Mega blocks command ops8/24/2023 I was told it only opens a few times per year and only for 2 days in a row. There is a "warehouse sale" door, but it was closed. I contented myself by just circling the entire property on my bike. So it would be very easy for anybody to just sneak inside there (not that I'd do it myself). Strangely, there were very few fences to be found anywhere on the entire site - I've worked in warehouses where fences make it completely impossible to go even as close as 30 meters from any entrance. I managed to see the inside the warehouse from the large doors used by trucks for loading/unloading. The HQ is situated in an industrial part of town, on Hickmore st., close to the 520 highway. Today, I took my bicycle and paid my first visit to MegaBloks (Mega Brands) HQ in Montreal, Canada. Although to be honest I lost interest in building things that involved skateboards long before I got my hands on an official LEGO one. It was decent, although quality was lacking and I was quite grateful when I got some real, official LEGO skateboards and didn't have to use Mega Bloks ones. My family actually owned the Mega Bloks 9157 Skate Park you linked to. Thus, it was designed from the beginning for functionality, not realism, and certainly not for application in a skate park. It was originally a curve element from the Ultimate NBA Arena set, used to keep the ball from rolling off the court. The reason the curved ramp elements from LEGO Island Extreme Stunts (and from the Gravity Games subtheme of LEGO Sports) are inaccurate is because it is not specially-designed for skateboarding sets. Checking out 6738 Skateboard Challenge, I think you'll see what I mean I really like the unique "in-line" blade elements, the BMX bikes, but most of all, how the half pipes and vert ramps were done right! Lego could have taken a few ideas from them for a change, or at least paid more attention to actual ramp dimensions, before releasing their Island Extreme Stunts (pardon the blasphemy ). Apart from MB's notorious fault in quality (grip/color), at least 96-02, some of the features are quite nice. I have all three the skate sets intact, they are the only non-Lego I allowed in my layout. They received 9157 Skate Park (Half Pipe), 9161 Skate Park, and 9169 Skate City one year for Christmas. Their interest of the time, Tony Hawk Pro Skater game releases, etc. I am and was always into city/trains, but they liked various sets from any theme or make, in particular where skate park sets. I did, however, acquire a few from my brothers from when they were young. Like many here, I do not, nor have ever, purchased Mega Blok sets.
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