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I just received a lot of old LEGO and it has some interesting tires. The tires all appear to fit the 2x2 hubs (both the old style with the metal pin axle and the new styles like the Adventurers wheel). The tires are solid hard rubber, and have no (...) (24 years ago, 15-Feb-01, to lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands, lugnet.general, lugnet.fun)
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| | Re: MB White House - not produced anywhere
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Hey hey, I got a response to my MB query on the White House. Like Kerry, I got 'not produced', which didn't actually answer my question 'when in Australia' - pity. I have asked again. Not a good sign.... Richard Still baldly going... (24 years ago, 14-Feb-01, to lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands)
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| | Re: MB White House - not produced anywhere
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(...) Indeed, at night under artificial light, I have difficulty distinguishing between these MB navy blue bricks and black bricks (Lego or MB). However, no problem in daylight. Kerry (24 years ago, 12-Feb-01, to lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands)
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| | Re: MB White House - not produced anywhere
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(...) The navy blue is a real dark navy, maybe the deck of the Val could score some Corsairs or Hellcats or Helldivers. (...) It's an OMO white, wear sunglasses while building brick. pete.w (24 years ago, 12-Feb-01, to lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands)
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| | Re: MB White House - not produced anywhere
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(...) Count yourself blessed to have scored a reply - I sent in three before I gave up. Who do these guys think they are? Lego ?! ;-) I note that my first email to them a few months ago met with a quick and useful response, and that there seems to (...) (24 years ago, 12-Feb-01, to lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands)
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| | MB White House - not produced anywhere
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Having seen a White House model in the MegaBloks Pro-Builder catalogue in one of the sets I recently purchased, I sent an e-mail to MB asking about its availability in Australia. According to their reply, the set has not been produced. They did not (...) (24 years ago, 12-Feb-01, to lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands)
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| | Re: Has anyone seen this?
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"Dave Schuler" <orrex@excite.com> wrote in message news:G8EFrM.Hu1@lugnet.com... (...) this (...) OMG!!!...!!! I remember this from when I was a kid!!! (Yeah, all of like 10 years ago) They used to have this at Sears. I always wanted one! If I (...) (24 years ago, 7-Feb-01, to lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands)
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| | Has anyone seen this?
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(URL) not my auction, and I don't know the seller. I've never heard of this product before, and I have no idea of how "Lego like" it really is. Does anyone know anything about it? Dave! (24 years ago, 7-Feb-01, to lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands, lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: Quality of Clone Parts
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In lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands, Peter White writes a bunch of good stuff about the place of MB in the block engineer's toolbox. Ditto. That's it. Just ditto. Richard Still baldly going... (24 years ago, 7-Feb-01, to lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands)
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| | Re: Quality of Clone Parts
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(...) I build and collect Lego, but have bought a number of the pro-builder range of Megabloks. I was after a source of cheaper grey 2 x 4's for building large castle walls and larger buildings. I find them acceptable. (...) At least a six, possibly (...) (24 years ago, 6-Feb-01, to lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands)
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| | Re: Glow in the Dark Legos Plastic Blocks ???
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(...) Karen, I have a couple of 1x1 round bricks that GITD. They were made by MegaBloks. (24 years ago, 6-Feb-01, to lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands)
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| | Quality of Clone Parts
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I've been away from Lugnet for a year or so, so this may seem like a redundant question but ... What do people that build mostly with Lego think of the quality of clone parts? Using Lego parts as the standard for a 10 and the worst being zero, (...) (24 years ago, 6-Feb-01, to lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands)
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| | Re: Clone Weapons
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The bow is playmobil ( one of their 'short bows'), I have no idea about the sword, it could be from a dozen different fantasy lines. Fritz (24 years ago, 1-Feb-01, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands)
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| | Re: Clone Weapons
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(...) If I were a betting man, I would say it is from the Playmobil line. BK> (24 years ago, 1-Feb-01, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands)
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| | Re: Minifig Escort Destroyer HES Indescribable (MB)
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(...) Square(ish) box on turntable, door in back, independantly tilting barrels (um-ah :-), and I don't do interiors unless thay can be seen from the outside. I doubt I have much to interest you in this Lindsay. MB, being focussed on the 2x4 block, (...) (24 years ago, 31-Jan-01, to lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands)
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| | Re: Minifig Escort Destroyer HES Indescribable (MB)
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(...) Hell no! One of the cute things about these cheaper blocks is that one can afford to buy more! Glad you like it :-) Now I need to work out what else the Port Block Yards Flotilla needs... Richard Still baldly going... Port Block Yards: (URL) (24 years ago, 31-Jan-01, to lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands)
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| | Re: Minifig Escort Destroyer HES Indescribable (MB)
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(...) Excellent! I do hope we'll get more shots of that 5" DP turret, I'm always interested in how people deal with that particular (and ubiquitous) mounting. Someday I will be able to get more than one minifig into a 5" twin mount...(I may use a (...) (24 years ago, 31-Jan-01, to lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands)
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| | Re: Minifig Escort Destroyer HES Indescribable (MB)
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(...) Richard, once again you've done some fabulous work that I hope will enable people to take clone brands more seriously. Did you have to dismantle the carrier to build this one? I hope not; it would be great to see them side-by-side. In any (...) (24 years ago, 31-Jan-01, to lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands)
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| | Minifig Escort Destroyer HES Indescribable (MB)
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Evening all, The largely Mega Bloks Minifig Escort Destroyer HES Indescribable made her maiden cruise on the weekend (after salvage and refit) at Studfest VII. I will get around to some Port Block Yards shots in due course, but for now (...) (24 years ago, 31-Jan-01, to lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands, lugnet.pirates)
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| | Clone Weapons
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Hi all...just browsing Ebay, and saw this: (URL) guy on the far right, that bow, anyone have a clue where it's from? Looks like something that'd be a cool "majickal" weapon, or som'n... And, on a similar note, I have a black sword I found in a (...) (24 years ago, 30-Jan-01, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands)
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