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If MegaBlok make sets and pieces that we're after (and it seems they are able to make them cheaper too), not only will we treat them with the same respect, we'll go out and buy their products! So we should welcome them into this discussion group, (...) (24 years ago, 4-Mar-01, to lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands)
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(...) Speak for yourself. (...) I would only welcome them into this discussion group (LUGNET, outside of O-T.clone..that's what its for - note the off topic) if they are challenging LEGO to make better products. I think LEGO needs the heat turned up (...) (24 years ago, 4-Mar-01, to lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands, lugnet.dear-lego)
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(...) The best way to turn up the heat is to actually purchase the products and to truthfully review them. Competition is healthy. (...) They are all just building blocks, a medium for creativity. Some companies 'juniorise' their products and cop (...) (24 years ago, 5-Mar-01, to lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands)
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(...) True, but the situation is akin to say the Lionel vs American Flyer trains of the 50s and 60s. Some were pure to one brand, others mixed, etc. I'm pure to one brand, because I grew up with it, and the quality of plastics is better, and they (...) (24 years ago, 5-Mar-01, to lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands)
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(...) Ah, Tim--ever the rabid purist! What are you going to do when MegaBloks buys out LEGO and turns the original into a clone of itself? 8^) Your purism (though fanatical) is admirable, but you must recognize that, given LEGO's habit of producing (...) (24 years ago, 5-Mar-01, to lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands)
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(...) I'm convinced if LEGO stays true to the system of play, that won't happen. :-) (...) Yes, I recognize that. (...) Yep, I understand as well. For some, that's sufficient, like my best friend's parents who stretch their income between 5 kids, (...) (24 years ago, 5-Mar-01, to lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands)
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(...) Being both a avid AFOL and a O gauge collector and operater (notice O gauge, not Lionel) I will agree to a point. Yes, until the late 1980s, Lionel dominated the market irrgardless of what the others were producing, then along came some of the (...) (24 years ago, 7-Mar-01, to lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands)
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