What is this? Is it even LEGO?

[Lorentzen]

I just bought a batch of LEGO on ebay and this pillar came along with the regular LEGO

I've never seen it before (maybe it's because I recently came out of a long Dark Age of approx. 16 years)

Is it even a piece of LEGO? It fits with all other LEGO, but there's not a "LEGO" name printed anywere on the pillar.

[Rick]

Surely that's NOT Lego. Must be some clone brand and I am proud to say I'm not expert on those.

[Dr. Steve]

It is not a Lego piece that I know of.

Edited October 6, 2009 by Dr. Steve

[Izzy]

I'm pretty sure that is a mast from the Megablocks Pyrates ship.

[JCC1004]

It's

megabloks

! The hollow studs are a give away. My advice, throw it in the trash and move on.

[Lorentzen]

Thanks for the quick answers

It does look weird compared to LEGO

Edit: Btw I only thought that M E G A B L O K S was this kind of toy:

I never knew that they also made stuff that's compatible with regular LEGO

Edited October 6, 2009 by Lorentzen

[posades]

I dunno, it might come in handy one day, I'm not sure if I would trash it; maybe just keep it somewhere separate from your other LEGO.

But yes Megablocks does make smaller bricks, just look at their Halo line.

Edited October 6, 2009 by posades

[Eskallon]

I once bought a few MB sets to compare and this was a piece in all of them, chuck it in the bin. Not lego at all.

[-JD-]

As everyone else has said, it is not LEGO. So yes, throw it in the recycle bin.

Edited October 6, 2009 by Jammiedodger714

[FireHawk302]

Not LEGO.

But don't trash it! It could be handy for MOC's. (I keep all my clones for use in MOC's, it doesn't bother me.)

[Eskallon]

Not LEGO.

But don't trash it! It could be handy for MOC's. (I keep all my clones for use in MOC's, it doesn't bother me.)

No actually it is of really poor quality. It easily slips and gives way under most moc's. I have learnt to only trust lego when making supportive pillars.

[Wout]

Instead of throwing in the recycling bin, you also can sell it to someone who likes megablocks, and use the money for new real lego.

[Peppermint_M]

It could also be from the Dragons line of sets (the one with the superior weapons). The nice moulded wood effect and paint applications make it useful in any number of MOCs.

Edited for spelling

Edited October 6, 2009 by Peppermint_M

[Big Cam]

As everyone else has said, it is not LEGO. So yes, throw it in the recycle bin.

Not even that, burn it. If it gets recycled then it might get made into LEGO and that would make the LEGO piece half megablocks.

Edited October 6, 2009 by Big Cam

[SlyOwl]

It looks useful enough for MOCing with - I would personally like to see some moulded wood elements from Lego.

Imagine a 2x2 round brick, with grooves on the sides, which could be stacked to make pillars/trees. The grooves would not be symmetrical all the way around, so the brick could be rotated 90' each time, to give a varying pattern.

[prateek]

That's Megabloks for sure. I have some pieces that look exactly the same

[Big Cam]

It looks useful enough for MOCing with - I would personally like to see some moulded wood elements from Lego.

Imagine a 2x2 round brick, with grooves on the sides, which could be stacked to make pillars/trees. The grooves would not be symmetrical all the way around, so the brick could be rotated 90' each time, to give a varying pattern.

I agree, that would be really cool, if only ELGO would copy the copiers

[Omicron]

if only ELGO would copy the copiers

Then they would be hypocrites, since they been hammering down on clone bricks and bootlegs.

-Omi

[Rick]

Then they would be hypocrites, since they been hammering down on clone bricks and bootlegs.

If done properly - like suggested above: a 2 x 2 round with the same start and end point for the groves at the top and bottom of the brick on each quarter, but different patterns in between on each quarter - it would be ok. But it wouldn't be one of the bricks I'd want TLG to make desperately. These Megabloks 'pillars' look that's for sure.

[Lorentzen]

Haha I never knew this would end up with so many posts - well I don't like how the brick looks so I'm not gonna use it. But as suggested by SlyOwl it would definitely be cool if LEGO did something similar, only better