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In lugnet.general, David Zorn writes a worthy exposition of things clone related. As Dave Shuler commented (see other also worthy reply) its a trade-off - for less money I can do more stuff I enjoy. I'm sold. I can't speak to clones other than (...) (24 years ago, 2-Mar-01, to lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands)
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| | Re: TLG and "Seeding"
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(...) I must disagree with you here... though I don't use clone brands currently, the highest quality clones I've seen date back to the 80s... I received a bucket of Tyco Superblocks as a birthday present when I was a kid. The quality of those (...) (24 years ago, 1-Mar-01, to lugnet.general, lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands)
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| | Re: TLG and "Seeding"
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(...) You're telling me that you can use a 16x8x8 western-style shack in your space model? You're crazy! And that huge octagonal dome can be used in all sorts of huge octagonal dome structures! (...) This is generally true, but the same can be said (...) (24 years ago, 1-Mar-01, to lugnet.general, lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands)
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| | Re: TLG and "Seeding"
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I've rearranged some of the remarks by Dave and James to separate the topics that they cover. I've tried to preserve context and not misrepresent their positions. (...) **unsnipping to deliver more context** (...) **snip** (...) Dave, I'm glad you (...) (24 years ago, 1-Mar-01, to lugnet.general, lugnet.starwars, lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands)
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| | Re: Exceedingly Rare Baseplates?
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This morning I received an email from "Melody S. Denkins" seeking instructions for an old MegaBloks Dinosaur set. Her subject line referred to this thread, but I don't recall seeing her name anywhere on Lugnet. If I have a spare set of instructions (...) (24 years ago, 28-Feb-01, to lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands, lugnet.general)
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| | Re: MB White House - not produced anywhere
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(...) It's not the White House, but I've seen a new ProBuilder motorcycle on the shelves locally for $9.99 US. It looks fairly well-designed, but it's not really my field of interest. Sorry I don't have more info re: piece count. Dave! (24 years ago, 26-Feb-01, to lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands)
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(...) Maybe it's like the Lego town set that never appeared. (...) Penrith TRU were fully stocked with MB, except the AC. (24 years ago, 26-Feb-01, to lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands)
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(...) Well, I asked again 'Can you advise when the White House (pictured in the brochure supplied with sets) will be available in Australia?' and got back Dear Customer, Thank you for your e-mail. We apologize for the delay to reply. The White House (...) (24 years ago, 26-Feb-01, to lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands)
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| | BestLock review
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A recently bought 3 BestLock construction sets. I've just finished putting up a web-page with a small review of them, with pictures. For those interested, its at: (URL) Don't design inefficiency in - it'll happen in the implementation. Chris Gray (...) (24 years ago, 24-Feb-01, to lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands)
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I came up with this (obvious) URL: (URL) (24 years ago, 20-Feb-01, to lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands)
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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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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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(...) 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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(...) 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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(...) 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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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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(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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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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(...) 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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