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Started by bandit957, January 12, 2018, 04:53:40 PM

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bandit957

Anyone else remember American Bricks? They were like Legos.
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Max Rockatansky

Didn't there used to be a knock off called Mega Blocks also?  I seem to recall even Tyco had their own brand of knock off Legos also a long time ago. 

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Quote from: Max Rockatansky on January 12, 2018, 06:04:05 PM
Didn't there used to be a knock off called Mega Blocks also?  I seem to recall even Tyco had their own brand of knock off Legos also a long time ago.

Mega Blocks is still around.
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Quote from: 1 on January 12, 2018, 06:04:36 PM
Quote from: Max Rockatansky on January 12, 2018, 06:04:05 PM
Didn't there used to be a knock off called Mega Blocks also?  I seem to recall even Tyco had their own brand of knock off Legos also a long time ago.

Mega Blocks is still around.

That's surprising.  I used to pick up a bucket of 1,400 pieces at Meijers in the 90s to use as foundation blocks for my high rise Lego buildings.  I want to say that they ran about half the price of the real deal back then. 

Jardine

How about American Skyline ?



kkt

Quote from: Jardine on January 12, 2018, 09:16:19 PM
How about American Skyline ?




Elgo!  What a clever ploy.  No one will ever figure that out.

Snort.

roadman

Quote from: bandit957 on January 12, 2018, 04:53:40 PM
Anyone else remember American Bricks? They were like Legos.
In the US, American Plastic Bricks predated Legos (which were originally imported from Denmark through Samsonite - yes, the luggage people) by several years.  There was also a generic knockoff of American Plastic Bricks (IIRC the plastic was softer than APBs or Legos) that was only available through S&H Green Stamps stores.  A set could be attained for between one and three books of stamps, depending on the size of the set.

Another set was called Block City, which was a generic knockoff of American Skyline.
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inkyatari

How about Girder and Panel sets?

I had a couple when I was younger, and I loved them.

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Quote from: Max Rockatansky on January 12, 2018, 06:06:54 PM
Quote from: 1 on January 12, 2018, 06:04:36 PM
Quote from: Max Rockatansky on January 12, 2018, 06:04:05 PM
Didn't there used to be a knock off called Mega Blocks also?  I seem to recall even Tyco had their own brand of knock off Legos also a long time ago.

Mega Blocks is still around.

That's surprising.  I used to pick up a bucket of 1,400 pieces at Meijers in the 90s to use as foundation blocks for my high rise Lego buildings.  I want to say that they ran about half the price of the real deal back then.

Years ago, Lego had the rights to Spongebob, and they put out quite a few Spongebob sets.  Now Mega Blocks has rights to Spongebob for some reason.
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