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Drew, (...) they (...) Your welcome. Sigh, if only LEGO would make some of these sets (Yeah right) that's all right. I will do it myself! : ) Have fun! BTW, I did notice they had a person of African decent on some of their sets. Interesting! Scott (...) (24 years ago, 31-Aug-00, to lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands, lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade)
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(...) Oh wow. Now I know what I want for Christmas! :) Thanks Scott! ~Drew (24 years ago, 31-Aug-00, to lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands, lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade)
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Eric, (...) It is OK. A big cup of coffee and a new LEGO set should cure everything. : ) Scott S. -- A Soon to be Black & Veatch Employee: (URL) Page -> (URL) LEGO Parts at Great Prices? Visit The Sanburn Systems Company! (URL) cup of coffee and a (...) (24 years ago, 31-Aug-00, to lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands, lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade)
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(...) It's early, and all the clones looke the same to me. eric (24 years ago, 31-Aug-00, to lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands, lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade)
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(Cross posted to clone brands as well) Drew, (...) of. (...) Best lock makes the M-16. (URL) can get the sets at Target, the is also an online dealer they are advertising on the set. As far as I have seen, the M-16 is the only gun they make. Scott (...) (24 years ago, 31-Aug-00, to lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands, lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade)
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(...) **snip of some quick and interesting reviews** (...) Don't sweat it, Randy! You're in good, if somewhat sparse, company here, since a small but vigorous number of Lugnet readers are well-disposed to clone brands! Dave! (24 years ago, 30-Aug-00, to lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands)
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After going through much of what's available in Lego of present and (through ebay) past, I've been surprised by some recent Mega Blok stuff and think other Lego fans may want to check this stuff out-- They have a 1400 piece gray Kittyhawk aircraft (...) (24 years ago, 29-Aug-00, to lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands)
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(...) Yes, I have three boxes of them. They're really ok. /Tore (24 years ago, 28-Aug-00, to lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands, lugnet.general)
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(...) What I find most interesting on the Best-Lock page is this line at the bottom: "We stock over 100 different Construction Sets, if we don´t currently make the items you require - talk to us - we may be able to help !" Through Brad and Lego (...) (24 years ago, 26-Aug-00, to lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands, lugnet.general)
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(...) I find that very unlikely. I don't see much anywhere near as much MB on the shelves as real LEGO around here. Stores such as TRU and WalMart tend to stock a few of the bulk tubs of bricks, and KB tends to have a few of the tiny sets, but they (...) (24 years ago, 25-Aug-00, to lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands, lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) I will second Dave! on this one. MB minis do kinda suck, but then it also depends on which ones we are discussing -- I happen to really like the king figure in the Lion's Kingdom set, as well as the Eve White/Eve Black Queen/Witch figures, and (...) (24 years ago, 25-Aug-00, to lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands, lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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i hope nobody minds if i post this here. my gradual retirement from lego life includes cleaning out my basement of stuff. i'm auctioning my tyco superblocks sets in various assortments. military (URL) also a funky mcdonald's set by kawada blocks i'm (...) (24 years ago, 22-Aug-00, to lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands)
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(...) In fact, clone brands *have* come up with something on their own, namely a less expensive product to allow children and collectors a wider range of building choices than Lego alone can provide. However, to assert that all clone brands are (...) (24 years ago, 22-Aug-00, to lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands, lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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"Dave Schuler" <orrex@excite.com> wrote in message news:FznrJw.F0x@lugnet.com... (...) argument is (...) preference (...) Yep, it'll always be LEGO for me. (...) and (...) history. (...) Exactly. (...) ripoff of (...) BAD analogy. We're talking a (...) (24 years ago, 21-Aug-00, to lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands, lugnet.general)
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(...) Time will tell, I suppose. For my money, the "inferior quality" argument is rapidly becoming obsolete, but I can understand that those with a preference for pure Lego still will not be satisfied in this regard. (...) Undeniably! Lego wasn't (...) (24 years ago, 21-Aug-00, to lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands, lugnet.general)
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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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