People on a Megabloks forum want to know why...

[Echo]

Why don't we go tell them? Here is a link.

[DoubleT]

What do they want to know.. so that we dont have to visit a M site he he ? Ahh i see now the title ;)

If they dont know, well... someone tell them

[Jipay]

Because they only have crapy forums ?

[Kahgarak]

Yeah...there's only one MB subforum and one non-MB subforum. :-P

Pathetic.

[Jipay]

So nobody wants to sacrifice and register ? :-D

[Kahgarak]

Never!I shall never add an account to MB's twisted and sick forum!

[Starwars4J]

So nobody wants to sacrifice and register ? :-D

I'd do many things for this site, Jipay, but registering for a Megabloks forum isn't one of them ;-)

[Zarkan]

*Sigh*... Once again I'm on the completely opposite side as almost everybody else on this forum. *sad*

But, seriously, I find your criticism of the Megabloks forum mainly without merit. Why? Because, while their forum can't really compare to forums like Eurobricks and BZPower, it really isn't their fault.

Firstly, Megabloks is not as popular as Lego, and the majority of their fans are much younger then the average AFOL. Due to the lack of online fans, I highly doubt they can afford a paid-for site like the one we have here. They probably had to go with what they could take. :-/

Secondly, their forum isn't really that bad, even though you are making it sound like complete crud. Their only real forum weakness besides the lack of fans (which makes up for any of the other weaknesses), is the fact that you can post while still being a guest. That is dissapointing, but not, as you put it, "Pathetic." I've seen many other forums that allow guests to post, ranging over many subjects other than building toys.

But, these two reasons don't really matter as much as the fact that, IMO, Megabloks itself is not complete crud!

Yes, I can confirm that I am no longer just a lego fan any more. While the original brick is still my prime intrest, I have purchased a couple Megabloks Dragons kits, and have not been dissapointed with them. I plan to continue buying them at a slow pace, so, unfourtunately, I can no longer agree with the Lego Purists that so many lego fans have become.

Oh, and I seriously hope I don't have to explain in detail why I was not dissapointed with my MB purchases. :-|

Also remember that I am not the first on these forums to take down his status of Lego Purist...*cough*Mr Phes*cough*Pyrates*cough*

[Darkness Falls]

HA!

I'd rather die than register there.

Well, if someone is registered there, could you kindly direct this post to their attention?

MegaBloks has, in all ways, jumped on the bandwagon. The thing Lego lovers don't like about them is they have taken the Lego idea, gotten a bunch of titles, sculpted some crap minifigs, and then sculpted some big-megablocks dragons and ogres in a attempt to get the popularity of Lego.

As you can see by the size of their forum, Megabloks does not have the popularity of Lego.

And have you seen one of their topics? It's called: "LEGO and other clone brands."

Because, obviously, Megabloks was created BEFORE Lego.

I'm a moron, Megabloks forum members, ESS TEE EFF YOU.

[vahkimetru]

While MB is almost complete crud, we can't keep bashing them.

First, here's a little Lego History: Ole Kirk bought the snap and lock block idea from another person. Secondley, Lego should learn a bit from MB, it has loads and loads of megaminifigures, and some pretty cool concepts. I was once given an MB robot set for my birthday. It was definately not Lego, but it was okay.

Lego put quality first. With MB it's a bit flimsy, but it's okay. So I'm going to brave all, go over there and explain the feud between the two toys!

I love Lego, and hate MB, but not with all my heart, so much that I'd hate MB fans too!

[Sir Dillon]

Joining a MB forum isn't something I want to do at the moment... or ever. (it makes me shudder inside just browsing them) Even if I did though, I think it would a little out of place and rude to join up just to tell them that I think MB is just a rip off of Lego, and how much I dislike like them, and how much better Lego is.

I don't think some of us would take it very well if it were the other way around, and a MB fan came over here, and all he did was talk about how much better he thought MB was, and that we were all stupid for liking Lego.

