Brickset to expand to include clone brands

 

  • Brickset to expand to include clone brands

    Posted by Huw, 01 Apr 2012 06:52. Filed under Brickset.

    I'm always looking for ways to improve Brickset and while on vacation last week, I came to the conclusion that a way to do this would be to include clone brands in the database, such as Megabloks, Kre-O, Cobi, Character, Best Lock and so on. After all, the site is called Brickset.com and not LEGOset.com, right?

    Many of these brands have licences that are popular among adults (e.g. Megabloks HALO, Character Building Dr Who, and Kre-O Transformers) while others produce models that LEGO fans can but dream of, such as the military models made by Cobi.

    I plan to start adding them in the next week or so. I hope you're as excited as I am about this -- I'm sure many of you own some of these already and I suspect once I add them here many more of you will start to buy them.


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Posted by richselby in United Kingdom, 01 Apr 2012 07:13

Ho ho ho

Posted by collect-that! in United Kingdom, 01 Apr 2012 07:14

WOW! Don't forget Stickle Bricks as well! I'll finally be able to keep track of my collection! ;-)

Posted by gratefulnat in Switzerland, 01 Apr 2012 07:14

WOW, what a morning!
First, 10179 to be re-released, and now this awesome news to top it off.
I can't wait to see all the cool clone-brand sets here at Brickset!
Great stuff Huw.

Posted by bezetkace in Poland, 01 Apr 2012 07:16

Yup. And I am a unicorn... (:

Posted by GlenRichard's in Australia, 01 Apr 2012 07:16

Oh no! :'(, Worst news ever!. I thought this site was meant to be just LEGO ...

Posted by Redbullgivesuwind in United Kingdom, 01 Apr 2012 07:18

Oh yes i think so. I love mega bloks more than lego and so to merge it is a great idea. I think this site should deal with nothing but clone brands

Posted by Sploosh in United States, 01 Apr 2012 07:26

Um, what month is it?

Posted by jengafett in United Kingdom, 01 Apr 2012 07:27

worst news on brickset ever! I dont want to look at new megabloks in the database!?!?!?!?!

Posted by CapnRex101 in United Kingdom, 01 Apr 2012 07:29

All of the moderators are getting in on April Fools day! (I hope...)

Posted by jengafett in United Kingdom, 01 Apr 2012 07:31

me too!

Posted by yani777 in United States, 01 Apr 2012 07:34

WHAT THE ****! Brickset CAN NOT do this! THIS IS AN OUTRAGE!

Posted by Bobszaar in United States, 01 Apr 2012 07:39

I'll accept it...under one condition. On the search tab, can you make sure to divide each brand (one for Lego, another for Mega Bloks, etc.), so as not to get too jumbled results?

Posted by Nerd in United States, 01 Apr 2012 07:52

NO!!!!!!!!!

Posted by brixton in Canada, 01 Apr 2012 07:53

April Fools!

Posted by rolomolo12345 in United Kingdom, 01 Apr 2012 07:53

I personally really dont want this to ruin brickset, and lots of people i think will agree with me, DONT DO IT!!!

Posted by legos4ever in United States, 01 Apr 2012 08:10

This is a real shame. Such a great site and now its soiled by this? AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH! I agree with rolomolo12345, padinc, yani777, jengafett, GlenRichards, and I hope your right brixton. THIS IS HORRIBLE! THIS IS NOT ACCEPTABLE! THIS......is sadly enough to make me leave blockset...

Posted by Kalhiki in United States, 01 Apr 2012 08:11

I advise putting an option where you could filter what sets you see. For instance, if someone really only cares about Lego, thy could filter out the other stuff. Kinda like with the site's news, if you know what I mean.
If this is or isn't an April Fool's Day prank, I'm fine. Personally, I only use this site for Lego, but if it did include other lines as well, I wouldn't mind.

Posted by legos4ever in United States, 01 Apr 2012 08:17

NOOOONONONONNONONOONONONOO!!!!!!!!?!?!?!?!?!??!?!?!?!??!??!!??!?!??????!?!?!??!?!?!?

