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(...) So, in essence then, it is a price issue. (...) (...and whatever you do, don't press that red button over th..... D-oh!) (...) I could try. Frame your query over in OT.D and I'll take a swing. (...) I didn't say you had something against TLG, (...) (17 years ago, 29-Oct-07, to lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands, FTX)
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(...) Creativity. (...) Yup. (...) Price, and themes. MB is waaaaay cheaper for those of us who like to build BIG. The unashamedly military Command Ops line and cheeky Alien Agency line are fun, and some of the ProBuilder sets ((URL) APC, Huey>, (...) (17 years ago, 28-Oct-07, to lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands, FTX)
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| | Re: What are these?
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(...) The second picture shows some Fischertechnik parts. (URL) (17 years ago, 28-Oct-07, to lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands)
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(...) I know. Cloneophiles just sounds so dirty... On a serious note, one nice thing about the Bloks Forum is that it doesn't get all the drama that LUGNET does. Russell (17 years ago, 27-Oct-07, to lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands, FTX)
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(...) I can see building a mixed-breed thing, Lego plus K'nex, with enough elements to join them. I wouldn't consider that cloning. (17 years ago, 27-Oct-07, to lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands, FTX)
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(...) Hey, Russ- No offense-- clone + phile (loving) = clone lover:-) JOHN (17 years ago, 26-Oct-07, to lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands, FTX)
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(...) 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)
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(...) 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)
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(...) 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)
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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)
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(...) 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)
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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)
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(...) 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)
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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)
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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)
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(...) 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)
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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)
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(...) 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. (17 years ago, 30-Apr-07, to lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands)
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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 (...) (17 years ago, 15-Apr-07, to lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands)
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(...) 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 (...) (17 years ago, 5-Apr-07, to lugnet.licensed.spiderman, lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands)
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