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Probably a highly debatable topic, but have people here experienced non-Lego bricks that are compatible with Lego (no Megablocks or others)? How was it? (sopuli.xyz)

submitted 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) by Blaze@sopuli.xyz to c/lego@lemm.ee

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The original patent expired in 2011, after all: https://boingboing.net/2011/10/21/expired-patent-of-the-day-lego.html

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[–] nokturne213@sopuli.xyz 3 points 1 week ago

My sister got a mega blocks set in the mid-late 80s and while they fit with each other well enough, their compatibility with LEGO was abhorrent. As time went on her collection was rolled into mine, and I spent the next decade purging mega blocks from my LEGO, and on occasion I still find one.

In 2005 or so there was a very cool ork castle from an off brand we decided to get for my oldest daughter. It looked amazing, but had the structural integrity of rotted Lincoln logs. There were a lot of misshapen pieces and even the perfect ones did not quite fit.

I have never tried another knockoff since.