Posted by hulkvic in Italy, 01 Apr 2012 08:18

No thanks u.u

Posted by legos4ever in United States, 01 Apr 2012 08:21

I typed in blockset.com and nothing came up. Did you delete the site now? My day is turning in to a downward spiral!

Posted by deathwatch in Hong Kong, 01 Apr 2012 08:22

Hope this is an April Fools joke

Posted by Thebricksaber501 in United States, 01 Apr 2012 08:35

I hate you you suck

Posted by cool_kid555 in United States, 01 Apr 2012 08:35

do NOT go through with this. it sucks.

Posted by legos4ever in United States, 01 Apr 2012 08:40

If you go through with this I will take over the forum and we will all build LEGO! BWHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHA!

Posted by possum in United States, 01 Apr 2012 08:41

I see what you've done here, but if you wanted to add Nanoblock, I wouldn't say a word. :) Today is my wife's birthday so we're on ultra AFD alert at my house. ;)

Posted by Doomtrool in United Kingdom, 01 Apr 2012 08:52

^What an unlucky day to have a birthday.

Huw, you better keep this as an april fools joke.

Posted by carding in United Kingdom, 01 Apr 2012 08:52

Thats hurtful. That is the worst April Fools day joke ever!! I mean you can't be serious you know how die-hard loyal the Lego fan commuinty is!!?!

Posted by Alemas in Germany, 01 Apr 2012 08:59

Last year, you announced a forum on the same day, and I hoped it would come. It came. However, this is one thing I DEFINITELY DON'T want! I really do hope it's just an April Fools joke! Otherwise, I'll be furious! I don't ANY clone brands here! You don't even want to mention their NAMES!

Posted by HarryPotter77 in United States, 01 Apr 2012 09:10

Is this an April Fool's Day joke or something?

Posted by omnius in United Kingdom, 01 Apr 2012 09:25

You know what's funnier than this? Some of the hilarious knee-jerk reaction comments above.

Posted by Krivorn in United States, 01 Apr 2012 09:26

Wow. That really scared me for a second.

Posted by jonbuddy in United States, 01 Apr 2012 09:33

APRIL FOOLS POTATOES! :P

Posted by legomaniac in United States, 01 Apr 2012 09:37

Im having a purist heart attack! :P

Posted by tisi in Hungary, 01 Apr 2012 09:39

I hope it's just a very bad April Fools joke. If it isn't, don't do that, man! Brickset is about LEGO, but not about mangy scrubby clones!!!

Posted by rainstorm26 in United States, 01 Apr 2012 09:50

Dear moderators. This was funny.

Posted by rib in Austria, 01 Apr 2012 09:58

Got me for 2 seconds...

Posted by jonbuddy in United States, 01 Apr 2012 10:36

Why do you users have such a BAD sense of humor!?!

Posted by Nesquik in United Kingdom, 01 Apr 2012 10:47

Oh no... NOT Mega Blocks?....

NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO....

*brain melts*

Posted by vynsane in United States, 01 Apr 2012 10:54

Trolololololol

Posted by SupaSteela17 in United States, 01 Apr 2012 10:55

You should add an 'I owned' for sets used to own. That'd be pretty nice for people to look back on their old collection if they got rid of certain sets

Posted by WolfboyTheMasterofTheSword in United States, 01 Apr 2012 11:07

GOOD JOKE GUYS!!!
@Everyone who believed this was real
Geez overreact much? GET A FREAKIN SENSE OF HUMOR!!

Posted by legoguy2805 in United Kingdom, 01 Apr 2012 11:16

Haha, nice April Fool's Huw. ;)

Posted by refriedbeans in United States, 01 Apr 2012 11:20

I see what you did there!

Posted by MorkMan in United States, 01 Apr 2012 11:36

Good one, Huw!

