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Subject:	Art Asylum Mini-Mates blocks
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Date:	Thu, 19 Feb 2004 04:45:35 GMT
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from Raving Toy Maniac’s coverage of Toy Fair 2004:

http://www.toymania.com/toyshows/tf2004/full/fri19.shtml

my fav so far is the Javelin 7

another set from Toy News International:

http://www.afigures.com/g/?mode=view&album=2004_Toy_Fair%2FArt_Asylum_and_Play_Along%2FDC_Minimates&pic=ArtAsylum+131.jpg&dispsize=640&start=45

in both pics, it’s obvious that several pieces are direct COPIES of Lego pieces. I wonder if Art Asylum bought a liscence from Lego so Lego would supply the bricks in the set?

Jeff

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		Re: Art Asylum Mini-Mates blocks
(...) Well, I'm flummoxed. It seems unlikely to me that LEGO would provide true-LEGO bricks without requiring a clear indication on the packaging, but I can't imagine, given TLG's successful litigation against Coko/Shifty, that TLG would allow a (...) (20 years ago, 19-Feb-04, to lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands, FTX)

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