Showing posts with label Mega Bloks. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Mega Bloks. Show all posts
Friday, February 14, 2014
Thursday, February 13, 2014
Mega Bloks Hot Wheels
At the Christmas parade, Isaac got himself a cool Mega Bloks Hot Wheels figure.
Friday, October 26, 2012
Montreal Comic Con part 2
There was lots of cool cosplay at the ComicCon!
Even Jango Fett was there!
AIM! What a cool cosplay. Isaac and I love those guys.
A big Mega Blocks statue.
The Batmobile and the Mystery Machine!
Thursday, May 24, 2012
Spider-Man & Friends
One of the very first superheroes collection I got for Isaac when he was about one was the Mega Bloks' Spider-Man & Friends.
These are extremely cool, well built and fun to play with. Now that he is older he doesn't play with them anymore but I wanted to kept them in our every growing collection. I think they are important and part of our "story".
Here is Isaac with the figures. I wish we would found all of them but hopefully someday we will.
These are extremely cool, well built and fun to play with. Now that he is older he doesn't play with them anymore but I wanted to kept them in our every growing collection. I think they are important and part of our "story".
Here is Isaac with the figures. I wish we would found all of them but hopefully someday we will.
Friday, February 3, 2012
Isaac's Christmas 2011
From the daycare, Isaac got a cool Mega Bloks mini figure of a skateboarder along with lots of Marvel stickers. Stickers are so cool! I used to collect them as a kid. Isaac has tons of them in various albums.
Tuesday, January 31, 2012
Isaac's Christmas 2011
From Uncle Bob and Aunt Julie, Isaac got a very cool Mega Bloks Captain America figure. Its a nice figure reminiscent of the larger Lego figures.
Wednesday, October 19, 2011
Flea Market Hunting : TMNT
On a recent trip to the flea market we found a very cool Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Mega Bloks playlet. Beside that it was extremely cheap, what is even cooler is that those Mega Bloks are compatible with Lego!
This is a very cool sets that was almost complete and came with the manual. Sadly we are missing Shredder's head.
Back in 2003, Mega Bloks announced that it had entered into a worldwide agreement with 4Kids Entertainment, Inc., the exclusive worldwide agent for the all-new Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, for the right to manufacture and sell construction toys embodying the characters and elements associated with the all-new TMNT animated television series.
Also here's a quick reminder to let you know that the next Montreal Toycon is coming up this weekend... on October 23rd, 2011. It all happens starting at 10am on October 23rd and takes place at the Courtyard By Marriott Montreal Airport! As usual, Isaac and I will be there!
This is a very cool sets that was almost complete and came with the manual. Sadly we are missing Shredder's head.
Back in 2003, Mega Bloks announced that it had entered into a worldwide agreement with 4Kids Entertainment, Inc., the exclusive worldwide agent for the all-new Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, for the right to manufacture and sell construction toys embodying the characters and elements associated with the all-new TMNT animated television series.
Also here's a quick reminder to let you know that the next Montreal Toycon is coming up this weekend... on October 23rd, 2011. It all happens starting at 10am on October 23rd and takes place at the Courtyard By Marriott Montreal Airport! As usual, Isaac and I will be there!
Saturday, July 23, 2011
Flea Market Hunting : Mega Bloks
What a find that was! A few weeks ago while going around at our local flea market we found the Mega Bloks Pirates of the Caribbean Black Pearl Ship Playset. The important things to understand here is that this Mega Bloks collection is no longer available and that they are fully compatible with Lego!
If you check online this playset goes for as much as $249! We got it for $10! What a deal! Ok it is missing one piece of the boat but since it is Lego compatible and that I found the instruction manual online, I was able to reconstruct that missing piece, amazing!
This is a superb playset that comes with cannon ports, opening desk panels, moving pulley system, captain's cabin, treasure chest and more! Overall there are about 175 pieces.
On a sidenote, a few years ago the Lego Group has filed law suits against Mega Bloks, Inc. in courts around the world on the grounds that Mega Bloks' use of the "studs and tubes" interlocking brick system is a violation of trademarks held by Lego. Generally such law suits have been unsuccessful, chiefly because the functional design of the basic brick is considered a matter of patent rather than trademark law, and all relevant Lego patents have expired.
The Supreme Court of Canada, ruling in the case of Kirkbi (Lego) v. Ritvik Holdings (Mega Bloks), did not only strike a metaphorical blow for children (and parents!) in Canada, not to mention the pocketbooks of the latter, but also clarified the boundaries between two areas of intellectual property. In holding that Lego does not have a trademark in the shape of its building blocks, the Court forced Lego to compete with Mega Bloks where they are in fact supposed to compete: in the marketplace. The ultimate winners here are the kids!
If you check online this playset goes for as much as $249! We got it for $10! What a deal! Ok it is missing one piece of the boat but since it is Lego compatible and that I found the instruction manual online, I was able to reconstruct that missing piece, amazing!
This is a superb playset that comes with cannon ports, opening desk panels, moving pulley system, captain's cabin, treasure chest and more! Overall there are about 175 pieces.
On a sidenote, a few years ago the Lego Group has filed law suits against Mega Bloks, Inc. in courts around the world on the grounds that Mega Bloks' use of the "studs and tubes" interlocking brick system is a violation of trademarks held by Lego. Generally such law suits have been unsuccessful, chiefly because the functional design of the basic brick is considered a matter of patent rather than trademark law, and all relevant Lego patents have expired.
The Supreme Court of Canada, ruling in the case of Kirkbi (Lego) v. Ritvik Holdings (Mega Bloks), did not only strike a metaphorical blow for children (and parents!) in Canada, not to mention the pocketbooks of the latter, but also clarified the boundaries between two areas of intellectual property. In holding that Lego does not have a trademark in the shape of its building blocks, the Court forced Lego to compete with Mega Bloks where they are in fact supposed to compete: in the marketplace. The ultimate winners here are the kids!
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