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(...) Speaking of which, the unofficial count of officially unofficial clone.dat's is now about 310, and I'm just polishing off a few linetype 5's before unleashing these non-canon (ie: I don't want them to be misconstrued as official LCad (...) (24 years ago, 5-Mar-01, to lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands)
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(...) 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 (...) (24 years ago, 5-Mar-01, to lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands)
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(...) I don't mind clone bashing (for lack of a better phrase) in the regular groups, or comparisons between clones and LEGO, if it helps AFOLs. What makes me ill is seeing reviews of clone brands seep into lugnet.reviews (I think that happened only (...) (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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(...) 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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(...) 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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(...) I knew this. (...) Of course. MB is not the enemy here. One of their employees is certainly not the enemy here either! Bad design and the lack of resources (i.e. the bricks we need for a project) at a good price are the enemies we AFOL must (...) (24 years ago, 5-Mar-01, to lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands)
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(...) Yes. -Tim (24 years ago, 5-Mar-01, to lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands)
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(...) I understand that. But what I'm saying is that if no one buys, the result won't be what you might want. ++Lar (24 years ago, 5-Mar-01, to lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands)
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(...) I'm not saying they will/should do that with that intent, I know they won't. But, I'm saying, I want what they make to have that result. -Tim (24 years ago, 4-Mar-01, to lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands)
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(...) 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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To All, (...) LEGO (...) Well, watching offhand the discussion off off.topic.clone-brands for the last few years, it will be interesting to hear one of LEGO's biggest competitors in the toy aisle. Welcome aboard is all I can say. I for one would (...) (24 years ago, 4-Mar-01, to lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands)
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(...) 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.' ;-) (...) Yes, I agree. MB should stay in the o-t newsgroups, it is off-topic for the LEGO User Group Network, (...) (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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(...) 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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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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(...) They have a monorail? really?? Do you have a URL into their site? They seem to have fallen into the "we better do fancy flash stuff so our site is snazzy" trap too. ++Lar (24 years ago, 4-Mar-01, to lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands)
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(...) good point....oh and not to give them free advertizing, but I saw a new Ritvik model, the deluxe monorail set...it was interesting but not as nice a layout as the airport shuttle for lego, and not as functional.... but since its new, maybe (...) (24 years ago, 4-Mar-01, to lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands)
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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 (...) (24 years ago, 4-Mar-01, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.admin.terms, lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands) !
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(...) I've been noticing a lot of MegaBlock sets that actually look pretty good, and I find myself saying to myself, "I wish that was Lego". MB has battleships and helicopters and other IMO fun sets while Lego puts out obscure themes such as "Life (...) (24 years ago, 3-Mar-01, to lugnet.general, lugnet.starwars, lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands)
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