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Re: A nice summer surprise
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lugnet.trains, lugnet.build, lugnet.general, lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands
Date: 
Tue, 17 Jul 2001 17:45:03 GMT
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In lugnet.trains, Mike Cormier writes:
In lugnet.trains, Harvey Henkelman writes:
This may be CDS (Compartment Dork Syndrome) but here goes...

My family has just returned from up north and they brought back...a huge tub
of LEGO®!!! Actually they had gotten it from an aunt who had stored them for
7-8 years. Upon going through the collection of pieces, I found quite a few
that were yellowed and beaten up pretty bad. However, after close
examination it was revealed that all the crappy bricks were...gasp...Tyco
blocks! I was relieved, because it was the LEGO® that had stood the test of
time (mint condition). I had always wanted to watch clone bricks melt and
burn, but didn't want to spend my precious money on these pieces of crap.
Thanks to my aunt, I'm 4000-5000 pieces richer AND I get to torch the
competition!

Does anyone have similar experiences to share with the LUGNET community?
-Harvey
My collection has a (very) few megabloks :-( They're still white and I know
why.
*WARNING: ANTI-CLONE STATEMENT*
Even the dirt and dust won't touch it :)
Nothing wrong with an anti-clone statement here. After all, this is the
LEGO® Users Group Network. I woundn't expect a Republican to campaign at a
Democrat convention anyway (to cite a parallel) Clone bricks are the ENEMY
here, they undermine LEGO®'s good name by fooling parents into buying
these...things. -Harvey



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  Re: A nice summer surprise
 
(...) LEGO® has done plenty to undermine its good name on its own, thankyouverymuch, and the presence of a viable competitor can only serve to remind LEGO® that market solvency is by no means assured. I don't mind or refute that LUGNET-at-large is a (...) (23 years ago, 17-Jul-01, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.build, lugnet.general, lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands)

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  Re: A nice summer surprise
 
(...) -Harvey My collection has a (very) few megabloks :-( They're still white and I know why. *WARNING: ANTI-CLONE STATEMENT* Even the dirt and dust won't touch it :) (23 years ago, 13-Jul-01, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.build, lugnet.general, lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands)

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