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Re: [FA] - eBay - Lego CUSTOM: - Unique 4 axle custom Hopper
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lugnet.market.theory
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Sun, 12 Dec 1999 20:23:20 GMT
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In lugnet.market.theory, Jeff Thompson writes:
> In lugnet.market.theory, Todd Lehman writes:
> > In lugnet.market.theory, Kevin Wilson writes:
> > > I'll be very interested to see how this goes. It's something I have been
> > > contemplating doing too. I wonder how TLC will react to this - after
> > > all, it's competition for them, in a small way. [...]
> >
> > I'm not worried about it. People have been selling custom LEGO models via
> > auction for more than 5 years and as long as you don't infringe on any of
> > TLC's IP or accidentally misrepresent the models as being official, it's
> > really no different in the worst case than if you were some other actual
> > toy company selling clones.
>
> I see it as light-years away from selling clones. I get what you're
> saying, but, clone manufacturers have to take care not to violate
> any of LEGO's patents. Since we're not manufacturering bricks, that's
> not a problem in the least.
Exactly. It's so far away from selling clones that in the worse case,
it's like the kinds of set-design (not parts design) issues that clone-
brand manufacturers have to worry about. In the best case, it's so far
away from selling clones that light from selling clones takes ten million
years just to reach ya.
> There is nothing wrong with selling custom models made of LEGO elements
> as long as you don't represent them as being a product of TLC, which
> was really what you were saying. I agree. It's no more a problem for
> LEGO for us to do this than it is for us to auction off old sets or
> hold piece auctions.
Those are my thoughts exactly, yeah.
> It's not competition with LEGO, since they provide the source material
> we use. We still have to buy the elements from them to build the
> custom models. They profit.
Yup! (And that's not even rationalization! :)
--Todd
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