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(...) Wow, that was all very well stated and quite accurate to my mind. The price differences at full retail are about the same in the U.S. BTW, and not all of us have access to the same level of sale prices as do some Lugnuts. Most of the time a (...) (24 years ago, 6-Mar-01, to lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands)
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Dan and I recently were able to convince his family to give us Dan's childhood LEGO. It took us 2 years, but they gave it to us finally. All mixed in were some ATC clone blocks, has anyone heard of these? or know where they're from? I can take some (...) (24 years ago, 6-Mar-01, to lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands)
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(...) I'll second that. It takes a little bit more pressure to put two MBs together and a little bit more effort to pull them apart. I notice that my thumbs are always a little tender after a long MB session. I notice that although I keep my MBs (...) (24 years ago, 6-Mar-01, to lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands)
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| | Re: Mega-Bloks (Ritvik) is watching
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(...) Yes. Since I was addressing my comments to the purists, I exaggerated. There actually are plenty of serious AFO<something??> that buy MB and do significant stuff. Chris Gray, Richard Parsons just to name two that I have seen big works from. (...) (24 years ago, 5-Mar-01, to lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands)
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(...) Larry, You've got a great point. Fortunately for MB, not every AFOL has to buy for them to do well. The Lego purists can be written off, but the kvetchers are good candidates for potential buyers. The great thing about competition is that it (...) (24 years ago, 5-Mar-01, to lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands)
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| | Re: Mega-Bloks (Ritvik) is watching
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Bricks is bricks, Todd. :) The LDLite "0 COLORNAME" command exists mainly to support the colors in the Megabloks Dinosaur sets. Of course, I never told anyone that...some of them thar LCAD folks can git mighty rabid... -gyug (...) (24 years ago, 5-Mar-01, to lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands)
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| | Lucky find on the weekend
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I visited Morpeth (near Maitland*) on the weekend, and found a small box labelled "Duplo $3". A quick look revealed what seemed to be some real Lego, plus some duplo compatible clone bricks. When I finally got it home, I found: a blue classic space (...) (24 years ago, 5-Mar-01, to lugnet.loc.au, lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands)
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| | Re: Mega-Bloks (Ritvik) is watching
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(...) The One True Brand is correct. (...) And it won't pollute anything official to LDraw.org. -Tim (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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(...) Very good note and point. MB is a major player and while most of us prefer LEGO, many of us AFOLs look at MB and "hope" they move more into LEGO territory just so we can get more parts at their lower cost (relative). I sincerely hope their (...) (24 years ago, 5-Mar-01, to lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands)
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| | Re: Mega-Bloks (Ritvik) is watching
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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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| | Re: Mega-Bloks (Ritvik) is watching
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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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| | Re: Mega-Bloks (Ritvik) is watching
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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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| | Re: Mega-Bloks (Ritvik) is watching
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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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| | Re: Mega-Bloks (Ritvik) is watching
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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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| | Re: Mega-Bloks (Ritvik) is watching
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(...) Yes. -Tim (24 years ago, 5-Mar-01, to lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands)
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| | Re: Mega-Bloks (Ritvik) is watching
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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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