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> SETS AND PARTS
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> It is only in the last year or 2 that one can say that the quality of the
> clone sets and parts has improved. Anyone familiar with the older MegaBlock
> sets (Western, Castle, Viking, Space Alien, Creature Seeker) would have to
> say that they were the *ultimate* in POOPs, BURPs, SPUDs, and every other
> kind of molded part one could think of. Buildings and vessels were one or
> two enormous POOP/SPUDs tacked together.
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> MB seems to have changed its strategy to hit LEGO where it ain't: sets with
> lots of pieces, very unjuniorized, marketed for an older audience than
> before. The pre-2000 MB sets were not like that at all. And I doubt that
> there are many people buying MB sets to keep as sets - they won't stick
> together over time (more on this later). They are buying them as boxes of
> bulk-bricks.
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 on Mars", etc. (Not saying LoM is bad ...)
~ Michael
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