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Subject:	Re: MegaBloks announces Mobile Suit Gundam License
Newsgroups:	lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands
Date:	Sat, 24 Jun 2006 21:56:53 GMT
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In lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands, Dave Schuler wrote:

In lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands, David Gregory wrote:

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Second, if you’d taken the time to build one of those sets or even the Blok Bots mechs, you’d know that they hold together very well, thanks.

I have to at least partially disagree with you here. I remember buying a blok bots set many years ago (yes, long before Exoforce, Titan XP, and Life on Mars). I remember being particularly excited about the joint technology, and the design was good. But when I built the set, the fit was poor (compaerd to Lego), and often when I tried to bend a joint on an arm or leg, the whole limb would just come off. I haven’t purchased a Megabloks set since.

I’m hoping that over the years they’ve improved on the fit and finish of the pieces; but I’m not encouraged. I will most certainly buy the Gundam set, but I will also attempt to rebuild it out of lego parts. Good design, though - I’m hoping that competition will challenge Lego to keep its design standards as high as its manufacturing standard.

Later, Chris

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		Re: MegaBloks announces Mobile Suit Gundam License
(...) Those very first batch of Blok Bots were pretty bad. However the second generation of Blok Bots was right around the time Mega Bloks had a rather large quality jump. They are still not as good as Lego but they are a lot closer than the early (...) (18 years ago, 25-Jun-06, to lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands, FTX)

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		Re: MegaBloks announces Mobile Suit Gundam License
(...) Criticisms like yours are delightful because they show clearly that you don't know what you're talking about. First, Mega Bloks beat LEGO in the race for articulated mech-like sets by several years. Exo-Force is very much a johnny-come-lately (...) (18 years ago, 24-Jun-06, to lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands, FTX)

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