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On June 16, 2015, European Court of Justice upheld Lego's figure trademark. [13] Lego had in 2009 filed its copyright claims into a U.S. Customs database that led to the seizure of Best-Lock shipments coming in from Asia. In October 2011, Lego filed in US District Court in Hartford filed against Best-Lock over the mini-figure trademark. [6] [14]
The increase of Lego guns and other forms of weaponry in Lego sets has been a continued source of controversy. In May 2016, researchers at the University of Canterbury published a report in the scientific journal PLOS One, [4] which concluded that Lego had become “significantly more violent” after the research found that the violence of products highlighted in Lego catalogues had increased ...
By 2008, BrickArms was producing more than twenty weapons. [7] BrickArms produces a variety of minifigure-compatible accessories including an M4 carbine, M21 Sniper Rifle, M1 Garand, M84 grenades, M1 Helmet, Stahlhelm, Minigun, AK-47, M3 Grease Gun, M16, and a Combat Shotgun, along with many other items related to warfare.
Jeffrey Boshek, special agent in charge with the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, speaks during a demonstration by federal prosecutors on how "switches" can turn semi-automatic ...
A dupe (duplicate) or knockoff is a product similar in appearance, functionality, or design to a higher-end, often more expensive, branded item but sold at a much lower price.
Since 2008, LEGO has had a program titled “LEGO Ideas” where netizens can pitch sets, which, if they get enough votes, end up being made into real sets, with the idea creator getting a 1% royalty.
A 7-foot ball built from 5 million LEGO bricks can be easily pushed off the top of a hill, roll down, and bounce off a parked car without doing any damage. Busted Grant, Tory, and Kari investigated this myth in three parts: the number of bricks needed for a 7-foot (2 m) ball, whether its weight would make it hard to push around, and whether it ...
A Lego minifigure, often simply referred to as a Lego figure or a minifig, is a small plastic articulated figurine made of special Lego bricks produced by Danish building toy manufacturer The Lego Group. They were first produced in 1978 and have been a success, with over 4 billion produced worldwide as of 2020.