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    Re: Cobi/Best-Lock —John Neal
   (...) I believe that the major similarity is scale. More on this below. <snip> (...) Surely you are not implying that it is just as easy to distinuish a red Mega Bloks 2x4 brick from a red LEGO 2x4 brick as it is a Honda from a Harley! (...) I don't (...) (17 years ago, 11-Jan-07, to lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands, FTX)
   
        Re: Cobi/Best-Lock —Mike Rayhawk
   I'm heading off on a business trip in the morning, so I can only give this a real brief reply - (meaning it'll be just as long but I'll have put less thought into it -) (...) I have no objection to clone brands using the same metrics, especially (...) (17 years ago, 11-Jan-07, to lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands, FTX)
   
        Re: Cobi/Best-Lock —Dave Schuler
   (...) Not sure when you mean--can you be more specific? I have Mega Bloks catalogs dating back to 1993, and they've never struck me as deceptively similar, except insofar as they feature pictures of the various sets arranged in a large display (...) (17 years ago, 16-Jan-07, to lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands, FTX)
   
        Re: Cobi/Best-Lock —Richard Parsons
     (...) These sound like MB (URL) Command Ops> (Military) and Dragons (Fantasy) figs to me. I haven't seen studs on Bestlock figs' backs either. And I would heartily agree that Command Ops was just made for BrikWars. And and I can't say 'BrikWars' in (...) (17 years ago, 17-Jan-07, to lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands, FTX)
    
         Re: Cobi/Best-Lock —Mike Rayhawk
     (...) I want so badly for this not to be true, because it would mean I've been thinking of the wrong minifig this whole time, but I just dug around in my clone bins and I think you're right. I've got Best-Lock and military sets so connected in my (...) (17 years ago, 18-Jan-07, to lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands, FTX)
   
        Re: Cobi/Best-Lock —Frank Filz
   (...) For myself, I really dislike the scuplted figures for a few reasons: 1. They just seem over accentuated - they remind me of Games Workshop paint jobs (though I'll grant they use more subdued colors that GW uses). 2. They keep changing the (...) (17 years ago, 19-Jan-07, to lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands)
   
        Re: Cobi/Best-Lock —Mike Rayhawk
   (...) Like any overdesigned element, it's just a matter of finding good uses for them I find that Mega Bloks minifig parts fit in just fine if you mix them up well enough with Lego minifig elements. I love using this torso for instance: (URL) I (...) (17 years ago, 20-Jan-07, to lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands, FTX)
   
        Re: Cobi/Best-Lock —Larry Marak
   A further note on the difference between Just-Kidz minifigs and Cobi/Best Lock minis (both made by C/block) the company apparently bought molds from multiple sources when making their switch from old scale to Lego metrics after their court victory (...) (17 years ago, 22-Jan-07, to lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands, FTX)
 

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