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Re: Fake LEGO
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lugnet.general
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Date:
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Sun, 12 Sep 2004 18:21:08 GMT
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In lugnet.general, Gary Tabener wrote:
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Apart from LEGO are there any known issues where bricks have been made by
other companies with the LEGO mark/logo on but not looking quite the same
(smaller/different text)?
The reason I ask is that I have been buying LEGO by the kilo+ on Ebay and
have been getting a few bricks that at a quick glance look like LEGO bricks.
Upon close inspection these bricks have a different style logo and the
plastic seems different and the bricks are warped (base of brick does not
sit flat).
Or are these bricks just older type bricks from a time with different
plastics and older manufacturing skills/equipment?
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Some may be aged and from unpleasant environments (e.g. exposed to wide
variations in heat/humidity), and older bricks were made from different plastic,
rather than ABS.
Another possibility is it could be an illegal pirated clone. LEGO has had
problems of copyright infringement, of fly-by-night companies swiping box
designs and producing low-quality bricks then selling them as real LEGO.
This LEGO press release has some details about that.
Kelly
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| Apart from LEGO are there any known issues where bricks have been made by other companies with the LEGO mark/logo on but not looking quite the same (smaller/different text)? The reason I ask is that I have been buying LEGO by the kilo+ on Ebay and (...) (20 years ago, 12-Sep-04, to lugnet.general)
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