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I saw this link at the "bloks" group, but I thought some folks here might want to see this. (URL) mostly by a Korean named "painkiller" who takes very good close-up shots of the three brands. Go to "toy pix" then to review and pix of Lego" Except (...) (18 years ago, 18-Aug-06, to lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands)
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| | Re: Best-Lock gets K-Mart contract
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(...) Visitors to the Bloks Forum will already be aware of the ongoing discussion there on this topic, but anyone interested in hearing more should stop by: (URL) exploring the connections between Oxford, Cobi, Best-Lock, Coko, and others. The (...) (18 years ago, 16-Aug-06, to lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands)
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| | Best-Lock gets K-Mart contract
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Cobi/Best-Lock is now the official construction brick supplier for K-Mart's JustKidz line of store brand toys. They are sold amidst the other JustKidz items, not with Lego and Mega Bloks, and they retail for about a third of what a comparable Lego (...) (18 years ago, 10-Aug-06, to lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands)
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| | Mega Blocks Steam Express.
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I just finished making one of these. (URL) it is huge, and quite well detailed. I usually don't give MB a second glance, but this was 16 bucks (usually 50 at Toys R Us) at a discount store, so I got it. It was a good build, and it's nice that it is (...) (18 years ago, 9-Aug-06, to lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands)
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| | Re: HLJ listing MegaBloks Gundam and Zaku II
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(...) Jeff! Once again you are the guy with the goods. Thanks for posting this info--I'm definitely going to be tracking the progress of these sure-to-be-cool sets. Dave! (18 years ago, 8-Aug-06, to lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands)
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| | HLJ listing MegaBloks Gundam and Zaku II
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Hobbylink Japan has their listings up for the MegaBloks RX-78-2 Gundam and MS-06S Char's Zaku II. No pictures yet and they're not taking preorders until September 1, but you can monitor the pages for updates. Price is 8500yen (just under $74) not (...) (18 years ago, 8-Aug-06, to lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands, lugnet.build.mecha)
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| | Re: PodBrix???
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(...) From a quick perusal of the FAQ: How are the PodBrix minifigs created? Tomi Responds: I start with a standard LEGO® brand minifig and modify it by hand to create the desired appearance. Each one is slightly different. Sounds to me as though (...) (18 years ago, 7-Aug-06, to lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands, FTX)
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| | Re: PodBrix???
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(...) If you look at the line above it suggests that he doesn't make them himself and that they are genuine Lego. Looking at the various figs this would make sense since they seem to be in standard Lego colours. As for legal... it depends when the (...) (18 years ago, 7-Aug-06, to lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands, FTX)
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| | PodBrix???
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From (URL) FAQ>: "Do you paint the figures? How do you get the desired color of the minifig. Tomi Responds: All the figures are injection molded plastic manufactured in the proper color. Nothing is painted." Cool products... (URL) "Woz"> Anyone know (...) (18 years ago, 7-Aug-06, to lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands, FTX)
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| | Re: MegaBloks announces Mobile Suit Gundam License
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(...) Thanks for the news, Ka-On! I've heard it whispered that these might only be released in Asia, so I may need to start befriending some kind souls willing to buy and ship a few of these to a poor, landlocked fan here in the US. Dave! (18 years ago, 20-Jul-06, to lugnet.build.mecha, lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands)
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| | Re: MegaBloks announces Mobile Suit Gundam License
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(...) Again from Gunota: Products announced: RX-78-2 and Char's Zaku II, MSRP is 8500yen + tax. (URL) small pictures can be found here: (URL) come with a hanger bay and a mini-fig. I am surprised by the high price - more than twice of a MG model. (...) (18 years ago, 14-Jul-06, to lugnet.build.mecha, lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands)
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| | Re: Clone brand quality
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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
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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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| | Re: Clone brand quality
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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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| | Clone brand quality
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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: MegaBloks announces Mobile Suit Gundam License
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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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