• LEGO overtakes Ferrari to become the world's most powerful brand
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I used Lego to propose to my girlfriend [URL=http://s1072.photobucket.com/user/mark6789x/media/download_20141230_212706_zpsymqhypf2.jpeg.html][IMG]http://i1072.photobucket.com/albums/w378/mark6789x/download_20141230_212706_zpsymqhypf2.jpeg[/IMG][/URL]
Imagine a life-size lego car that works that would be amazing
[QUOTE=Trumple;47164466]And then people ruin it by saying "LEGOs" [IMG]https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/10518681/Screenshots/2015-02-18_14-26-31.png[/IMG] It's specifically not LEGOs[/QUOTE] I don't get the crucial difference it makes, though
See, its because Lego makes Ferrari stuff. If Ferrari made Lego stuff, this wouldn't be an issue.
[QUOTE=EpicRandomnes;47163430]Yeah, you want to know what helped cause it? [IMG]http://images.brickset.com/sets/images/8313-1.jpg?200205110327[/IMG] Meet LEGO's greatest disaster: "Galidor: Defenders of the Outer Dimension" Not the sole reason LEGO nearly went bankrupt, but they pushed this line so hard it had its own TV show and game series, and was a total flop hated by LEGO fans everywhere and never, [B][I]ever[/I][/B] mentioned in any official LEGO publications.[/QUOTE] I got these figures for Christmas one year, hold up. [img]http://fotos.fotoflexer.com/145da650b5f921f6c915d6f0306ded3d.jpg[/img] They seemed awesome at the time, but I'm the minority from the looks of it.
[QUOTE=Zadrave;47165444]Imagine a life-size lego car that works that would be amazing[/QUOTE] What if I told you they've already done that? [video=youtube;_ObE4_nMCjE]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_ObE4_nMCjE[/video]
[QUOTE=Zadrave;47165444]Imagine a life-size lego car that works that would be amazing[/QUOTE] [video=youtube;_ObE4_nMCjE]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_ObE4_nMCjE[/video] ? [QUOTE=admiralt;47166293]What if I told you they've already done that? [/QUOTE] You mother fucker :v:
Oh shit, I remember Galidor! I wanted that giant blue sphere teleporter thingy for the longest time but I never ended up getting it. I also enjoyed mashing those with my bionicle's n lego that I had here and there. Last I remember, the remnants of those Galidor figures were I believe donated away with my lego so a bunch of little kids are probably wondering what the hell those are :v:
[QUOTE=Kylel999;47165484]I don't get the crucial difference it makes, though[/QUOTE] It's hard to strike down people for copyright infringement if your copyright claim is even slightly fuzzy or loose and especially so if you're not aggressive in protecting it. Additionally, LEGO may not have the copyright for LEGOS, so if somebody were to sell similar bricks under the name then they could probably get quite a bit of cash from it and there's not much that LEGO could do about it since the patent on the bricks themselves has expired.
[QUOTE=EpicRandomnes;47163472][URL="http://brickset.com/sets/theme-Galidor"]It only gets worse.[/URL] [t]http://images.brickset.com/sets/images/4044-1.jpg?200310250427[/t][/QUOTE] So this where this thing came from. I know its torso is mixed with the random toys box since I never knew how or where I go it. Or even what it was until today. Glad I solved this old childhood mystery.
I'll be honest, I had completely forgotten about Galidor until I did a little bit of Googling, and realized I owned the entire line at one point.
[QUOTE=EpicRandomnes;47163430]Yeah, you want to know what helped cause it? [IMG]http://images.brickset.com/sets/images/8313-1.jpg?200205110327[/IMG] [IMG]http://images.brickset.com/sets/images/4040-1.jpg?200310250420[/IMG] [IMG]http://vignette4.wikia.nocookie.net/lego/images/4/4f/4043_Gorm.jpg/revision/latest?cb=20100210013959[/IMG] Meet LEGO's greatest disaster: "Galidor: Defenders of the Outer Dimension" Not the sole reason LEGO nearly went bankrupt, but they pushed this line so hard it had its own TV show and game series, and was a total flop hated by LEGO fans everywhere and never, [B][I]ever[/I][/B] mentioned in any official LEGO publications.[/QUOTE] Dude, I had a bunch of these. Thanks for reminding me of what they were called after 13 years of me not knowing since I was only 4 at the time and they were the shit to four-year-old me.
[QUOTE=Turkey72;47165681]I got these figures for Christmas one year, hold up. [img]http://fotos.fotoflexer.com/145da650b5f921f6c915d6f0306ded3d.jpg[/img] They seemed awesome at the time, but I'm the minority from the looks of it.[/QUOTE] holy shit I had that exact same robot on the left but never realized it, I remember finding only his head and wondering what the fuck is this thing years after I had lost it.
