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in article G85w3s.KKv@lugnet.com, Will Hess at willhess@simflex.com wrote on
2/2/2001 9:20 PM:
> > Anyway, this is all pretty obvious, isn't? The death of the mini-fig
> > appears to me to be written on the wall. It's difficult to imagine lego
> > maintaining two small figure scales indefinitely. Lego seems intent on
> > competing with action figures more directly, and the slightly larger Creator
> > figs allow for that.
>
> FWIW I think the death of the minifig is more about the expiration of the
> patent
> on those elements than anything else. The Best Lock figs are a straight
> rip-off
> of the minifigs we all know and love. I'd suspect Lego is going in this new
> direction to distance themselves from the competition.
>
> That's my .02....
>
> Will
>
>
See, now I think this is just crazy. Why on earth didn't Lego trademark the
minifig? Then (although I am no lawyer), patent or no patent, no one else
could produce them without violating the trademark...
Rob
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| "Rob D." <htduck.geo@yahoo.com> wrote in message news:B6A0F4E7.11222%...hoo.com... (...) on (...) the (...) new (...) the (...) I think thats what the previous post said. i.e. they were patented. However, patents eventually run out, as they now are (...) (23 years ago, 3-Feb-01, to lugnet.year.2001, lugnet.general)
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| (...) yet. (...) Good news (or thought): If creator figs replace mini figs, then kids will ask "Why were all the old star wars figures short and fat?". This could make the guys who made star wars (I can't remember the company name) angry, so they (...) (23 years ago, 3-Feb-01, to lugnet.year.2001, lugnet.general)
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