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  Best-Lock and COBI to merge
 
(URL) Lock Group Ltd. Is Pleased to Announce Its Merger with COBI> NUREMBERG, Germany--(CCNMatthews - Feb 2, 2006) - Toy Makers Expand Manufacturing and Distribution of Compatible Building Blocks Throughout Europe and North America Best Lock Group (...) (19 years ago, 2-Feb-06, to lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands, FTX)
 
  Re: Best-Lock and COBI to merge
 
(...) SNIP (...) Huh, makes sense, since the computer set pics on the COBI site look just like the $10 Best-Lock set boxes i saw @ Wal*Mart the last couple Christmases Jeff (19 years ago, 3-Feb-06, to lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands, FTX)
 
  Re: Best-Lock and COBI to merge
 
(...) Wow! That's big news, and a little surprising. Within the past week or so I've wondered aloud how Best-Lock stays afloat and why Cobi has never tried to crack the North American market. This move would render the question, er, mute... 8^) (...) (19 years ago, 3-Feb-06, to lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands, FTX)
 
  Re: Best-Lock and COBI to merge
 
(...) Maybe, maybe not. Mark W mentioned some of the compatibility issues between Best-Lock and other brands (URL) here>, so it would surprise me greatly (and I'd be annoyed at myself for having missed) that Best-Lock's been releasing fully (...) (19 years ago, 3-Feb-06, to lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands, FTX)
 
  Re: Best-Lock and COBI to merge
 
(...) SNIP (...) OOPS!! scratch my comment-I was thinking of Blocko, not Cobi! You're right, Cobi is really more like Lego & I hope they stick with that format instead of Best-lock. Jeff (19 years ago, 3-Feb-06, to lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands, FTX)

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