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| (...) Not even close. Also, the surface polish is clearly inferior*. I plan to exploit this when I get around to doing my "bricks-only" castle, mixing the MB greys with Lego grey (and possibly dark grey) to get an effect that looks like a (...) (24 years ago, 17-Oct-00, to lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands, lugnet.castle)
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| (...) and sand (...) MegaBloks (...) over 600 (...) Yeah, it's tempting to go over to the dark side when you see something like that. The Mega-Blok grey isn't a perfect match for the Lego light grey though, is it? The black seems okay, and I nearly (...) (24 years ago, 17-Oct-00, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands)
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| (...) Mostly not: the concept of "intellectual property" is pretty weak outside the G-7 countries, and almost non-existent in most of the (formerly-)Communist ones. Ran (24 years ago, 15-Oct-00, to lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands)
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| (...) If that's really what they're doing, then they'll go bankrupt long before TLC has a chance to sue them. (...) Not as clear as the view at: (URL) even the one you pointed out is clearly slightly-different in design from the original. Just take (...) (24 years ago, 15-Oct-00, to lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands)
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| Nuxley Toys in Gravesend (near where I work) has some in stock. LMK if you'd like me to check out stock and prices :-) "Tommy Windsor" <Tommy_Windsor@Hotmail.com> wrote in message news:G2C0uJ.8uL@lugnet.com... (...) can (...) (24 years ago, 15-Oct-00, to lugnet.loc.uk, lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands)
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| (...) So, who feels brave enough to tell Lego? Remember, all that time Cobi is sitting on those shelves, Lego is losing revenue. Those Lego lawyers could have Cobi out of business in no time, but I supose Cobi would just move to another part of the (...) (24 years ago, 14-Oct-00, to lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands, lugnet.general, lugnet.faq)
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| (...) There may be hope... Take a look at the US 1999 S@H summer catalogue. On page 23, set #M100. It is a play mat that you can assemble from six large foam pieces. Pictured on the upper right corner is a hospital that has never been released by (...) (24 years ago, 14-Oct-00, to lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands, lugnet.general, lugnet.faq, lugnet.town)
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| (...) It's been years since TLC has made a hospital. Wonder if we could expect one next year?... (24 years ago, 14-Oct-00, to lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands, lugnet.general, lugnet.faq)
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| (...) Y'know what though, Daniel, S@H still has an accesories set with three of those (one in each of the hair colors)... it's <set:5393>. It should still be available (it was last time I checked). g'luck, -Shiri XFUT lugnet.build.minifigs (24 years ago, 14-Oct-00, to lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands, lugnet.general, lugnet.faq, lugnet.build.minifigs)
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| (...) Yeah. I tell ya what, if those hairpieces fit a Lego minifig, I would buy that set. That has the awesome old-style hairpiece that was in old Town and Castle sets. -dead (24 years ago, 14-Oct-00, to lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands, lugnet.general, lugnet.faq)
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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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