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(...) As promised... (URL) In order of appearance... 1)Some pages from the instruction manuals 2)Back of large box set showing the 3 available large sets. 3)Pieces leftover after making the models in the 5th picture. Pieces from police station on (...) (18 years ago, 23-Aug-06, to lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands, FTX)
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(...) (URL) a demo model of the Whitebase: (URL) rest of that site is not work safe.) For that price, I will just stick with Gunpla and LEGO. (18 years ago, 23-Aug-06, to lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands)
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(...) Hey, pal. The way I choose to interact with my construction toys is my business, thankyouverymuch. Er... Oops. Dave! (18 years ago, 23-Aug-06, to lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands, FTX)
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(...) Hmmmm. That's ahh, quite a typo you've got there. Not your everyday, slip of the finger on the keyboard thingie either. I hate to think what you were writing in the other window you had open at the time... That or I have truly failed to (...) (18 years ago, 23-Aug-06, to lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands, FTX)
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(...) ditto Jeff (18 years ago, 23-Aug-06, to lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands, FTX)
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(...) The Just Kidz military set that I picked up included a sheet of camo decals, with no printed pricks other than the minifigs. FWIW. Dave! (18 years ago, 22-Aug-06, to lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands, FTX)
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(...) Jeff, a question about the military jeep set. Is the camo pattern on the briks or is it stickers? I'm thinking it might be neat to have some OD green bricks, but I'm really not interested in camo pattern bricks. Karl (18 years ago, 22-Aug-06, to lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands, FTX)
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(...) I just picked up the police station, fire station and swat van. There are pictures of the 3 large sets on the back of each large set box. I'll try and get some pics of the sets, boxes and accessory/weapon sprues up tomorrow or the next day. As (...) (18 years ago, 21-Aug-06, to lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands, FTX)
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In lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands, Larry Marak wrote: SNIP (...) any pics of these 3? Jeff (18 years ago, 21-Aug-06, to lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands, FTX)
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(...) Neat! Thanks for posting the pic. I'll have to get to K-Mart and check those out. Marc Nelson Jr. (URL) Marc's Creations>> (18 years ago, 21-Aug-06, to lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands, FTX)
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SNIP (...) Here - i got 'em all & the plasic & fig quality is much better than old Best-Lock, AND better than MegaBlocks. & the figs have cute faces & great hand held tools/guns/accessories. (URL) Jeff (18 years ago, 21-Aug-06, to lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands, FTX)
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(...) One correction, the tank kit shown over on blocks was not part of the JustKidz releases so far, it was posted in reference to another question. The K-Mart line so far consists of 3 140 piece kits, the Jeep set, a swat van, and a fire pumper (...) (18 years ago, 20-Aug-06, to lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands, FTX)
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In lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands, Marc Nelson Jr. wrote: . (...) Wow, Kudos on the history knowledge. An interesting bit of modern history woven into that toy. As for pictures, I haven't seen any, but supposedly the Oxford toys that the K-mart (...) (18 years ago, 18-Aug-06, to lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands, FTX)
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(...) Thanks for linking to these, Karl. The Oxford Panmunjeom set is interesting (and (URL) accurate>!): (URL) Are there any pictures of the K-Mart Oxford stuff anywhere? Marc Nelson Jr. (URL) Marc's Creations>> (18 years ago, 18-Aug-06, to lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands, FTX)
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(...) For the lazy, a direct link comparison of the three brands of minifigs (URL) why I find Oxford intriguing? (18 years ago, 18-Aug-06, to lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands)
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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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(...) 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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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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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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(...) 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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