Couldn't agree more, this is sole reason why I'm not going to frequent this site despite my freshly renewed love for Lego. "we're euroBRICKS but we only allow subforums about LEGO!" How about changing adress to LegoFanatics or something?
So many stupid statements, I don't even know where to begin.
Childish, preposterous hate is to be expected on fansite? I thought it's called FANsite and not HATEsite because main theme was supposed to be sharing your love of something that brought you here, not hate on everything else. Those are two very different things and they're certainly not inseparable.
Quick Wikipedia search shows they weren't. Internet Explorer is oldest currently maintained browser. Your point?
Let's get few facts straight. Patent expired, so it's fair game for everyone and there is no stealing whatsoever. There is a reason why patents expire and not last forever, unfortunately fanatical Lego fanboys are too blinded by their rage to understand that.
Pepsi is rip-off of Coca-Cola. Every TCG in existence is rip-off of Magic: the Gathering. And unless you're few hundred years old, none of those happened "these days". Go to any MtG forum and count those who show their hate against Yu-Gi-Oh on every possible occasion, then come back here and look at amount of hate directed toward Mega Bricks and Kre-O. I'm pretty sure there will be an order of magnitude difference (for clarification: haters prevail here).
As shown by current Cuusoo fiasco with lame corporate double standard BS excuse for not making Serenity. </sarcasm> Hasbro not only acknowledging, but embracing Brony community is much, much, much better customer service than Lego group ever did.
I think you're confusing loyalty with fanaticism and fanboyism. Loyalty is NOT making baseless accusations toward competition.
I've got better idea: fanboys should grow up and stop invading any thread with MB/K-O in title just to say how they hate them. Same goes for creating such topics. There is old saying "if you have nothing to say, say nothing". Mindless fanatical hate leads nowhere, Lego fansite or not it should be punished.
Except there is difference between stating "I don't like MegaBloks so I don't buy them" in relevant topic and creating another "I want to destroy every single Kre-O brick in existence" one. I don't see MtG forums moderators allow pointless attacks toward other TCGs.
That's not "clone brand" (term almost unheard of outside of Lego fans community BTW), that's clearly fake created to mislead customers, not to mention it also breaks copyrights. Way to go comparing that to Mega Briks, if you wanted to show how mindless fanboys can be you couldn't do better job. It's like saying Pepsi is bad because someone created fake Coca-Cola with similar font.
But do you have proof? And by proof, I mean article in peer-reviewed journal where they actually compare quality/strenght/resistance to bending/etc., not "just a feeling". Because that's the problem with haters, they claim Mega Blocks/Kre-O are made from inferior plastic, don't join as good, etc. despite never using them. There are however videos on youtube that show, among other things, "crash test" of models made from bricks from different companies, and LEGO isn't as good and (main) competitors aren't as bad as people claim. Or, as someone in comparison video stated: 'Mega Blocks are 90% as good as LEGO ...for about 60% of price'. I can live with that, especially given recent complains how new LEGO minifigures crack and bricks are more transparent compared to old ones.
According to haters you're obviously wrong, since nothing comes even remotely close to The One Ring LEGO, all fakes suxx0rz and you should burn them and destroy and then burn again just to be sure because they're terribly inferior in any way imaginable and in few ways unimaginable. ;)
Oh my, that's really awful. Please, tell me more about it.
wikipedia -> List_of_generic_and_genericized_trademarks (because apparently I need 5 posts before I can post links)
Wow.
Just wow.
I'm speechless. You managed to make post with not a single true sentence. As few stated before, quality is actually at least as good. Parts are comaptible and in many cases identical, not to mention that I don't know how you want to customise for example traditional 2x4 brick. No, they bought that patent from someone else. Collectible minifigs are themselves copy of collectible action figure idea. And it's matter of opinion, but I for once dislike it and don't think it's anywhere near "great idea".
LEGO fanboys should come to terms with reality and stop denying facts. Mega Blocks and Kre-O aren't going anywhere. And not only they are as good as Lego, but also have quite a lot unique parts/colours/themes. Rejecting them just because they're not LEGO means you're denying yourself a lot of options for no good reason. If you decide to stay in same place while world around you is evolving that's your choice, but don't claim it's a good one.
What I find most ironic and amusing is fact that haters defend long-time monopolist and claim that competition is bad, while at the same time they're probably bashing Microsoft and use pirated version of MS Office or pride themselves as linux users.
Don't like Mega Briks or Kre-O? Don't read topics devoted to them, simple as that. Now if only we could get subforum devoted to MOCs containing MB/K-O, that would be awesome. But obviously site named euroBRICKS is purely LEGO-related and no other construction bricks brands ever existed, so that would be pointless </sarcasm>
If LEGO is as awesome as you claim, then it will survive and thrive without your vile hate. If their share of the market will drop significantly, that would mean they weren't as good as you claimed and no amount of vitriol you throw at people enjoying competitors' products will change that.