That being said, I pretty much agree with almost everything Darkness Falls said. X-D

Also remember that I am not the first on these forums to take down his status of Lego Purist...*cough*Mr Phes*cough*Pyrates*cough*

Actually, If I recall correctly, Phes didn't actually buy any of those sets, but his nephew owned some of them, and Phes looked them over and 'played' with them, and that's where he got his opinions about them. :-) Or something like that...

[natelite]

lack of participation is mostly due to time constraint...and a lack of "give a damn"...if only i care enough to go do it.... >:-) i'm not infuriated by mb fans nor mb products... why do they think lego fans hate them? nope, that question never occurred in my mind. so yeah, excuse my lack of empathy but i just dont care enough to go post. :-P i also doubt lego fans actually hate mb enough to go search the web for mb fan sites and post their msg of hate. lol....

[gylman]

I'm with Grevious. While I have no megabloks sets,and carefully pick all the MB stuff and toss it when I somehow turns up, and I've done my share of MB jokes on EB, this does not mean we have to bash the people who use MB, or their forum.

Frankly,their discussion on why Lego people don't like MB was a lot more rational and articulate than what I have read in the postings in our topic. These people are hardly "twisted and sick".

This type of attack on people who have not done us any harm, who choose to use a product we don't use, smacks of insecurity.

Jeez, live and let live people.

[Asuka]

Was there.

Was reading some stuff.

Want to

respectfully borrowed from eilif, member of http://bloks.hyperboards.com/

The LEGO design aesthetic is different from the MB design aesthetic. Lego sets are largely brick based and

[JINZONINGEN73]

Megablocks fall in somewhere between Playmobil and Lego.

Dirty little secret? I bought myself a tall MB robot set back in like 2001.

It was frustrating, in the same exact way the large Knights Kingdom figures are.

On top of that, the bastards did NOT want to stay together. Blech blech blech.

MBs have come into their own in recent years, but not enough for me. Hopefully they serve a purpose as a "gateway drug" into Lego.

Lord forbid they ever achieve a quality of plastic and manufacturing process on par with Lego... it'd be a war.

[JINZONINGEN73]

Posted. lol

http://bloks.hyperboards.com/index.php?act...st_id=2049#2049

[Jipay]

*Sigh*... Once again I'm on the completely opposite side as almost everybody else on this forum. *sad*

But, seriously, I find your criticism of the Megabloks forum mainly without merit. Why? Because, while their forum can't really compare to forums like Eurobricks and BZPower, it really isn't their fault.

I don't want to sound rude, but you obviously don't know what you're talking about (plus my comment was second degree). Having a nice designed forum doesn't cost anything.

Nothing.

Just taste.

Which megablocks fans obviously lack of in first place :-D

This type of attack on people who have not done us any harm, who choose to use a product we don't use, smacks of insecurity.

Jeez, live and let live people.

Gyl, I'm pretty sure that everyone here is taking this whole story as a big joke. I can't see any comment that is serious, and we know that all the posters here are cool guys. As someone mentionned, we don't hate them. I don't know where they're getting that from. I don't like megablocks, but I like the fact that some people are buying them. It makes Lego understand some basic concepts of business (Price anyone ?).

I think it's more about those stories between two football clubs. Teasing. Just teasing. ;-)

Posted. lol

http://bloks.hyperboards.com/index.php?act...st_id=2049#2049

ROFL :-D

[WhiteHexagon]

I must admit I've been tempted with MB a few times, I just don't like the big chunky preformed parts, or the fact that they are not 100% compatible. So I can't imagine ever purchasing any. Just the thought of having to find a new category for sorting them would be a strain. Although I have a few spare containers, which I call bins... ;)

But having said that, I have no problem with MB fans(or thier sites). The more people buying the stuff, the more competition LEGO has, and this can only be good for the consumers of both products in terms of price. Although I worry that they will both starting to fight over license rights to films, rather than concentrate on the core products and home grown themes.

Peter

[xwingyoda]

Yeay, we all treated this thread as a joke and nothing more !! And since I came after all these remarks, I shall make my after joke as well (just for the sake of it :-P )

Me turning to the dark side of quality and design ? NEVER, not even in 900 years :-D

Posted. lol

http://bloks.hyperboards.com/index.php?act...st_id=2049#2049

Way to go Jinzo Looooooool *y*

*yoda*

[JoeMI6]

Although I don't like Megabloks myself, I agree with others in saying that we shouldn't criticise the fans of it. Everyone has their own opinions, and whilst Lego fans will probably outnumber MB fans, that's not to say that one of us is right or wrong.

