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Subject: 
Re: Mega-Bloks (Ritvik) is watching
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lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands
Date: 
Sun, 4 Mar 2001 21:53:31 GMT
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In lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands, John Neal writes:

As 7 of 9 would say, "irrelevant".

That one took me a few seconds, its been many a season since I've watched
Voyager.  I was thinking you meant '7 out of 9 people.' ;-)

MB can watch all they want.  Most people
here are LEGO purists (we are in the *LEGO* Users Group Network after all), >and as long as they remain in the off-topic.clones NG, I think it is perfectly
fine.

Yes, I agree.  MB should stay in the o-t newsgroups, it is off-topic for the
LEGO User Group Network, IMO.

It's fun to joke around about clones being the enemy, yaddie yadda, but it's
all in clean fun.  If anything, I hope clones do well-- not because I'd ever
buy them, but because they will keep TLC honest and motivated to live up to
Ole's motto;-)

Same here, I want LEGO to do better, so go clones.  But, I will never buy
them, and as I just said, I'll educate consumers wherever I can on the
quality differences, purity, shameless ripoff nature, etc...

-Tim



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  Re: Mega-Bloks (Ritvik) is watching
 
(...) Here's a question... Why should Ritvik make what we want just to be a foil for LEGO? Wouldn't it be in Ritvik's interest to make stuff that we actually would buy? If we're not going to buy it, why should they bother? Something to think about. (...) (24 years ago, 4-Mar-01, to lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands)

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  Re: Mega-Bloks (Ritvik) is watching
 
(...) As 7 of 9 would say, "irrelevant". MB can watch all they want. Most people here are LEGO purists (we are in the *LEGO* Users Group Network after all), and as long as they remain in the off-topic.clones NG, I think it is perfectly fine. (...) (...) (24 years ago, 4-Mar-01, to lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands)

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