Posted by jimmer in United States, 01 Apr 2012 11:43

:) Wasn't expecting a second joke... Excellent

Posted by The Reviewer in United States, 01 Apr 2012 11:47

I don't care about Megablocks or other "clones" of Lego. but I do kinda like the Halo theme they have.

Posted by LusiferSam in United States, 01 Apr 2012 11:50

Wonderful news. I've been waiting for a site that would have of all the Enlighten sets. Can't wait. ; )

Posted by fuelbreak in Canada, 01 Apr 2012 11:53

I am shocked.

I love Brickset and I love Lego.
I am afraid I am also a Lego purist.

If this happens please find someone else to report on news from Canada. As I will be leaving Brickset for good.

After all the upset about decreased quality of ABS and Chinese made lego I think this would be a no brainer.

________________ok_____________ you got me..... funny guy HUW.................

So i wrote this and then read some comments.... sick joke great april fools....

sigh.........

Posted by TBOC in United States, 01 Apr 2012 12:09

I was going to be all angry, but then I realized that it was a joke. You got me, there guys.

Posted by Retsnom Kcor in United States, 01 Apr 2012 12:14

Ha! You almost had me there, Huw.

Posted by Kulturkampf in United States, 01 Apr 2012 12:14

hahaha. I need to come up with something this good

Posted by benjadude11 in United States, 01 Apr 2012 12:18

brilliant, huw. lol.

Posted by Retsnom Kcor in United States, 01 Apr 2012 12:22

It'd be a bit of a shock if this turned out to NOT be a joke...

Posted by EricRidley in United Kingdom, 01 Apr 2012 12:32

This is great news. I am a Lego fan first and formost but I do enjoy Kre-o as well. I would love a way to track it and talk to others about it.

Great news,
Bring it on.

Eric

Posted by maelstromkid in United States, 01 Apr 2012 12:35

If this is not a joke, I don't know what is.......

Posted by Seagull in United States, 01 Apr 2012 12:35

Happy April Fools Day to you too! :D

Posted by unleashed in United States, 01 Apr 2012 12:45

Maybe you should include Brickarms as well...

Posted by Plasmodium in United Kingdom, 01 Apr 2012 12:52

April fools...I hope.

Posted by oldfan in United States, 01 Apr 2012 12:54

Not quite as subtle as the 10179 announcement, but good enough to take in a few nonetheless...thanks for the laughs!

Actually adding some clone sets and listing them on the "new additions" bar, now THAT would be convincing!

Posted by asteciuc in United States, 01 Apr 2012 13:03

Really the number of people who appear to have bought this as real is priceless.

Posted by AgentWHO in United States, 01 Apr 2012 13:08

Oh. This. Is. Lovely.

Posted by IllinoisEli in United States, 01 Apr 2012 13:22

Clever April Fools Day prank :)

But if you did that... :(

Posted by Isabella and Lego Liker in United States, 01 Apr 2012 13:25

Fool or real? Hm........

Posted by Skywalker1966 in United States, 01 Apr 2012 13:26

Nice one, Huw. :P You almost had me there... then I remembered that it is April Fools day. :P

*Sigh...* Reminds me of LU's first and only April Fools day... when they unveiled the "Red Brick Pet" and the "Truth About Bob"... Good times. :')

~ DSfromLU

Posted by PaulTR in United States, 01 Apr 2012 13:28

YEEEEEEEHAAAAA! I LOVE MEGA BLOKS!!!

EDIT: ...oh, wait...this is an April Fool's day prank? Err...no one read ANY of the words before these two sentences!

:P

Posted by Mirakle in France, 01 Apr 2012 13:29

Only a joke... I hope !

Posted by 22896mbw in United States, 01 Apr 2012 13:31

LOL FAIL. All these spazing purists... it shows how much we care about LEGO!

Posted by wolfgang514 in United States, 01 Apr 2012 13:44

NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

*faints*

;)

Posted by aragorn_10 in United States, 01 Apr 2012 13:47

hahaha... hillarious. You really had me for a second there...

