Do You Use Megabloks in Lego Creations?

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Well, do you?

Poll ended at Sat May 29, 2004 11:54 pm

I always use Megabloks in my MOCs
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I'm willing to/Sometimes I use Megabloks in my MOCs
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27%
Never! Pure Lego!
33
73%
 
Total votes: 45

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I've had Lego since I was 4 (now 31)! My parents never bought MB. I got a used Lego lot off of Ebay a few years back for my kids to get into Lego and, ofcourse, it was polluted with MB....I threw those out! For me, there is only one brick, the original Lego (now available in "new and improved" colours :evil: ) OK that last bit is sarcasm, but really there is no comparing the two, Lego is the BEST building toy.
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I am definitely willing to buy and use Megabloks. I bought some of the castle sets recently because the minifigs and dragons looked cool. Then my girlfriend at the time bought me the rest for our anniversary...
One thing I like about the Megabloks is that the normal bricks have a rounded stone-like appearance. I don't have tons of them, but I use the ones I have.
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Does anybody knows whether a LEGO minifig is able to hold(compatible with) a MB castle shields. I find the MB castle shields quite cool but I dont have any. So, has anybody tried?

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Formendacil, i meant i made a torturing device out of lego to torture M********* minifigs(if you can call them minifigs :wink: )
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LEGO_KNIGHT wrote:Does anybody knows whether a LEGO minifig is able to hold(compatible with) a MB castle shields. I find the MB castle shields quite cool but I dont have any. So, has anybody tried?

Erwin
They do fit in minifigs' hands, but they are a little bit loose unless you twist them the right way. I think that the minifig would have to hold the shield at his side the whole time, and wouldn't be able to use it to actually shield himself.
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DoctorSparkles, just how do you know this, you bad boy?

And you, Lego_Knight, how dare you ask in the first place? :evil:
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No, they are hard to get arround here.
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doctorsparkles wrote:
They do fit in minifigs' hands, but they are a little bit loose unless you twist them the right way. I think that the minifig would have to hold the shield at his side the whole time, and wouldn't be able to use it to actually shield himself.
Thanks, Doc.

Formendacil wrote:
And you, Lego_Knight, how dare you ask in the first place?
Hey. I just thought the MB castle looks cool. Thats all. :wink: I dont own any MB.

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I would absolutely never use a Megablok in a Lego creation, they don't match in color or style, not to mention they are of less quality. I do, however, have megabloks sets, which I use while testing certain lego siege weapons. I will keep everyone posted on my battering ram train project as soon as I find my digital camera from under the wrecked Megabloks fortress in my room :twisted: .
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I absolutaly abhore megablocks. For one, they don't stick that well, and they also tend to "warp" over time. I had a few (maybe around a hundred along with some TYCO bricks, but as I am in the process of organizing my Legos, those went out pretty fast. Even if Lego made some bad descisions on both the color changes and the quality of their sets, you have to remember that the ones catered by clone brands are much, much worse

besides that really cool looking magablocks battleship
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That's an important thing to mention, Lemon_Squeezer2, no matter how much we may gripe about the ugly colours of the new greys, etc, the fact remains that they are a much better quality ugliness than the clone competition. :evil:
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:twisted: NEVER!!! :twisted:
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Formendacil wrote:DoctorSparkles, just how do you know this, you bad boy?

And you, Lego_Knight, how dare you ask in the first place? :evil:
I have quite a few Megabloks sets. I bought a couple myself, and my ex-girlfriend bought me most of the rest. Regardless of what most other AFOLs might say, I think these sets are neat, and I haven't noticed a huge difference in quality as of yet. In fact, I haven't had a single Megablok piece break, while I've had plenty of Lego bricks get damaged or even come that way...
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doctorsparkles wrote:
Formendacil wrote:DoctorSparkles, just how do you know this, you bad boy?

And you, Lego_Knight, how dare you ask in the first place? :evil:
I have quite a few Megabloks sets. I bought a couple myself, and my ex-girlfriend bought me most of the rest. Regardless of what most other AFOLs might say, I think these sets are neat, and I haven't noticed a huge difference in quality as of yet. In fact, I haven't had a single Megablok piece break, while I've had plenty of Lego bricks get damaged or even come that way...
:o So what exactly are you trying to say...? :( covering the Lego minifigs ears.

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I have used them in the past, but never again,save in one way. I have made MOCs entirely out of clones. You see, I often buy Legos at garage sales and the like, and find lots of clones. I have made MOCs with them. I don't care about the colors, I spray paint the whole shebang after I'm done. I have a cool Roman bath made out of clones (not sure if it's MB).

Now I buy MB for my son. They are cool looking to him and are much less expensive than Legos which are the only thing left on Earth or under that cost more than gas!
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