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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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