Talk:Mega Brands

message: e 20:03, 15 April 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Patent

message: This article takes great pains to make Mega Bloks sound like they're poorly designed and constructed all around.  I've never known anyone to experience such problems with them, and their figures are far more detailed than Lego's.  Even the older figures were, at worst, comprable to Lego's.  I'm not sure I'd label the Dragons series as "unsuccesful" either.  In fact, Mega Bloks has cornered a significant portion of the building blocks market (especially with Dragons, their former flagship line), prompting Lego to make its fuss in the first place.  It would also be helpful to mention how Mega Bloks deviates from lego, going for more realism in their Dragons and Pyrates sets and less complex construction.  The recent movie deals with Narnia and Pirates of the Carribean are worth mentioning as well.
:Mega Bloks actually is poorly designed. Have you ever bought one set from them? They don't even stick together and stay that way for a long time. You have make repairs all the time, I ended up glueing the pieces together. I never experienced such thing with Lego models. Mega Bloks is no more than Chinese clone toys. Just like Geomag is way better than Magnetix. Canadians can't really do this stuff. Sorry!  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 85.99.166.197 (talk) 08:52, 21 November 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: It seems to me that this article is now biased towards megabloks, and I am sure there is negative stuff out there, from what I have heard, anyway. Omega ArchdoomTalk 07:58, 10 December 2007 (UTC)

text: According to the article, all lawsuits, which have been based off trademark not copyright have failed. Lego has a clear interest in protecting their intellectual property so it would seem surprising if Megablocks really were infringing on Lego's intellectual property in some way and yet Lego hasn't tried to take them to court Nil Einne (talk) 17:37, 24 December 2008 (UTC)

text: Wow, looks like I'm not the only one who feels that way. =P I remember my once-lovely Dragons: Crystal Wars set I had a few years ago; I practically killed myself building the big castle; and at least one part of the castle always collapsed the instant I tried playing with it (or try to pose the minifigures). Ultimately, the only thing I liked about the set was the three dragons (the only things that were really playable though the Vorgan dragon's arm sometimes fell off) that got me to buy it. Still, that's no reason to stick any bias, whether positive or negative, into the article. Oh yes, and Phantoka, next time, please sign your posts. You can do so by typing four tildes (~~~~) at the end. Thank you.--Twilight Helryx 01:14, 20 November 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Biased against Mega Bloks? 

message: The page had been vandalised on 21 May 2006, by someone with a very poor grasp of the English language, naturally.  This would account for the bias that you noticed.  Some of the vandalism was repaired on 23 May, but I've reverted the page to the version of 18 May to fix the rest of the damage.  It pays to check the page history when you see rubbish like that.  81.157.157.235 15:57, 4 June 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Vandalism 

message: What's the difference?  Are minis like DUPLO and micro like LEGO?  Is there something larger than the micro and mini sizes?  Like QUATRO? -ErinHowarth 19:31, 23 June 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Maxi which afaict was the orignal mega block size is bigger than duplo (each stud covers four times the area iirc), mini is like duplo, micro is like lego. I'm not sure what nano is like because it is not availible on this side of the pond. Plugwash 22:38, 30 September 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: mini and micro

message: There was recently an ad released in Australia for the Honda Jazz which used self-assembling blocks taking up various shapes and ending up in the car. Apparently this theme was done several years earlier with the Honda Element in the USA. Having seen the Jazz ad myself, I think I'm disqualified from updating this page with any major content, but nowhere is the Jazz ad labelled as "...by Megablocks" or anything of the sort. As far as I'm aware it's a "generic brand x" assembly.
I did a 5-minute google search and found lots of discussion about the ads being Megablocks, but no first-hand source of information, whether it be an official press release or otherwise interview of a megablocks and/or Honda representative stating it's Megablocks and not Lego or some other generic CGI-created block system. Given it's more than likely full CGI, I'm not sure how the claim can be substantiated that it's Megablocks specifically.
I've added "citation needed" accordingly.
--60.240.84.239 (talk) 23:24, 28 February 2010 (UTC)
replies: text: Since no one's produced anything in 7 months I'll remove the line.  Rojomoke (talk) 14:43, 3 October 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  Honda Ads with self-assembling "blocks" 

message: Though I understand the thinking behind the change from MEGA Brands to Mega Brands, I've noticed that the company's press releases give the name as MEGA Brands.  Numerous PDFs are available via their website showing this, but here's one as an example: http://media.megabrands.com/pdf/corpo/en/20100324.pdf  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 76.125.139.85 (talk) 04:50, 18 April 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  MEGA Brands vs. Mega Brands 

message: Why is external linking to a Mega Bloks discussion board not permitted?  The Wiki page for LEGO features similar external links, for instance.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 76.125.139.85 (talk) 06:06, 2 July 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  External Links removed? 

message: On November 30, 2010, it was announced that Electronic Arts and Mega Brands, Inc. have agreed to a licensing deal whereby the latter company will produce sets based on the video game series.  Might a mention of the license agreement be added to this article?
Here's a link to the announcement:
http://media.megabrands.com/pdf/corpo/en/20101130_.pdf  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.61.129.94 (talk) 02:49, 1 December 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  Electronic Arts License? 

message: Mega Bloks has the license to produce Star Trek themed building sets. On LEGO's customer ideas submission site, all Star Trek themed submissions are quickly shut down with an explanation that another company has the license. (And I bet every one makes someone at LEGO burn with envy at how the company doesn't have that license.) Bizzybody (talk) 10:32, 10 April 2015 (UTC)
replies: text: Needs a source really.GraemeLeggett (talk) 14:43, 10 April 2015 (UTC)
thread_title:  Star Trek license 

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message: In the first sentence of the last paragraph, both Lego and K'nex are mentioned.
Why?
The way that sentence is written, it implies other Lego and K'nex info will be mentioned --- and it isn't.
To me, the mention of Lego and K'nex is a non sequitor and should be removed.
Thoughts. 2600:8800:C89:EA00:C23F:D5FF:FEC4:D51D (talk) 17:39, 10 May 2021 (UTC)
thread_title:  Why Lego & K'nex mentioned ?