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(...) Aw, Rich, that hurts! You know I'm also a quite rabid apologist for clones! Dave! (25 years ago, 31-Mar-00, to lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands)
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(...) And, I hasten to add in a shameless bit of self-promotion, it will be one of the parts featured in my forthcoming CLONE.DATs release for use with LDraw, hopefully to be rolled out this weekend. Thanks to the very helpful efforts of Tore (...) (25 years ago, 31-Mar-00, to lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands)
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Why don't people ask me? I'm one of the BEST resident experts on clones and clone piece types. Tyco made male to male gender changers. They unfortunately have a 1/6 bick space that the studs attatch to. (For those that need help understanding the (...) (25 years ago, 31-Mar-00, to lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands)
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(...) Megabloks has the double-male pieces in 2x2x1/3 size. They are quite common, and I believe in several colours (although being a castle person, grey is what I remember most). (25 years ago, 31-Mar-00, to lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands)
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(...) It seems to me that I've seen a single stud double male part also (I'll have to dig into my clone-brands bucket tonight). I've also not checked what the actual thickness of the double male part is, it definitely is going to cause glitches in (...) (25 years ago, 31-Mar-00, to lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands)
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(...) i'll just tag onto craig's message with this scan: (URL) in the lower half of the page and you'll see the parts craig describes. ..joseph g (25 years ago, 31-Mar-00, to lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands)
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(...) funny you should ask... i just got a handful of these very tyco pieces in my wednesday fotw! both douple-genders, even: in blue, a lt gray, and dark olive (military) green. this fotw one of those deals where you get a forestmen's river (...) (25 years ago, 31-Mar-00, to lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands)
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Hi, folks, Forgive the rather broad initial newsgroup distribution -- there's a method to my madness. Followups are set into a single newsgroup that many people may filter -- namely, lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands. I have heard tell of a very useful (...) (25 years ago, 31-Mar-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.dear-lego, lugnet.build, lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands)
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I am interested in scans of ANY Lego clone. Tore Eriksson wrote in message <38E274EF.140353C@mb...net.se>... (...) similar to Best-Lock in terms of (...) (25 years ago, 31-Mar-00, to lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands)
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cool, tyco collectors of the world, unite! i'll watch out for future instructions and attribute credit for any added to the page. two things i'm curious to know if anybody has are 1) a yellow astronaut 2) the hover tank (space theme) ..joseph g (...) (25 years ago, 30-Mar-00, to lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands)
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(...) here's a scan of that: (URL) the stealth bomber model that came out around the same time: (URL)Hmmm...when were they available? (Besides "until now, when you bought that (...) i never saw these at regular stores but heard about them after they (...) (25 years ago, 30-Mar-00, to lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands)
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(...) The (...) last (...) Technically, they have been out of production, (AFAIK), for about 5 years. I found my last one at a KB Toyworks last year. Sort of. Joseph Gonzalez has had direct communications with them, and might be able to give you (...) (25 years ago, 30-Mar-00, to lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands)
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(...) Hmmm...when were they available? (Besides "until now, when you bought that last one"?) Does Coko have a website? best LFB (25 years ago, 30-Mar-00, to lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands)
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(...) No need for that. I have two of them. Yes, they are larami/block-tek/coko. The figs are coko. I like the rotor blade the most, though they do have other interesting pieces. Rich -- Have Fun! C-Ya! Legoman34 ***** Legoman34 (Richard W. (...) (25 years ago, 30-Mar-00, to lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands)
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Anyone know anything about this Coko Apache? I found it at a KB ToyWorks tonight, and it's interesting. It claims affinities with Coko Bricks in the copyrighting (It's a Larami product), and has a light and sound element. Yet it bears a 1991 (...) (25 years ago, 30-Mar-00, to lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands)
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I found the instructions for a mid-'80s era TYCO spaceship recently in my old junk... if I can (as Rich says) "un-snafu" my scanner as well, I'll post 'em. -Cheese (...) my (...) (25 years ago, 29-Mar-00, to lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands)
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(...) Looks like you are gonna get deluged with submissions. We are all coming out of the woodwork... ;-) Rich -- Have Fun! C-Ya! Legoman34 ***** Legoman34 (Richard W. Schamus)... (No, I don't work for TLC, but I want to...) Card carrying LUGNET (...) (25 years ago, 29-Mar-00, to lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands)
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I purchased a Kloss Space Explorer some time ago. Kloss appears to be quite similar to Best-Lock in terms of measurements, but with a lot less attention to details. If there is serious interest, I could scan some pages and upload it. /Tore (25 years ago, 29-Mar-00, to lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands)
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(...) I have the instructions for a backhoe and a bulldozer which, if I can get my scanner un-snafued I'd be happy to contribute... Dave! (25 years ago, 29-Mar-00, to lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands)
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(...) get (...) I'll see what I can scare up. Rich-- Have Fun! C-Ya! Legoman34 ***** Legoman34 (Richard W. Schamus)... (No, I don't work for TLC, but I want to...) Card carrying LUGNET MEMBER: #70 Visit (URL) & (URL) wait is over...) ..."The only (...) (25 years ago, 29-Mar-00, to lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands)
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