Megablocks go Blue!

[Jareth]

Hmm, The weird thing is that I remember Megablocks smurf sets from when I was a kid in the 80s and they were NOT compatible with lego. This is a sticking point for me because of all the building toys from when I was a kid, only lego remained compatible with itself.

As far as these sets go, they are better than a lot of MB licenses because they have smooth lines. I can see those walls being used for other things than smurfs.

As far as the movie goes, I had no desire to see it, until I found out Hank Azaria as Gargamel. I'm going to see it for that reason alone.

[Omicron]

I want that round mushroom. Toad anyone?

-Omi

[bricklayer]

MegaBloks got the license because 1. they were willing to pay more than Lego for it and 2. they are the most experienced manufacturer of "duplo" scale elements. Remember Ritvik toys (Rita and Vic Bertrand) invented the "Mega" scale building block system. It was only after Lego started cloning Mega with their Duplo sets that Mega Brands started issuing blocks on the "micro" (Lego system) scale. MB still dominates the young children's building block market world wide, and Lego is trying hard this year to acquire some of Mega's shelf space.

Very interesting.

How do you know this though?

[Peppermint_M]

Very interesting.

How do you know this though?

I think it was refuted. Two posts afterwards, myself and Siegfried presented our evidence and the member you quoted accepted his mistake.

Now, was this an attempt at an argument or a real question?