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Can anyone help me identify these: (URL) auction site) Looks (and is described as) quite old, and softer than the real thing. Thanks for any help; I might buy it and it would be really nice to know what it is beforehand. Olof (20 years ago, 10-May-05, to lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands)
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(...) **snip** This is great news! A bootleg clone brand on the market cheapens the very notion of legitimate and compatible building bricks. I'm pleased that LEGO has won against Biltema and, by extension, Coko in yet another ruling. The issue, as (...) (20 years ago, 6-May-05, to lugnet.general, lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands, FTX)
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| | Re: Pyrates teaser @ Megabloks.com
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(...) I notice that these are now available for (URL) preorder.> Cool! Dave! (20 years ago, 2-May-05, to lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands, FTX)
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Does anyone have instructions for the Carriers ? The Nimitz or the Kitty Hawk ? I'd love to try to build these, but I can't find them in any of the stores around here : ( -JSM (20 years ago, 29-Apr-05, to lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands)
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| | Re: MEGABLOKS site update with Pyrates info
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(...) Oh really, Mike! Such cynicism ill-becomes you! 8^) I almost typed cyanicism, which I guess is appropriate if you're feeling blue about all this. To be sure, these new sets have some heavily juniorized, or at least heavily specialized (...) (20 years ago, 29-Apr-05, to lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands, FTX)
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(...) Wow those are some really nice looking Playmobile sets. (sigh) Well hopefully they will make fig packs at least, I would definately pick up some of those. I would not buy the actual sets anywhere near those prices though. -Mike Petrucelli (20 years ago, 28-Apr-05, to lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands, FTX)
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| | Re: MegaBloks Whitehouse yes or no?
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(...) Perhaps insurgents kept sabotaging the production line. (20 years ago, 21-Apr-05, to lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands, FTX)
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(...) Well, the answer is "No." I finally submitted an inquiry via the www.megabloks.com site, and I got a very quick reply containing the following: Although the Whitehouse #3880 was in one of our product pamphlets, it never made it to production. (...) (20 years ago, 21-Apr-05, to lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands, FTX)
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Check it out (URL) Groovy stuff. Dave! Hey, that'a nice hammer you've got there, buddy. (URL) (20 years ago, 21-Apr-05, to lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands, FTX)
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| | Re: clones list
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(...) Dave! (20 years ago, 14-Apr-05, to lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands, FTX)
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(...) Hi Dave, For older clones or competitors, try to see this link: (URL) personal favorite among those are the high quality Berli Bygge Brikker from 1955. Unlike the Lego of those days, the Berli bricks has kept both their colors and their form (...) (20 years ago, 14-Apr-05, to lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands, FTX)
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| | Re: The Brick Testament: Judge Deborah
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(...) Yep, that's the stuff. I couldn't bring myself to buy any (even for novelty purposes), though they could be had for pennies on the dollar compared with LEGO... Derek (20 years ago, 13-Apr-05, to lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands, FTX)
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(...) **snip of list** Joseph was kind enough to email me his clone info page a long long time ago, and I never got around to posting it (partially because I thought I'd deleted it, and partially because I'm a lazy so-and-so with no sense of (...) (20 years ago, 13-Apr-05, to lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands, FTX)
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Please feel free to amend, contradict, or augment this information as you are able... I came upon (URL) this site> while searching for info on the forthcoming Pyrates line. Not too much about Pyrates, but it gave some additional photos of new (...) (20 years ago, 12-Apr-05, to lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands, FTX)
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(...) Hi Arne! The Dragons sets are definitely distinctive. Some people (including me) have complained that the sets contain certain pieces that are *too* specialized, but at the same time these are what help make the sets so different from LEGO. I (...) (20 years ago, 11-Apr-05, to lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands)
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(...) Hi Dave, Thanks for your quick response. With the info I have so far I have been able to identify 53 different Dragon sets (3 95xx, 6 96xx, 38 98xx, 2 600xx and 4 980xx sets), but some af these are combinations of others, and some seem to be (...) (20 years ago, 11-Apr-05, to lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands)
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| | Re: The Brick Testament: Judge Deborah
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(...) Are these the same brand/type of clones that were, IIRC, confiscated in Finland and crushed at LEGO expense? This (URL) link> has pics of the clones, and this (URL) link> has a story about the crushing. Those may not be the top of the thread (...) (20 years ago, 10-Apr-05, to lugnet.build.ancient, lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands, FTX)
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(...) Hello Arne! It would be great if MegaBloks had some kind of direct online sales, even if they only offered whole sets rather than parts-packs (though parts-packs would be fantastic!) Regarding a MegaBloks database, as far as I know there is (...) (20 years ago, 7-Apr-05, to lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands)
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So, I'm relatively new in the clone wars, and my excuses if this question has been answered here before: Is there a database for MegaBlok sets anywhere (like the LUGNET database)? The only link stated here is the one to MB's official site, and thats (...) (20 years ago, 7-Apr-05, to lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands)
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| | Re: Where MB gets their ideas...
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(...) Hey, that's pretty darned funny, even to this clone-guy. Dave! (20 years ago, 1-Apr-05, to lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands)
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