Anyone else remember American Bricks? They were like Legos.
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.
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.
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.
How about American Skyline ?
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Quote from: Jardine on January 12, 2018, 09:16:19 PM
How about American Skyline ?
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Elgo! What a clever ploy. No one will ever figure that out.
Snort.
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.
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.