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In lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands, John Neal wrote:
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Can we all agree that LEGO is superior in quality? If so, why buy clones?
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If asked 3 years ago, I would have agreed, but with the recent TLG production
outsourcing, I’ve had too many bad experiences with regards to colour to find
LEGO superior. Whereas most clones are of poor quality, some are catching up and
are at level with LEGO now.
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Is it simply a price issue? If LEGO were cheaper would you still buy clones?
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Definately not. Living in Denmark, where you simply can’t buy any clones in the
stores, I have to use more money to acquire a MegaBloks or BestLock set from
abroad than I would have to use to get a similar LEGO set (even if LEGO is about
40% more expensive here than in the US).
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Is it that you have something against TLG the company?
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I do have something against TLG, as I have something against MegaBrands and
whatever company is managing the BestLock brand at any given time. If all those
companies just made the bricks and sets I want them to make...:)
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Is it something else I’ve missed?
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Yeah, that you don’t have to love clones to buy them. I buy a lot of clones out
of curiosity, and have Canadian, Chinese, Korean, Italian, Dutch, East German,
Swedish and even Danish clones or competitors. But I never mix any brands when I
am building MOCs.
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Help this “purist” understand your strange ways.
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Purism, fanatism - not words in my dictionary (maybe because my dictionary is
Danish?!??)
Arne, Copenhagen
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| (...) I second most of Arne's opions, especially about curiousity. But still I'm some kind of purist, but not all the way. Yes, it's contradictional, just like I am. The Purist in me states: "Thou shalt not hack LEGO!". So I use clones for Milliput (...) (17 years ago, 16-Feb-08, 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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