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In lugnet.announce, Todd Lehman writes:
> Just thought I'd pass this along...
>
> Someone wrote today and mentioned that they'd recently got a job with Mega
> Bloks (Ritvik Holdings, Inc.) as a model builder. They were asking if they
> needed to modify their posting sig to note this fact. I said no, it's not
> required by the discussion group T&C, but that it wouldn't hurt, assuming
> they were posting in an official MB capacity. (On the other hand, since
> this person is an AFOL and LUGNET member, it's likely that they'll be
> posting privately and not on behalf of MB in any official capacity. But we
> as a community should talk a bit about what we'd want out of MB if someone
> did ever show up and post in an official capacity.)
>
> Anyway, to make a long story short, Mega-Bloks (Ritvik) is watching.
>
> I don't know how many (if any) other AFOLs have made it on the inside at MB,
> but theoretically, one is all it takes to start forwarding the juicy stuff
> up the chain (assuming that MB hasn't been watching all along, which I would
> assume they have been, just like LEGO). Not that there's anything wrong
> with that; that's just business.
>
> Finally, if this person should decide to disclose his/her position at MB,
> please be courteous and show him/her the same respect you would show a LEGO
> employee. He/she is a respected member of the AFOL community and just
> because MB is a wannabe doesn't mean that its employees are bad or that an
> AFOL working for MB has sold out to the bad guys. Bear in mind that MB is
> in Canada and if I'm not mistaken there are far fewer positions at LEGO in
> Canada than there are in the U.S. or Europe.
>
> --Todd
>
> [followups to lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands]
Know thy enemy to better understand oneself. I heartily welcome LEGO's
competition into 'our' fold proper. Time to put a little fear into LEGO and
scare them out of juniorization. Like 95%+ of us who are LEGO purists, I
would not be caught dead with Mega Blocks, Best Lock, ect. all that garbage.
I'd melt them all down to make more LEGO's! But I do believe in keeping LEGO
honest too. (a lynch mob gathers, torches in hand, and chants 'Down with the
Bloks!'). -Harvey
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