Posted by aquafreak125 in United Kingdom, 01 Apr 2012 13:52

I actually fell for it for about a second! April fools! ;D

Posted by BrickBob09 in United Kingdom, 01 Apr 2012 14:03

@Huw; Don't joke about this. You really had me scared...

It's going to take me some time to recover from the shock.

Posted by Nate the Great of LEGO in United States, 01 Apr 2012 14:10

Even if you do put Mega Bloks on this site... I still won't buy them (anymore), there is no need for Mega Bloks in my love for building. I admit, I did get some Mega Bloks Cars sets before they were made by Lego, though..........but have no plans to get any more at the moment.

Posted by rainstorm26 in United States, 01 Apr 2012 14:11

@Huw, why did you pull the China mfg story?

Posted by Brickarmor in United States, 01 Apr 2012 14:31

The Kreos are a fine build. They're not Legos (duh) nor are they even "competition." I bought three sets and have no complaints. Naively reading Huw's article I was first astounded at the enormity of the task he had posed for himself! But funny, yes.

Posted by Gustoffr2d2 in United States, 01 Apr 2012 14:32

If this isn't an April Fool's, then I just lost respect... hehe.

Posted by theBrickBlogger in United States, 01 Apr 2012 14:33

LOL! the comments on this post are priceless! Great entertainment for the day! :D

Posted by DarthLuke824 in United Kingdom, 01 Apr 2012 15:01

HA HA! Excellent, good one! Oh, and if this IS real then:

NNNNNNNOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!
Yeah and i'll delete mt account to and never look at this wesite ever again!!!!

Posted by OracabessaGirl in Canada, 01 Apr 2012 15:11

Ha ha...brilliant AFD joke!

When I first saw the Mega Bloks logo, my sleep deprived brain refused to believe my eyes. I actually glanced up at the URL to make sure I was still on brickset.com. Still puzzled and now becoming alarmed, I read "looking for ways to improve Brickset...include clone brands in the database" and I thought, "WTF?!?"

It was only when I got to "after all this is called Brickset.com and not LEGOset.com" that I realized Huw was joking. Only thing missing was an "amirite?"

I'll be chuckling over this one for some time.

Posted by Coder_X in Belgium, 01 Apr 2012 15:18

Good one Huw (^_^ )
Happy April fools to everyone.

Posted by chrismajor2124 in United States, 01 Apr 2012 15:41

Man you had me going... I was so freaked out! :) Good thing it's only April Fools. :)

Posted by Suukorak12 in United States, 01 Apr 2012 15:53

lol Happy April Fools.

Posted by EdwinJackson in Norway, 01 Apr 2012 16:02

To bad this is an AF joke.
Why was everybody freaking out about it and thanking it was an joke? Wouldn't the multi brand archiving be a GOOD thing? I was actually disappointed when i saw the date this was posted.
I have some other brick sets as well, so i would love it if this would be real someday anyway.

Posted by LEGOSLUG in New Zealand, 01 Apr 2012 16:29

NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!

Like fuelbreak, If Non- LEGO Items are added to Brickset, I WILL LEAVE.

We came to Brickset.com for LEGO - not for MEGABLOCKS and OTHER RUBBISH!

DOWN WITH MEGABLOCKS and OTHER RUBBISH!
WHOSE WITH ME? NO, WHOSE WITH BRICKSET?

MAKE YOUR CHOICE!

Posted by yani777 in United States, 01 Apr 2012 16:33

Second that. HUW, YOU ARE GOING TO LOSE BRICKSETTERS IF THIS IS NOT A JOKE!!!!!

Posted by mars4life in United States, 01 Apr 2012 16:39

wow, this had me worried for a bit

Posted by bluemoose in United Kingdom, 01 Apr 2012 16:40

Personal comments about other members will be deleted.

Posted by Plasmodium in United Kingdom, 01 Apr 2012 17:05

Funny thing is, I can't tell who's been taken in from who's being sarcastic, who's being ironic and who's double bluffing because they're not sure whether it's a joke or not. :) Just shows how dedicated we all are. How many other posts get 90+ comments?

