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Subject:	Re: Art Asylum Mini-Mates blocks
Newsgroups:	lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands
Date:	Thu, 19 Feb 2004 15:09:03 GMT
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In lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands, Jeff Szklennik wrote:

from Raving Toy Maniac’s coverage of Toy Fair 2004

my fav so far is the Javelin 7 another set from Toy News International

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?

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 clone to duplicate patented elements so closely.

Curiouser and curiouser. Thanks for sharing.

Dave!

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		Art Asylum Mini-Mates blocks
from Raving Toy Maniac's coverage of Toy Fair 2004: (URL) my fav so far is the Javelin 7 another set from Toy News International: (URL) in both pics, it's obvious that several pieces are direct COPIES of Lego pieces. I wonder if Art Asylum bought a (...) (21 years ago, 19-Feb-04, to lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands, FTX)

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