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  Re: Heads up, Cloneophiles
 
(...) Hey, Russ- No offense-- clone + phile (loving) = clone lover:-) JOHN (17 years ago, 26-Oct-07, to lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands, FTX)
 
  Re: Heads up, Cloneophiles
 
(...) Cloneophiles? John, I thought we were friends. ;) Yes. I buy clone brands. I buy them for the designs. I especially like the MegaBloks sets for Pixar's Cars, the FDNY Fire Truck, and the Steam Express locomotive. But, I do not mix them with (...) (17 years ago, 27-Oct-07, to lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands)
 
  Re: Heads up, Cloneophiles
 
(...) The allure comes from the availability of additional colors, new and useful elements, themes not available from TLG, superior ABS (in the case of Tyco) and cross-compatibility (especially now that Knex has issued transition elements that allow (...) (17 years ago, 26-Oct-07, to lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands, FTX)
 
  Re: Heads up, Cloneophiles
 
(...) I'm a purist myself, but one Cloneophile I know likes the variety of parts available. Lego makes a lot of stuff, but not quite everything. (17 years ago, 26-Oct-07, to lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands, FTX)
 
  Heads up, Cloneophiles
 
What's the allure? Can we all agree that LEGO is superior in quality? If so, why buy clones? Is it simply a price issue? If LEGO were cheaper would you still buy clones? Is it that you have something against TLG the company? Is it something else (...) (17 years ago, 26-Oct-07, to lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands, FTX)
 
  Re: What are these?
 
(...) The first picture is pieces from the Crosswise Blocks line: (URL) are not LEGO compatible. I have a pretty good collection of these. -- Russell Clark President/Co-Founder, BayLTC/BayLUG (URL) Chief, PCFD There is a very fine line between (...) (17 years ago, 17-Oct-07, to lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands)
 
  What are these?
 
Not sure if these qualify as Clone brands, but they are building systems. Does anyone recognize them and if so is there a website or at least a name for them so I can do a bit more hunting. The pics are here (URL) sorry the first one's a bit blurred (...) (17 years ago, 17-Oct-07, to lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands)
 
  Re: New Cobi/Best-Lock sets at Toys R Us
 
(...) No pictures, but lots of data. 4 small $7 tubs, police, fire, construction, and basic bricks (180 in this little tub) 3 large tubs, military police, contruction, fire, $17. 2 $ boxes, army and pirates, (new tank, different pirate minifigs at (...) (17 years ago, 3-Sep-07, to lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands)
 
  New Cobi/Best-Lock sets at Toys R Us
 
Does anyone have any pictures of the new Cobi/Best-Lock sets at Toys R Us? I'd like to see what they look like so I'll know which ones to save for. Thanks, Jeff (17 years ago, 23-Aug-07, to lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands)
 
  New ProBuilder set spotted!
 
Very slick packaging, good set design, and a healthy piececount! I spotted the new 3230 Mountain Peak Expedition at KMart on my lunchbreak. It's a red helicopter with black rotors and skids, with a large new two-piece canopy bubble and two new (...) (17 years ago, 7-Aug-07, to lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands, FTX)
 
  Re: Mega Bloks wins appeal in Holland
 
(...) That implies that before this ruling it was illegal to own MegaBloks in the Netherlands? Just think of the underground criminal class that is now breathing a sigh of relief and able to play with their MegaBloks in the open... -- Thomas Main (...) (17 years ago, 19-Jun-07, to lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands)
 
  Mega Bloks wins appeal in Holland
 
Mega Bloks won a reversal of the Dutch supreme courts ruling supporting the monopoly of the Lego group for legos system scale sets in 2005. Starting tommorow it will be legal to own, import, and possess for distribution Mega Bloks sets in the (...) (17 years ago, 19-Jun-07, to lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands)
 
  Re: New style brick separators free from Knex
 
(...) They are no longer free, but they do work well. Knex bricks and plates are all slightly rounded at the top (child safety) and the new seperator acts like a tweezers, easily fitting into the connection between elements and separating. (18 years ago, 30-Apr-07, to lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands)
 
  New style brick separators free from Knex
 
K'nex is now releasing their new version of the brick seperator. As part of their all out effort to optain market share in the brick construction hobby, they are offering 5 packs of their separators FREE for the cost of shipping. The new separators (...) (18 years ago, 15-Apr-07, to lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands)
 
  Re: Lego Spider-man 3?
 
(...) 6 of the new sets are out now. New style Symbiote, Spiderman, Sandman, Young Green Goblin, and Ravage are out. A number of the kits are what Mega calls super-tech Mecha. They combine super-tech elements (done in weird bionical style character (...) (18 years ago, 5-Apr-07, to lugnet.licensed.spiderman, lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands)
 
  Re: Lego Spider-man 3?
 
(...) Licensing for Spider-Man has long been extremely complex, which is why it took so long to make the first movie. The LEGO license for the movie sets was with Sony who produced and held the license for motion picture merchandise. The Mega sets (...) (18 years ago, 1-Apr-07, to lugnet.licensed.spiderman, lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands)
 
  2nd wave of Knex bricks in stores!
 
Knex continues their major effort to become a big player in the public domain lego system brick market. They have released their first large general construction brick tub, consisting of 820 elements, 695 of which are Knex bricks, including 3 types (...) (18 years ago, 24-Mar-07, to lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands)
 
  Re: anyone know of this clone brand? battleships
 
(...) I assume you are talkiing about (URL) brand ships. I loved those too as a kid. :-) Try putting in 'Tente' into your ebay search and you should get more results. HTH (18 years ago, 20-Mar-07, to lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands, FTX)
 
  anyone know of this clone brand? battleships
 
Hey all, I just got this e-mail but don't recognize the clone brand the guy is describing. Does anyone out there in o-t.clone-brands recognize this? -- I was wondering if you could help me. I've searched all over the Internet (including ebay, (...) (18 years ago, 20-Mar-07, to lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands, FTX)
 
  Re: Lego Spider-man 3?
 
(...) **snip** (...) That has puzzled me as well, and it makes cataloguing a bit of a headache, when there are a dozen sets called "Spider-Man." (...) I'm guessing that the #2004 Sandman's Bank Heist and #2002 Green Goblin's Secret Lab probably (...) (18 years ago, 19-Mar-07, to lugnet.licensed.spiderman, lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands)


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