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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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| (...) 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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| (...) 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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| 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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| (...) I wonder if they'll make a realistic picture (...) David, now adays, clutch problems are the result of a sculpture pushing the envelope of the elements capacity, not poor manufacturing standards. Lego, MB and the Cobi version of Best Lock are (...) (18 years ago, 27-Jun-06, to lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands, FTX)
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| (...) Aw, shucks. I'll make a list... Of course, now that you've chimed in, that means that every Dave in the universe participated in the thread. Dave! (18 years ago, 26-Jun-06, to lugnet.build.mecha, lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands)
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| (...) Whatever we can do for you, Dave! :) Dave K (18 years ago, 26-Jun-06, to lugnet.build.mecha, lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands)
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| (...) By the way, let me just mention how it warms my heart to see a discussion of Mega Bloks both Highlighted and on the LUGNET spotlight for close to 48 hours straight. Dave! (18 years ago, 26-Jun-06, to lugnet.build.mecha, lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands, FTX)
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| (...) Go for it, I say! Mega Bloks often posts their instructions online, even for current sets, so you won't even have to steal any intellectual property to do it. Heck, if LEGO put out any designs that I found interesting enough to borrow, I would (...) (18 years ago, 26-Jun-06, to lugnet.build.mecha, lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands, FTX)
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| (...) Maybe that's the crux of it. I've never been much for building robots or gear-based machines, so perfect tolerances aren't really a factor. I love the slight variations when building walls or hulls, kind of like the way Star Trek vessels are (...) (18 years ago, 26-Jun-06, to lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands)
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