I think I still have all the bionicle comics from the bohrok era
[QUOTE=macdoo999;47166670]It's hard to strike down people for copyright infringement if your copyright claim is even slightly fuzzy or loose and especially so if you're not aggressive in protecting it. Additionally, LEGO may not have the copyright for LEGOS, so if somebody were to sell similar bricks under the name then they could probably get quite a bit of cash from it and there's not much that LEGO could do about it since the patent on the bricks themselves has expired.[/QUOTE] but there's no fuzziness resulting from using it as a plural I use "legos" to refer specifically to lego brand bricks, not plastic constriction bricks in general I wouldn't call megablocks legos, that makes no sense how does this dilute their brand?
[QUOTE=EpicRandomnes;47163430]Yeah, you want to know what helped cause it? [IMG]http://images.brickset.com/sets/images/8313-1.jpg?200205110327[/IMG] [IMG]http://images.brickset.com/sets/images/4040-1.jpg?200310250420[/IMG] [IMG]http://vignette4.wikia.nocookie.net/lego/images/4/4f/4043_Gorm.jpg/revision/latest?cb=20100210013959[/IMG] Meet LEGO's greatest disaster: "Galidor: Defenders of the Outer Dimension" Not the sole reason LEGO nearly went bankrupt, but they pushed this line so hard it had its own TV show and game series, and was a total flop hated by LEGO fans everywhere and never, [B][I]ever[/I][/B] mentioned in any official LEGO publications.[/QUOTE] Remember Jack Stone? They did a tie in with Colgate to give figures of him with toothbrushes. [IMG]http://vignette2.wikia.nocookie.net/lego/images/b/b0/Jack_Stone_Toothbrush_4.gif/revision/latest?cb=20111025093245[/IMG]
[QUOTE=ThatCrazyGmanV2;47163819]I will defend galidor to the death it had the [B]BEST[/B] game on the lego website yo[/QUOTE] Galidor Quest? That was so good
[QUOTE=Zethiwag;47171410]Galidor Quest? That was so good[/QUOTE] thanks for reminding me of the name, I found a link to a reupload of it [url]http://biomediaproject.com/bmp/files/LEGO/gms/online/Galidor/GalidorQuest/DSWMEDIA/index.html[/url]
[QUOTE=ghghop;47163283]As Ferraris[/QUOTE] entire budget spent on building a single ferrari for the production all the set and cameras have ferrari logos sowed into them for maximum effect
[QUOTE=1STrandomman;47169147]but there's no fuzziness resulting from using it as a plural I use "legos" to refer specifically to lego brand bricks, not plastic constriction bricks in general I wouldn't call megablocks legos, that makes no sense how does this dilute their brand?[/QUOTE] the most powerful brand in the world should probably have the right to defend itself, because litterally everyone with cheap lawyer training will attempt to steal the brand at the oppertunity they get it. for example, the kleenex issue. which is why [URL="https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/10518681/Screenshots/2015-02-18_14-26-31.png"]this picture[/URL] refered to them as "LEGO Bricks" or "LEGO Toys." there's a lot of shitty loopholes in the American/International trademark associations that can absolutely fuck companies like LEGO, Nintendo, etc., though they've laxxed up a bit and now you don't see these copyright warnings coming with fucking children's toys anymore. I can't find it but Nintendo did something similar back in the 80s/90s. asking retailers to put up signs saying to refer to Nintendo products by what they are (the Nintendo Entertainment System) rather than just "a Nintendo" as Nintendo was not a verb or adjective, but a noun describing the company only, in order to protect their brand from the govt.
[QUOTE=Irockz;47170365]Remember Jack Stone? They did a tie in with Colgate to give figures of him with toothbrushes. [IMG]http://vignette2.wikia.nocookie.net/lego/images/b/b0/Jack_Stone_Toothbrush_4.gif/revision/latest?cb=20111025093245[/IMG][/QUOTE] I actually had one of those! It didn't have a figure of Jack Stone in it, it had someone else from the line-up. That reminds me, why did they get rid of Jack Stone?!
Jack stone was the shit. Those modular airplanes were so cool and easy to build shit with.
[QUOTE=Kylel999;47165484]I don't get the crucial difference it makes, though[/QUOTE] Kleenex. Basically if you refer to stuff as lego bricks or lego construction blocks etc you're maintaining a difference between Xyz construction blocks and lego ones. If you use legos you run into a risk of generelising to the point where any construction blocks end up as legos.
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