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| (...) (24 years ago, 14-Oct-00, to lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands, lugnet.general, lugnet.faq)
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| (...) Thzey even have a copy of DUPLO. Check this link: (URL) I suppose those sets are much cheaper as real LEGO and thus are bought by the people. Poland is a rather poor country, compared to western Europe and the USA..... And since building with (...) (24 years ago, 14-Oct-00, to lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands, lugnet.general, lugnet.faq)
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| (...) Yeah, what about them? They look very much inspired by TLC's flowers, but there are clear differences. /Tore (24 years ago, 14-Oct-00, to lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands, lugnet.general, lugnet.faq)
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| Here's a similar example of blatant copying by a company in china that I found. Every piece is a copy of a LEGO piece, they even copied the instructions and the box. The only thing is that they don't fit each other very well. (URL) J. Trobaugh North (...) (24 years ago, 14-Oct-00, to lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands, lugnet.general, lugnet.faq)
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| I noticed too. BUT...like I said in my other posting: What about those clear minifig style heads that are used as the overhead flashing lights on the larger ambulance set. Seriously...I think they have their own molds that were designed using (...) (24 years ago, 14-Oct-00, to lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands, lugnet.general, lugnet.faq)
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| (...) news:G2EAI3.JMx@lugnet.com... (...) them, (...) No wonder they're juniorized. ;-) -- Tim Courtney - tim@zacktron.com (URL) - Centralized LDraw Resources (URL) - Zacktron Alliance ICQ: 23951114 - AIM: TimCourtne (24 years ago, 14-Oct-00, to lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands, lugnet.general, lugnet.faq)
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| My god. Someone has, no, NEEDS to be sued for this! I think they just take Lego pieces, scratch off the Lego logo, repaint them, and stick them in their 'own' sets!! (URL) the flowers t the side of the building (URL) AT THE PROPELLERS AND (...) (24 years ago, 14-Oct-00, to lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands, lugnet.general, lugnet.faq)
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| Set 1160 (Coby military set): Is it just me or is there a BLOCKMEN figure in the advertisement label of the box WITH the actual Cobi army figure? Really...go look at it. Set 1160. Do these guys have utterly NO sense of copyright? It's like Coke and (...) (24 years ago, 14-Oct-00, to lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands)
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| OOOOOHHH MAN!!! BLATENT COPYRIGHT INFRINGEMENT! Although, do my eyes deceive me? Clear light blue Minifig heads on the larger ambulance??? Go to this link to see what I mean: (URL) must admit that I salivated when I saw that particular one. Is this (...) (24 years ago, 14-Oct-00, to lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands, lugnet.general, lugnet.faq)
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| (...) Most of it seems to be a clear copy of LEGO. The headlights, and most of the basic pieces, have a very big similarity to LEGO. It does seem that they're violating a few trademark laws. (24 years ago, 14-Oct-00, to lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands, lugnet.general, lugnet.faq)
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| (...) minfigure is protected, it says so on some of the boxes. And isn't that a LEGO steering wheel? (24 years ago, 13-Oct-00, to lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands, lugnet.general, lugnet.faq)
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| The new megablok web site ((URL) has images of Pokemon sets. They consist of a picture frame/baseplate and a whole bunch of what looks like 1x1 bricks, and instructions to make a mosaic. One set makes a pretty good picture of charmander, and the (...) (24 years ago, 13-Oct-00, to lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands)
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| (...) I assume you have visited thier website? They are a UK Company I have found them responsive if contacted Why not ask them for names of local stockists? (URL) a chain of independent toy shops stock Best-Lock. Well at least the ones local to me (...) (24 years ago, 13-Oct-00, to lugnet.loc.uk, lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands)
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| (...) The Kids Play Factory at the Hatfield Galleria Outlet Centre has a selection of Best-Lock. I dont have a note of which sets, though. Chris (24 years ago, 12-Oct-00, to lugnet.loc.uk, lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands)
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| Help PLEASE!! I am trying to get hold of best-lock in the UK. Does anyone know where I can find it. I am looking for both military and JCB (24 years ago, 12-Oct-00, to lugnet.loc.uk, lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands)
| | | | | Re: Transparent colored Duplo clones at smarterkids.com
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| (...) purple (...) a scene from "Papa Smurf Forgets his Glasses, and Eats the Wrong Mushrooms"... Ran (24 years ago, 8-Oct-00, to lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands)
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| (...) To the best of apparently anyone's knowledge on LUGNET, it's more rare than probably anything else out there, with some possible exceptions that I have no clue about. The only place DALU has ever appeared is seemingly an Ebay auction last (...) (24 years ago, 4-Oct-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands, lugnet.castle)
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| Check Paul Maxwell's link further up in the thread. -John (...) (24 years ago, 4-Oct-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands, lugnet.castle)
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| Imitation castle-themed blocks and mini-figs, eh? Where, pray tell, can one find pictures or ordering information of these DALU blocks? I have an extensive collection of the old Mega Bloks and Tyco castle themes, and I find them to be quite useful (...) (24 years ago, 3-Oct-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands, lugnet.castle)
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| (...) I agree with you, although to Dalu's credit, they did give the warriors gloves. James "Who thinks that the new pan-helm castle figs would be perfect with dark gray gloves" Simpson (24 years ago, 3-Oct-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands, lugnet.castle)
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