Posted by jt7567 in United States, 01 Apr 2012 17:10

You had me until I read the comments!

Posted by matau2004 in United States, 01 Apr 2012 17:15

This is Abril fools

Posted by MCNwakeboard in United Kingdom, 01 Apr 2012 17:18

Last year on this day we had the announcement on the new brickset forums and while I was apprehensive about the benefits of such a forum it has proven useful. We should trust that the site admins know what they are doing and this will probably be the largest (one of very few) clone brand sites. All bricks are not created equal but every set deserves a page on brickset.

Posted by Brew75 in United States, 01 Apr 2012 17:50

Yup it's official! Everyone's gone completely INSANE! LEGO! LEGO! Even if you do add clone bricks I'll NEVER I REPEAT NEVER BUY THEM!!!!

I'm pretty sure it's an April fools joke. If not someone hacked Huw's aucount. If not either I'm leaving this junk heap.

Posted by maelstromkid in United States, 01 Apr 2012 17:57

If this is real, then create BLOCKset.com for the copies
(it fits, a spinoff site for spinoff products)

Posted by The Guy With The Bricks in United States, 01 Apr 2012 17:58

Maybe if I type in all caps I will be heard... because in life the one who shouts the loudest gets his way, right?

Posted by Brew75 in United States, 01 Apr 2012 18:01

If this is real *Pulls out gun, points at head*

Posted by Venunder in United Kingdom, 01 Apr 2012 18:07

I like the fact that Huw posted this at 31 Mar 2012 23:52. :) :) :)
Just before April 1st, just to cast a bit of doubt that this might or might not be real? LoL

Posted by Takarii in United States, 01 Apr 2012 18:07

People, calm yourselves!
When I first read this I laughed. Funny stuff.

Seriously, Brickset wouldn't go that low.
Well, I out to buy some MBs.

Posted by Jay Kenobi ZX in United States, 01 Apr 2012 18:08

NNNNNNNNNNNNOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!! LEGO is the best quality of all of those! LEGO is the one who started the whole building-brick idea (I think). LEGO IS THE ONLY ONE I LOVE.

Posted by Roger Workman in United States, 01 Apr 2012 18:09

You had me going there for a minute, even after I was checking out April Fools jokes on other sites. LEGO is just one of those sacred things you don't joke about. ;-)

Posted by legofanatic2414 in United States, 01 Apr 2012 18:14

Goodness, for a second this looked like a Youtube comments page. Aren't we all adults here? If not, then can we at least act like one? People, this may or may not be an April Fools joke. If it is not, than we shouldn't get into such a fuss. Huw and the moderators have made grand decisions in the past, have they not? I am sure, this decision will benefit Brickset in the future. Although, if it is a joke, then good work Huw! ;)

Posted by Si_Dorking_Surrey in Singapore, 01 Apr 2012 18:23

Could be worse, could have been fisher price!

Posted by itsaturkey in United States, 01 Apr 2012 18:33

I wouldn't actually care as long as the news stayed Lego and the other brands were separated. But of course this is April Fools :) And just let me be devil's advocate for a minute. Just because Lego popularized bricks doesn't mean that no more brick based brands can be released. Is any Sci-Fi movie made after Star Wars a rip-off? Yeah, Lego is the best quality of them all, and I like Lego way more then any other brand, but that doesn't disqualify the other brands. I've gotten a few Megablock sets, and as far as the Halo sets go they are nothing like Lego. The figures aren't even close to minifigs, you can't say they're duplicates. I can't speak for other themes of Megablocks though.
P.S. Good joke Huw :P I realized it was April 1st then ran to the computer to see if you would do another prank! :P

Posted by Ypres in Canada, 01 Apr 2012 19:21

You almost had me!!! I couldn't begin to describe how I'd feel if that happened... I was in the middle of typing something when the logical side of my brain finally kicked in. I'm almost too scared to be laughing.

