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(...) Hi Frank, I currently own 3 Coko ships: two of them pirate of the same type, and one is a current military aircraft carrier. The pirates, are the Raiders, and the hull sections are brown. The aircraft carrier has a deep green color to them. (...) (25 years ago, 7-Mar-00, to lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands)
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| | Wanted: Instructions for Coko pirate ship
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I just received the lot of Coko pirate ship parts I won off eBay. The cool thing - I was worried whether all the hull parts were there because I couldn't see them, no need to worry, there are TWO complete hulls, with 4 center sections each (well 8 (...) (25 years ago, 7-Mar-00, to lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands)
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| | Re: best-lock 2000-2001 lineup
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(...) I've never come accross Best-Lock before and I'm stunned. The comments posted regarding quality are a real disappointment though, Best-Lock can certainly teach TLC about set designs. Without any QUALITY competition TLC will continue to ignore (...) (25 years ago, 5-Mar-00, to lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands)
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| | Re: best-lock 2000-2001 lineup
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Markassius wrote in message ... (...) their (...) Netherlands (...) The designs are excellent, but the quality is very poor. I bought one but I brought the set back it was so bad. Anyway, if you live in the US some of the sets are for sale at (...) (25 years ago, 4-Mar-00, to lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands)
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| | Re: John Smith found this in a rather down market newspaper:
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(...) best Lindsay (25 years ago, 4-Mar-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.loc.uk, lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands)
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(...) say? "Best Lock" (URL) (25 years ago, 3-Mar-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.loc.uk, lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands)
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(...) say? I can't read it either. I did think the wheels looked a little odd. Looking at it again, I can see that the seats are just as odd. Scott A (25 years ago, 3-Mar-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.loc.uk, lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands)
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(...) [...] FYI, I bought one of their tank-like models, I think it was a treaded missle launcher. Looked cool, but I hated it, never built it, threw it all away lest it become mixed with my LEGO. Bricks weren't crisp and square, dimples in parts, (...) (25 years ago, 3-Mar-00, to lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands)
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| | Re: best-lock 2000-2001 lineup
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(...) Check out some of the other posts for impressions of Best Lock sets. (...) The brick, plate, and stud heights are different, but the stud pitch and diameter is the same. (...) I believe it is Polystyrene, which is harder than ABS so it doesn't (...) (25 years ago, 3-Mar-00, to lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands)
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Those models look fantastic. Normally, I am utterly against any immitation LEGO products, but these look better than what LEGO is producing! I bet the prices are better too. I have two questions: How compatible are they with LEGO bricks? I've seen (...) (25 years ago, 3-Mar-00, to lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands)
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(...) Before getting to excited, not that the quality is no where near as good as that of LEGO. The plastic quality if pretty good, but the sets do not stay together very well, because the bricks don't have tubes like LEGO. Though they are great (...) (25 years ago, 3-Mar-00, to lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands)
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| | Re: best-lock 2000-2001 lineup
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(...) Before you get the wrong impression, it should be noted that Best-Lock are *not* fully Lego compatible. The standard brick is 5/6 as tall as a standard Lego 2x4, and the top-studs are a little bit taller than Lego standard, so Lego plates will (...) (25 years ago, 2-Mar-00, to lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands)
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(...) Looks like they're just showing the new sets. But man, look at that Blackhawk ship! A three master! It looks like it might have 5 center sections. (25 years ago, 2-Mar-00, to lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands)
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(...) <<Shocked>> Wow! This is the very first time I see best-lock sets. They are astonishing! Why can't TLG make sets like these? The detail on some ofe their tanks are great. Both playvalue and building possibilities. I want those! Can I buy these (...) (25 years ago, 2-Mar-00, to lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands)
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Did they discontinue some of their sailing ship sets? There used to be four on (...) (25 years ago, 2-Mar-00, to lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands)
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best-lock just put up their new lineup: (URL) models and they now have afro-american minifigs in the mix!! ..joseph g (25 years ago, 2-Mar-00, to lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands)
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Does anyone know the Official Tente WebSite? And... Does anyone have or knows where can I get Tente scans (intructions) specialy of a carrier (boat) ref No 0704? please send me the answers to maul@arrakis.es (25 years ago, 1-Mar-00, to lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands)
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| | Re: megabloks answer our requests (Re: Brad Justus...)
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(...) model (...) for (...) plates. (...) neve (...) to (...) thread. (...) are (...) 2nd (...) are (...) It looks like TLG have already chosen their direction on this - witness the escalating number of Robot/Technic and Junior sets compared to the (...) (25 years ago, 29-Feb-00, to lugnet.dear-lego, lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands)
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| | Re: Megabloks ProBuilder
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Can you post any of the megablocks scans? Chris Gray wrote in message ... (...) city. (...) (25 years ago, 29-Feb-00, to lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands)
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| | Re: megabloks answer our requests (Re: Brad Justus...)
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(...) Given Mr. Gordon's difficulties last season and at the 500 this year: Maybe the model "won't stay together" because the MB designers did too good a job making it like the real car.......(snicker) Roger If MORE is better, then TOO MUCH should (...) (25 years ago, 28-Feb-00, to lugnet.dear-lego, lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands)
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