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Subject: 
Coko Brand (Was: LEGO vann över Biltema...)
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lugnet.loc.se, lugnet.loc.dk, lugnet.loc.no, lugnet.loc.fi, lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands
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Date: 
Thu, 23 Oct 2003 19:41:58 GMT
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In lugnet.loc.se, Tobbe Arnesson wrote:
LEGO Company has taken similar legal action against the Biltema divisions in
Denmark, Sweden and Finland. • Eric Hampusgård wrote:

Great! I've seen the "copies", they look awful. The colours bleak and looks
sick and
the individual fit of the pieces seems to be far out. If I tried to lift one
of the models
I am sure it would totally collapse.


No, they won't. I find Coko to be one of the best clone brands. They snap
together very well. There were just two things that made me disppointed.
1. The minifigs are a disaster; no friction at the hips make them fall forward!
2. Their "military green" coclour is as good as black, far from what is
displayed on the boxes. You have to use very strong light to see that it isn't
black.



Tobbe Arnesson wrote:
In December last year LEGO Company won a lawsuit at The Beijing High People's
Court against the Chinese producer of the Coko products. The court stated that
Coko had to hand over the moulds to the court for destruction. The company also
had to publish an official apology in a national newspaper and pay compensation
to LEGO Company. " • Eric Hampusgård wrote:

One can but wonder if those moulds really were destroyed or if the company
owner
just gave them to his nephew to continue the production. Maybe they already
had
produced so many pieces they felt the need to sell the sets to some less
knowing
company. No wonder Biltema came along. Since Sweden is so far from Denmark
I presume they thought it safe to sell the sets here in Scandinavia. Silly
sods. :)

All give praise to the real Brick! ;)

// Anton



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  Re: LEGO vann över Biltema i Norge ang. Coko.
 
(...) in (...) Great! I've seen the "copies", they look awful. The colours bleak and looks sick and the individual fit of the pieces seems to be far out. If I tried to lift one of the models I am sure it would totally collapse. (...) People's (...) (...) (21 years ago, 23-Oct-03, to lugnet.loc.se, lugnet.loc.dk, lugnet.loc.no, lugnet.loc.fi)

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