@HUW if any of us lost hair because of this we'll be mailing you the bill!!!

Posted by skipper1011 in United States, 01 Apr 2012 19:32

Wow, you had me fooled there for a minute HUW( hopefully)! I hope this is an April Fools joke. If not than I'll, I'll ...I'll shoot myself! ;)

Posted by ibes007 in United States, 01 Apr 2012 19:37

Fantastic set-up for a joke- very convincing in the paragraph and presentation. In the rare chance that it is not a joke, it doesn't bother me- it's your website and you can do with it what you want. I'm just grateful that you are willing to have Brickset.

Someone mentioned Legos being sacred, I really like Legos, but if Legos are the center of my life, I may consider some re-examination.

Posted by COMANDO44 in United States, 01 Apr 2012 19:43

no!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!no!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
it may not be lego set but it is Brickset: LEGO® set guide.

Posted by itsaturkey in United States, 01 Apr 2012 21:01

^ Wow there, calm down. It's a April Fools. Look at the article, "I'm sure many of you own some of these already and I suspect once I add them here many more of you will start to buy them." :P C'mon, he's clearly being sarcastic. Also if it wasn't a April Fools he would have responded by now. But he prefers to let us jump in the swirling tornado of emotion while he laughs at our pathetic and humiliating comments :P Cruel Huw, cruel :P
And besides, it's his website, so don't call him a idiot if he's the one who created the website. He can make a My Little Pony page for all I care. And it's not hypocrisy, this is hardly a government, this is a informative, interesting and in my opinion amazing website, Huw has never steered us wrong before and he won't do it any time soon. Have some faith! :)

Posted by (-)-Crushmaster-(-) in United States, 01 Apr 2012 22:07


About time! Thanks, Brickset!

;-).

Posted by CharlieTheFunEngine in Australia, 01 Apr 2012 22:12

Please don't shout me down for this, but I would LOVE Brickset to include at least Mega Bloks as I collect the Thomas The Tank Engine theme they created after LEGO lost the license in 2009.

If this is not a joke, I'll be thrilled.

If it is a joke, I'll be hugely disappointed.

I like how itsaturkey put it: "Is any Sci-Fi movie made after Star Wars a rip-off?"

My passion is for inter-locking building blocks. Not a particular brand. Whichever brand makes the licences I want, I'll buy them.

Posted by weinner in United States, 01 Apr 2012 22:34

Pancakes suck, waffle are awesome. I love you wafflebot.

Posted by Brew75 in United States, 01 Apr 2012 22:43

Seriously for all those people that would be glad for this change I respect your your thoughts BUT I think clone bricks still suck.

Posted by Jay Kenobi ZX in United States, 01 Apr 2012 23:03

I just remebered that today is April Fool's Day....
*facepalm
Yeah, now that I think about it, I doubt that Huw is serious.

Posted by brettnavinskie in United States, 02 Apr 2012 07:23

You guys are all dweebs for not realizing it is an April Fool's joke. Nice one Huw.

Posted by Brew75 in United States, 02 Apr 2012 07:48

^yeah but it would be scary if this change did happen

Posted by sharky in United States, 02 Apr 2012 09:55

Even it wasn't a joke it wouldn't bother me. I never did understand the hatred people have for other brands. If you don't like them, just don't buy them. While I do feel Lego designs are far superior, some of the bricks of some other brands are pretty good as well. It's just always been the designs of the sets IMO that are really lacking with the clone brands. I have some Halo stuff that I like very much.

Posted by Brew75 in United States, 03 Apr 2012 11:56

the only clone brand that i dont dispise is nano bricks because i looked up set designs and that the set designs can be made with lego

Posted by lego lego lego in United Kingdom, 04 Apr 2012 07:01

I thought it was a bit weird and I forgot it was april fools day

Posted by legoyt in Australia, 05 Apr 2012 21:54

Kreo sucks. But glad this was only a April fools joke.PS, I found pictures of 2013 sets. April fools!

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