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(...) Try a puddle for that realistic water look! Actually I am interested in the choice of the name "Valhalla"; want to offer any reasons? Kerry (24 years ago, 15-Dec-00, to lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands)
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(...) Hmmmmm. A sea of blue studs eh? There is always the blue (MB) F-18 thingie....a sea of blue studs....makes one think, doesn't it ;-) And I agree on the photos - indoors on a table in a library is not necessarily the most auspicious milieu for (...) (24 years ago, 14-Dec-00, to lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands)
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(...) Certainly not as impressive as seeing it in the 'polystyrene/ABS', as I did on Sunday. Can't wait to see it again either ! I'm imagining it floating on a sea of blue studs. Ah...if these images were in .general, the true believers would be (...) (24 years ago, 14-Dec-00, to lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands)
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(...) These are shots from the MOC table at Studfest VI Sunday last. They give you a bit of an idea. If we get a sunny day next weekend, I'll take her out in the back yard and do a better job of the photography.... Thumbs ( < 10k per) (URL) (bow on) (...) (24 years ago, 12-Dec-00, to lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands)
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(...) wonder where we could get these things?... (24 years ago, 9-Dec-00, to lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands)
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A minifig CVE - who'd have believed it! And she's beautiful, if I do say so myself. And and if you're one of these people who can't look at an aircraft carrier and see the beauty, you're missing out. She's 209 studs from bow to stern, 32 studs wide (...) (24 years ago, 9-Dec-00, to lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands)
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(...) Okay, I sent a message off to Ken-tucky to see if he knew about these. Here's his reply: "...Hi,Ben These block mechas are called "DIA-DROIDS". They are a products of Kawada Co.,Ltd. a Japanese domestic toy manufacturer. kawada "DIA BLOCK"s (...) (24 years ago, 9-Dec-00, to lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands)
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I translated the page and it appears that the red one is Dee Ground and the other is Dee Head, it also says that there is a third called dee Leon. With all three there are gestalt meaning they form together into a bigger mecha. The brand appears to (...) (24 years ago, 6-Dec-00, to lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands)
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I have some glow in the Dark plastic building blocks that work with legos. They are kinda of clear. They do not have a name on them. Can anyone tell me who makes them or what brand they are or point me in the right direction to find out. (24 years ago, 6-Dec-00, to lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands)
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Thank you Joseph, It appears that I have bought the #73 train set, about 60-65% complete. (URL) approach that they built the models "upside down" from a Lego point of view! The other pictures informed me that I have several other Polly parts among (...) (24 years ago, 6-Dec-00, to lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands)
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these look a LOT like the kawada models "cyber police" and "cyber gang" here's an unofficial list from a couple of years ago: (URL) i've never seen an official site until now. i'd love to know if it is the same company and if they still make the (...) (24 years ago, 6-Dec-00, to lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands)
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there's an unofficial list of polly hobby stuff at the construction clones site: (URL) g (...) bought them for US$ 0,50. (...) old could they be? Where were they made? (...) (24 years ago, 6-Dec-00, to lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands)
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(...) Do you have a Value City near you? My local store has had a few aircraft carriers for $30 as compared with $50. It also has some of the other ProBuilder sets at discounts of a few dollars. Worth checking out. Dave! (24 years ago, 6-Dec-00, to lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands)
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(...) One can never have too many Richards ;-) Richard Still baldly scoping out more MB aircraft carriers.... (24 years ago, 6-Dec-00, to lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands)
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(...) We have a disproportionately large representation of Richards in ot.clone-brands. Curious! (...) Yowza! I'm working on building a big loose pile of grey bricks at the moment, but I think it'll become the foundation of a more organized (...) (24 years ago, 5-Dec-00, to lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands)
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(...) Mmmm. My boys are certainly waaaay keener on the Blok Bots than slizers or robo riders. And I do agree on the blocks hanging on - maybe they're a bit sharper too. In any event, they're certainly a bit harder on the finger tips. Good and cheap. (...) (24 years ago, 5-Dec-00, to lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands)
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I already have a few of these, but found a bag of 30+ on a flee market and bought them for US$ 0,50. They look really old, but attach firmly. Does anyone have info on them? How old could they be? Where were they made? Anything? -- Tore Eriksson (...) (24 years ago, 5-Dec-00, to lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands)
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(...) They are VERY lego-like and pretty good quality too. I am beginning to think that as the quality differences between TLC's bricks and Mega Block's bricks narrows, the price of the MB bricks is going to win out with me -- and no, not for all (...) (24 years ago, 5-Dec-00, to lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands)
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WHY CAN'T LEGO DO SOMETHING LIKE THAT!!!!! *fume, rant, pull hair* Boy, if only Mark S. or Bryce were on the design team, we could go out and buy a Big Blue. T_T Jim (24 years ago, 5-Dec-00, to lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands)
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Now those are just darn cool. I wish LEGO would come up with something similar using the ThrowBots ball joints. They wouldn't have to be particularly complex, but they could still be very stylish. Thanks for the link. ~Mark "Muffin Head" Sandlin (24 years ago, 4-Dec-00, to lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands)
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