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(...) Which I think is deliberate, given that the themes are similar! Indeed some the peices looked the same as TLG officals. Alex (25 years ago, 21-Feb-00, to lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands)
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David C. Pyatt wrote in message ... (...) in (...) some (...) don't (...) I believe Mega-Blocks to be Poly-Styrene (like plastic models) as opposed to ABS. The plastic feels more like PS than ABS. You need to investigate how to set follow-ups, (...) (25 years ago, 19-Feb-00, to lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands)
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Can anyone tell me if Mega-Blocks are ABS like LEGO bricks? Please reply in lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands so as to keep this on-topic. :) I purchased some ABS Cement and want to experiment with permanently attaching pieces and don't want to ruin any (...) (25 years ago, 19-Feb-00, to lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands, lugnet.general)
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(...) How do I tell? I no longer have boxes, instructions, etc... the timeframe was circa 1980-81. The lorries were actually a gift from my wife, I think. (25 years ago, 16-Feb-00, to lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands)
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In article <389DDB97.AC100744@v...ager.net>, lar@voyager.net says... (...) That's how I got most of my collection, tokens from Kelloggs Corn Flakes. They were called combi sets, we got all the space ones but never got enough tokens for the ship (...) (25 years ago, 15-Feb-00, to lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands)
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(...) kawada blocks (clone company) did godzilla, mecha-godzilla and king ghidora in both large and small size models: (URL) got the large models of the zil and ghidorah (they stand about ten to eleven inches tall) and have been VERY tempted to (...) (25 years ago, 8-Feb-00, to lugnet.loc.jp, lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands)
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Hey y'all: Mega Bloks has crazy new black light/flourescent brick colors in both basic and slope brick shapes. These can be found in a $10 bucket. Powder blue, hot orange, purple, lime green, etc. They also have a few new military sets. One is a (...) (25 years ago, 8-Feb-00, to lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands)
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I have a bunch of free sets that one could get by sending in Rice Krispies box tops... since I was living in a fraternity at the time and was friends with the cook, I just asked her to order cases extra of RK and sent all the box tops in. something (...) (25 years ago, 6-Feb-00, to lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands)
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In article <3899D5B3.B995F273@v...ager.net>, lar@voyager.net says... (...) I noticed some TENTE stuff never gets bidded for on Ebay. What TENTE sets have you got anyway? (25 years ago, 6-Feb-00, to lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands)
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Anybody put tente up for auction and you may well see me bidding. I still have my Tente collection from college... (...) (25 years ago, 3-Feb-00, to lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands)
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(...) Fortunately, I don't think clone auctions would attract too large a crowd around here! Maybe 6 or seven participants, and I have the feeling that you can outbid me, Frank! Dave! (25 years ago, 3-Feb-00, to lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands)
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A coworker emailed Best-Lock requesting a catalog or information on purchasing sets in their non-military themes (Pirate, Town, etc.) and this is the reply she received today: :Dear Christy, :Thanks for your e-mail. Our military range is available (...) (25 years ago, 2-Feb-00, to lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands)
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Larry Pieniazek wrote in message <3897ADC7.37F48047@v...er.net>... (...) Actually, the TOS only covers auctions: (...) I think Todd himself has mentioned that it's ok to post buy/sell/trade type stuff in the theme groups. So it seems that the only (...) (25 years ago, 2-Feb-00, to lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands)
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| | Review of Best-Lock 6204 Whiteskull Pirate Ship
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Set: 6204 Whiteskull Pirate Ship Mfr: Best-Lock Pcs: 800 MSRP: unknown Price paid: $51 on eBay Minifigs: 6 Colors: brown, grey, red, yellow This set builds a decent pirate ship. Also included is a small hut and cannon emplacement, and a horse drawn (...) (25 years ago, 2-Feb-00, to lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands)
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Arguably (not that I like to argue or anything... :-) ) it doesn't belong there either. Overall TOS say that trade related stuff is not welcome in any group that doesn't explicitly allow it. So we may need an off-topic.clone.market group or (...) (25 years ago, 2-Feb-00, to lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands)
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(...) Some of the Mega Bloks sets I've seen have seriously appealed to be as sets. I would say that their design team is producing sets superior to most of LEGO's current offerings except it terms of brick quality. Mega Bloks also blows LEGO out of (...) (25 years ago, 1-Feb-00, to lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands)
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(...) It doesn't worry me if they can get their quality up to anything close to LEGO bricks. We do need a serious competitor, and Ritvik is probably in the best position to be that competitor. They seem to have a decent design staff (the set designs (...) (25 years ago, 1-Feb-00, to lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands)
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I'm worried. I got a look at a new bucket of Mega Bloks in pastel--and it happened to be open, so I played with a few of the bloc^Hks. They stay together remarkably well, and actually look pretty uniform in colour. On the other hand, the price of (...) (25 years ago, 1-Feb-00, to lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands)
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(...) Hey, you'd be a perfect candidate to beta test ldglite on AIX. I'm looking for folks using other architectures than linux and Windows. Whatcha think? Could you spare a few minutes (or hours, days...)? Note: I attempted to set followups this (...) (25 years ago, 1-Feb-00, to lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands)
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(...) I've never really got myself set up to look at L-Draw files (and it's tough at work with an RS/6000 running AIX), but having just built the Best-Lock pirate ship last night (look for a more complete review tonight), I'll talk a bit about the (...) (25 years ago, 1-Feb-00, to lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands)
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