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Re: Cobi/Best-Lock
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Date: 
Tue, 2 Jan 2007 16:14:57 GMT
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In lugnet.pirates, Dave Schuler wrote: But check out the
   minifigs in any case!

Pirate crew

Wow. I admit I haven’t been following Best-Lock at all, but isn’t this insanely close to copyright violation for the “likeness” of the minifig? Have their figs always been so minifiggish?

DaveE



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  Re: Cobi/Best-Lock
 
(...) I'm not sure, to be honest. Cobi has existed for some time in Europe (based in Poland) but has only become available in the US very recently, in the wake of the Cobi/Best-Lock merger. Over at (URL) The Bloks Forum> we've been discussing this (...) (18 years ago, 2-Jan-07, to lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands, FTX)

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  Cobi/Best-Lock
 
Some of you may have noticed the semi-recent appearance of the brand Cobi/Best-Lock on shelves at nearby stores. Toys R Us is, so far, the largest carrier of the brand in the US, though at least one set has appeared at KB Toys, and an arm of the (...) (18 years ago, 2-Jan-07, to lugnet.pirates, lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands, FTX)  

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