[DoubleT]

For me its very simple.. MB Company stole the idea from Lego... So im not to happy with them..

[Jipay]

As stated earlier TLC stole the brick deisgn from an english guy so, well :-D

[jof]

For me its very simple.. MB Company stole the idea from Lego... So im not to happy with them..

No, you are wrong.

We should all be grateful to MB and the likes, they have, IMHO, bought down the cost of lego in real terms.

How much did lego sets cost back in 1990, well about the same as they do today, in fact some things like bucket basic sets seem to be cheaper now than they have ever been.

I am sure the small buckets used to be

[natelite]

oh...after reading more (i admit i just skimmed the thread for the most part) it's not a post about why legofans hate megablok fans but why lego fans hate megablok sets/bricks/products? ahhh...i feel so silly posting about empathy now...lol.

i dont actually hate mb, i prefer lego for these reasons:

1. i grew up on lego, so i came to expect what a building toy should be like. lego minifigs are consistently the same shape and design barring a few special ones like chewbacca's head, or the latest exo-force robots, or the star wars droids. megablok mfs look crude, cannot be separated and the joints look loose. no, i dont like miniturized hasbro/mattel figurines, so naturally i dont like MB mfs. i like lego mfs because they look like caricatures of the real thing and being able to mix-and-match is a big part of what a building toy is all about.

2. lego for the most part use bricks and slopes to finish the model. that's my expectation of a building toy. MB uses large <insert that tiresome argument> parts to finish the model, even in pro-builder sets. it ceases to be a building toy and more a plastic finished model to me at that stage. lego has large <insert that tiresome argument> parts too, like the recent airplanes and the bulk airplane from the city airport. i dislike those and would never buy one. anyway back on topic, if i wanted a plastic finished model, i would either buy from mattel or hasbro.

3. lego keeps its value a lot better than MB. MB in the secondary market is worth 0. whether misb or not. this affects only the sets which i buy for myself since i can still get rid of them should my son not share my love of the sets. :-P but it meant i will buy expensive sets if i think the value would keep. on the other hand, i would never buy more than $10 of MB (should i actually find one that i like in the first place).

4. because of point 3, lego is more than just a toy. it can also be an investment. for eg, a well kept castle set will now sell for $800+ (dunamis knows this well....lol). a MB set is a toy and only that. it is effectively worth $0 the day you took it out of the toyshop...so would you spend $100 on a toy? on the other hand i would buy a $100 lego set if i think it will keep the $100 value (inflation adjusted lol).

5. i want my kid to learn to build, not learn to play. lego sets can be taken apart and build any way you want. a MB set can only be used for the purpose it was made for. for eg, the dragon sets have so many customized parts you cannot put it together any other way. for that it is more like playmobil and less like lego. and playmobil MFs are more consistent than MB mfs....i dunno what it is but MB mfs look like crap. not quite action figure, not quite figurines and not quite mfs. they look cruder than unfinished warhammer figures.

that's my five reasons for not buying MB. :-D

[gylman]

As previously noted, there is no doubt that competition with Megabloks as been good for Lego fans. It's forced TLC to be more creative, do some things to lower costs so they could be more competitive (AS LONG AS THE BRICK QUALITY IS STILL UNTOUCHED), and to open up to the fans, to see what they want.

The younger whippersnappers around here don't remember what TLC was like 5 or more years ago. TOTALLY insulated from the fans, and the impact of AFOLS was absolutely big fat zero. Nothing.

From a historical point of view, it may be the increasing success of Megabloks with specific themes that forced TLC to consider and then undertake the Starwars license which saved the company.

Posted. lol

http://bloks.hyperboards.com/index.php?act...st_id=2049#2049

Jinzo, that MOC is awesome. What joints hold that guy up? Does he truly support his own weight in all different poses?