I think they enjoy the rants they create by not catering to the building community. Right now there is probably someone sitting back and laughing at our futile gestures right now.
WL
After a long absence, I have returned. I can't wait to start building again.
This has been a common thing for Lego as of late. I'll point out that it was MegaBloks that first had extreme sports sets. It was also MegaBloks that first had soccer and hockey sets as well, and maybe even basketball.
but the Megabloks Dragon line has very few similarities to the Dragon Masters line. Whereas many of the Lego sets that copy Megablok ideas seem much closer to being a direct rip off. And in some cases like the Knight pictured in the above post, the Megablok sets actually looks better.
It is a scary world when the clone brands do a better job of set design than the Brand they were created to emulate.
Will
After a long absence, I have returned. I can't wait to start building again.
I think that LEGO is giving mega-bloks a taste of their own medicine. mega-bloks copied LEGO's design, so now LEGO is copying mega-bloks' ideas. Some say turnabout is fair play . . . .
Sir_Marcellus wrote:I think that LEGO is giving mega-bloks a taste of their own medicine. mega-bloks copied LEGO's design, so now LEGO is copying mega-bloks' ideas. Some say turnabout is fair play . . . .
True... BUT, why must LEGO copy (what I think) are the worst designs? I really do think the Megablock set looks better than the LEGO ones.
what a shame, I'd buy the Megablocks knight thing before I'd buy the Castlonical (or whatever we're calling that God-forasken <HEY! Watch your language!> nowadays).
DM
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wlister wrote:And in some cases like the Knight pictured in the above post, the Megablok sets actually looks better.
But those Megabloks sets and parts do not leave room for imagination. That's why so many LEGO parts (the dragon for example) look so simple. It's not the strong storyline (that requests in their look defined parts) but the possibility to also build anything else with the parts what LEGO is (was ) mainly meant for.
Just imagine . · °
when that knight/robot came out I almost purchased him. But then I came to my senses and realized "hey - Lego will probably copy that and do a poor job. I'll just get that one instead."
whew - dodged that bullet