I was quite surprised that one of my young LEGO buddies would join the dark side of building toys. His family eventually moved away, and later when I talked with him on the phone he said he switched over to Mega Bloks because he liked their figures better. He was a really talented young builder who had good eyes for both design and color, and I was impressed by his creations. So I shied away from buying any of the sets.Īround this time I had a young friend named Julien who used to come over to our house to play with my LEGO collection from time to time. In addition, I also read that Mega Bloks was inferior quality, they are a LEGO clone brand, and LEGO fans suppose to hate them. Mega Bloks boxes usually have at least one main character exposed via a clear window, and unfortunately the real figures compared to the box-art didn’t look nearly as impressive. The artwork on the boxes always looked awesome with great castles, beautiful ships, and armored warriors. I was especially eyeing Mega Bloks’ castle and fantasy lines, like the Dragons, King Arthur, Chronicles of Narnia and Word of Warcraft sets. So I kept running into Mega Bloks sets on my LEGO shopping trips. On the other hand, Mega Bloks is readily available at most department stores and toy stores, and they are helpfully (or sneakily) placed right next to LEGO boxes. And here I’m going to narrate to you my journey to the dark side of flirting with LEGO’s main competitor… □Īlthough there are some really high quality LEGO compatible brands, they are usually difficult to find in the USA, and when imported from overseas prices are just as expensive as LEGO, if not more. ![]() One such brand that caught my attention was Mega Bloks. At that time LEGO didn’t have such an extensive selection of minifig accessories, so I looked for products from LEGO customizers and LEGO compatible brands. ![]() I originally started paying attention to other brands about eight years ago when I was working on some customized minifigures. While I have been a LEGO fan all my life, my introduction to building toys similar to LEGO is quite recent.
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