LEGO and a unique design both
> on building, car and accessories (toxic waste drums and a handstand!) makes this
> a "9"-rating on the LUGNET scale.
Hello Arne!
Thank you for the thorough review. I have very little exposure to this
brand of bricks, and I appreciate any info I can get.
I’m particularly interested in the 10x20 plates. Are they the same height
as LEGO plates? And do they have tubes on their underside? If so, then these
strike me as the same molds used in a Coko castle set I own as well as in the
Blok-Tek B2 Bomber set. The 2x1x6 panels sound similar to a Tyco element, but I
think that Tyco’s was 5 high. An example appears in the snout of this craft
(with the “open” side of the panel facing the floor):
http://members.bellatlantic.net/~drteeth1/clones/5340.jpg
Additionally, can you describe the “corroded” bricks a bit further?
I’m also pleased that you pointed out that the set itself isn’t a rip-off of any
LEGO set, even if some of the parts are practically identical. Some
disreputable brands do indeed copy entire LEGO sets, but when clone brands
produce their own designs, I’m delighted.
Thanks again.
Dave!
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| (...) Ok, the panel was my mis-writing: it IS a 2x1x5 brick like your Tyco. The plates are indeed the same height as LEGO plates; they have tubes on the underside, but not completely covering the underside, there are two "lanes" of missing tubes. (...) (20 years ago, 18-Mar-05, to lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands)
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| Hi, As a Dane I am of course an avid protector of the LEGO brand, but never the less I have occasionally strayed into the clone worlds ( I have a number of MegaBloks dragon sets, and like them a lot - not the dragons, but the bricks). My latest (...) (20 years ago, 18-Mar-05, to lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands)
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