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Re: MegaBloks announces Mobile Suit Gundam License
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lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands
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Sun, 25 Jun 2006 21:56:19 GMT
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In lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands, Christopher Snead wrote:
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In lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands, Dave Schuler wrote:
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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.
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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.
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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 Mega Bloks sets were.
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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.
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Competition breeds better product all around. Take a look at the new
Cobi/Best-lock sets. The plastic, color, and clutch quality in those is near
Lego (the shape/size tolerences are a little lower but still easily on par with
the newer Mega Bloks sets), a far cry from the old Best-lock sets. Later,
-Mike Petrucelli
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