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Has anybody heard of Qubo? (24 years ago, 21-Aug-00, to lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands, lugnet.general)
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"Dave Schuler" <orrex@excite.com> wrote in message news:Fznpr1.Gs@lugnet.com... (...) Some (...) Well, their set quality (as in arrangement of bricks into a design) might rival Lego, I will say that I don't believe the quality of the pieces will (...) (24 years ago, 21-Aug-00, to lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands, lugnet.general)
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(...) Richard Marchetti has pointed out that some recent MegaBloks sets are at least as cool as many recent Lego sets, and far cooler than many others. Some of the recent ProBuilder MB sets are of far better design and piece:price value than (...) (24 years ago, 21-Aug-00, to lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands, lugnet.general)
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"Alan Gerber" <foofoogood@hotmail....ed_e-mail> wrote in message news:FznLLp.J1y@lugnet.com... (...) Heard of the latter, just read the former. None of this taints my opinion of TLC, nor challenges my loyalty to their product. Though clone brands (...) (24 years ago, 21-Aug-00, to lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands, lugnet.general)
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(...) A key bit is: The appeal judge in Hong Kong was unimpressed with a later patent, taken out by Lego in 1958, for a further adapted design, saying: "The present day brick is essentially the same product as it was in 1949." Well, actually, the (...) (24 years ago, 21-Aug-00, to lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands, lugnet.general)
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(...) Another one like that is this: (URL) (24 years ago, 21-Aug-00, to lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands, lugnet.general)
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(URL) Dave! (24 years ago, 21-Aug-00, to lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands, lugnet.general)
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(...) **snip of several great reviews** (...) Here's a quick-and-dirty POV-Ray image of this set: (URL) Thanks to Lars Hassing for L3P, of course! Dave! (24 years ago, 21-Aug-00, to lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands, lugnet.build)
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(...) Well, I don't have many dozens, but I do have about half a small freezer bag full (I've gone through a *lot* of the Battleships, and also many of their other sets). Would a couple dozen be of use to you? (24 years ago, 19-Aug-00, to lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands, lugnet.build)
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(...) Speaking of which, and in case you have never seen these hinges before, check them out here: (URL) not anything amazing to look at, I am just trying to feature these Mega Bloks Rocker Hinges. The large grey Battleship set from MB appears to (...) (24 years ago, 18-Aug-00, to lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands, lugnet.build)
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(...) Mega Bloks is making good on the lost mini. Call (800)465-MEGA and a very patient woman with an amazing French accent will help you solve your problem. The bad news is that they still will not sell my favorite rocking hinges to me by piece or (...) (24 years ago, 18-Aug-00, to lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands, lugnet.build)
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awesome review, richard! i love reading stuff by folks that really love the brands like you do. you were informative yet fair about strengths and weaknesses of the sets. it's too bad not everyone can take a peek at some mega blocks' instructions to (...) (24 years ago, 18-Aug-00, to lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands, lugnet.build)
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(...) The Lego event at the fair happened last year. No real publicity, no good crowd, We built a castle, 9 ft high!!!, by 10 ft squared I think. The Model designers (3) I was talking to gave me the job of one of the turrets, beacuse I was older (...) (24 years ago, 18-Aug-00, to lugnet.loc.us.ny.syr, lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands)
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(...) I have live here 4 years and I never knew that there was any Lego event at the NYS fair...I went to that Toyful weekend and the only Lego bricks there were the elements I brought to deliver to a Malaysian Star Wars fan who won a few of my eBay (...) (24 years ago, 18-Aug-00, to lugnet.loc.us.ny.syr, lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands)
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It was wonderful last year! The Lego castle building and all. I was thinking to myself just a few minutes ago,"Well, lets see if they are building another lego castle, maybe we can have our general meeting there." I hop on over to (URL) see when the (...) (24 years ago, 17-Aug-00, to lugnet.loc.us.ny.syr, lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands)
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(...) AAIIIEEE!!! INFIDEL!!! (...) Well, maybe I'll let it slide. ;^) In all honesty, I'd like to see Lego make some mecha. Using the Throwbots ball-joint parts, it wouldn't be hard for them to make some pretty cool mecha. ~Mark (24 years ago, 17-Aug-00, to lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands, lugnet.build)
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Hey Y'all: There are some WAY cool new Mega Bloks sets out right now. Fail to buy them at your own risk -- they are better by far than Lego's own Throwbots or Znap lines, are about even with some other system sets, and are even better than some (...) (24 years ago, 17-Aug-00, to lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands, lugnet.build)
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i finally saw some blok bots at a target in northern utah. two scuba, one swat and one space were available. the catalogs inside show all of the new lineup (including the immense air craft carrier). $12.99 each. i picked up the space model but will (...) (24 years ago, 14-Aug-00, to lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands)
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(...) It is made out of K'NEX (24 years ago, 14-Aug-00, to lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands)
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Found in a Chinese newspaper: (URL) says the kitten was born without the hip bone and cannot walk. An animal doctor in Pennsylvania made a wheel chair for the kitten so it can walk with only two legs. At first it looks like Znap to me, but it should (...) (24 years ago, 14-Aug-00, to lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands, lugnet.znap)
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