"PCEWorks" finally bootlegs Magical Chase

[ClodBuster]

They are manufacturing their own from copying the original blocks. Thus this affects shape, clutch power, print quality, color tone consistency and sticker quality in a bad way. Also the raw plastic material itself injected into the molds has quality issues.

Their manuals are also shitty. Copied straight from the originals, but squeezing more steps on less paper. Colors are off, and 1:1 comparisons (needed for technic axles) are rendered useless.


You simply can't have the same quality of genuine Lego bricks at a lower price. This is not even counting in the intellectual property of the creations itself as well as licensing contracts for franchise related sets.

[Gentlegamer]

When I was a kid, I made the Transformers I couldn't have out of Legos.

[SignOfZeta]

Yeah, Lego is a quality engineered toy at its core. A shitty knock-off would be nonsense, like a bootleg Rolux that doesn't fool anyone.

[PunkicCyborg]

I actually bought some bootleg Ninjago minifigures for my kids. They would take them places and loose them so I was like f*ck it and bought the knock off set. You can get a set of 8 for $10 shipped. They look ok but my kids realized they were different right off the bat.
Oh and LOL at the new MC repros. I got flamed on the FB groups for calling out the hu card bootleggers because people thought they were better or somehow more justified to make them for "the community" and now look at them all working together LMFAO
Sad state for the PC Engine scene 2017, bootlegs were the worst thing to happen to our little world

[Lost Monkey]

They are manufacturing their own from copying the original blocks. Thus this affects shape, clutch power, print quality, color tone consistency and sticker quality in a bad way. Also the raw plastic material itself injected into the molds has quality issues.

Their manuals are also shitty. Copied straight from the originals, but squeezing more steps on less paper. Colors are off, and 1:1 comparisons (needed for technic axles) are rendered useless.


You simply can't have the same quality of genuine Lego bricks at a lower price. This is not even counting in the intellectual property of the creations itself as well as licensing contracts for franchise related sets.

I get it now - I have actually bought knock off Lego at a dollar store just to have something at the office for when co-workers brought kids in and stuff.. they had sharp edges, wouldn't stay together and smelled like cancer... 

They ended up in the garbage before they could hurt any kids...

[Gentlegamer]

I think I still have a giant case full of 80s Legos.


For use, I would dump them out onto a Superfriends bed sheet on the floor.

[gex]

Bullshit incoming
Only on the FB groups..

[TheClash603]

Bullshit incoming
Only on the FB groups..

It may be off to the side and out of frame, but I assume that penis contraption from the movie Seven is a pack-in, to really push the anal rape to the highest level?

[incrediblehark]

I always thought bootleg Legos were called Mega Bloks?

I get the newsletter from PCE Works and when I saw the Magical Chase I was interested to see if it was on CD or not. When I realized it was Hucard repro and then who actually made them, I went to the source instead and ordered just the card.

EDIT: Just read through the entire thread, been out of the loop for a while. I knew there was some issues with what Tobias was doing, didn't realize it had gone this far. I missed out on the Magical Chase repros that were sold on here way back and thought ordering one from turbokon was acceptable because of the history here. But it sounds like that was a mistake. BTW I have had a flash cart in the past from the group buy here but it never worked for me so I got rid of it. Figured repro was my best option.

[gex]

BTW I have had a flash cart in the past from the group buy here but it never worked for me so I got rid of it. Figured repro was my best option.

Wow that's pretty sad actually. All the epic games you're missing out on

[SignOfZeta]

Yes, what a sad miserable state of half-existence it would be to not have a flash card. This is why nobody who owned a PCE more than four years ago had ever enjoyed their system. Every one of them was %100 sad bastard because if there is one thing that needs to be known it's that you MUST GET A FLASH CARD or life is purgatory.

[xelement5x]

So I just saw this cover, what did they do to Ripple?  She looks like some modern animu moe crap.

[gex]

Well he bought his flash card for a reason. Probably because he doesn't have a full library of desirable physical games. So yeah, it is sad to be missing out. Especially if he's resorting to individually buying $40 repros.

[ClodBuster]

So I just saw this cover, what did they do to Ripple?  She looks like some modern animu moe crap.

I agree.

[esteban]

Yes, what a sad miserable state of half-existence it would be to not have a flash card. This is why nobody who owned a PCE more than four years ago had ever enjoyed their system. Every one of them was %100 sad bastard because if there is one thing that needs to be known it's that you MUST GET A FLASH CARD or life is purgatory.

Hahahahhahjaja.

Totally!

I bought a flash cardt (sp?) years ago and HAVE YET TO USE IT ONCE.

Now, I'm not proud of this (I am an idiot, basically, and haven't even attempted to figure it out), but I know that one of these years I'll figure it out and be able to play translated ROMs and homebrew and Terra Cresta II on my console.

Until then, I'm still having tons of fun with my sad little PCE/TG-16. (The funny thing is that 99% of the time I am playing lots of the inexpensive.cheap games with my kids).