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| | | The subject should probably add "revisited" as my guess is this has been frequently re-discussed. Still, I find myself repeatedly looking at some of the clones now even popping up in German stores. Recent finds include - of course - MegaBloks and (...) (18 years ago, 5-Jul-06, to lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands)
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| | | | | Re: Clone brand quality —Dave Schuler
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| | | | (...) Hi Jerry! That's a great post filled with good observations and questions. I don't know if you're aware, but Best-Lock recently merged with Cobi, a brick-brand centered in Poland, to become Cobi/Best-Lock. Under this new name, Cobi gained (...) (18 years ago, 6-Jul-06, to lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands)
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| | | | | | Re: Clone brand quality —Arne Lykke Nielsen
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| | | | | (...) The infamous Chinese "Bricks" company has made several knock-offs of LEGO sets, and have lost several legal cases, but they also make their own legal military sets, with excellent designs and pretty high quality bricks, matching the MB quality (...) (18 years ago, 6-Jul-06, to lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands)
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| | | | | | | Re: Clone brand quality — Rene Hoffmeister
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| | | | | | | (...) Hi Arne, AFAIK, Polly wasn't from Eastern Germany. It was PeBe, which is available again in the meantime. Play well (with LEGO :-) Rene (18 years ago, 6-Jul-06, to lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands)
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| | | | | | | | | Re: Clone brand quality —Arne Lykke Nielsen
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| | | | | | | | (...) Thanks Rene, you are of course right, I did mean PeBe; unfortunately not the first time I mixed the two. But I thought Polly was East German as well? Was it West German instead?? Arne, Copenhagen (18 years ago, 7-Jul-06, to lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands)
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| | | | | | | Re: Clone brand quality —Dave Schuler
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| | | | | | (...) Thanks for the clarification--I only have one "Brick" Castle set, and it included clearly pirated as well as clearly original elements. I don't own any "Shifty," but I concur with your assessment. (...) Tyco is of excellent quality, and some (...) (18 years ago, 6-Jul-06, to lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands)
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| | | | | | Re: Clone brand quality — Rene Hoffmeister
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| | | | (...) Hi Dave, do you know Andreas Haase's gallery of clone brands and similar systems? (URL) Godt! Rene (18 years ago, 6-Jul-06, to lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands)
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| | | | | | Re: Clone brand quality —Dave Schuler
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| | | | (...) Thanks for the link! Dave! (18 years ago, 6-Jul-06, to lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands)
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