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Hey Chris, watcha doing?
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Just playing with my stackable plastic bricks
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from China.
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You know...
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Captain America, on a motorcycle.
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Iron Man, on a motorcycle.
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Thor, on a motorcycle.
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Hulk, on a motorcycle.
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And Superman, on a motorcycle.
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Wait...
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what is Superman doing here?
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He's on a motorcycle, Matt.
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I mean, he's not part of...
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nevermind.
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Where did you get these?
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Asia.
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That’s hilarious.
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Oh, you don’t know the half of it.
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These aren’t even in my top 10.
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Wait - you have a top 10 list of LEGO knockoffs?
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Oh yeah…
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Number 10
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From Chinese toymaker XINH
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comes this lovely set of
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Superman fighting Lex Luthor.
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With a gun.
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That shoots...kryptonite?
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Why would Superman have this gun?
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He wouldn't even be able to touch kryptonite!
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Speaking of things that make very little sense...
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Number 9
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Heroes Assemble!
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It’s Superman with robot limbs!
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Wait, would robot limbs make Superman
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more power or less powerful than normal?
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Oh, wait.
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This isn’t Superman.
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It’s...
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Super Batman.
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But that super Batman is not nearly as cool as...
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Number 8
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Bat Hero!
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And his arch-nemesis...
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Clown!
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Look, you can’t just change the name slightly—
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and that somehow makes it not copyright infringement!
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Like...
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Number 7
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LAGO.
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OK.
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That’s a little too close to the LEGO logo.
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But since the real LEGO brand
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doesn’t make Ultraman minifigures,
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someone’s gotta do it, right?
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I mean, he is “The Embodiment of Justice Hero.”
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Number 6
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Now those LAGOs were pretty cool.
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But this Chinese knockoff is just...
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OK.
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Not nearly as cool as...
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Number 5
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Fear the powerful Empire!
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It’s...
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Star Wabs.
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Number 4
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Super Weapon Submarine.
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I think it’s a Chinese knockoff
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of America’s underwater scientific drone.
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But judging from those blaster weapons,
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it’s definitely not there to simply measure
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oceanic conditions, am I right?
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Number 3
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The Simpsons.
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I don’t think they got permission from LEGO
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or Matt Groening.
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Yeah, Maggie looks concerned
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about a possible copyright lawsuit.
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Number 2
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But this one should be fine, right?
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It’s totally not a knockoff of Disney’s
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Sleeping Beauty!
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It’s “Dream: Sleeping Girl”!
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Complete with a giant dull spindle.
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And Number 1
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Why buy LEGO Minecraft,
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complete with Steve and Zombie,
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when you can buy LELE My World,
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complete with Steve and Zmbie.
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Look, you can even build your own “oreations”
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with inspiration “inoluded.”
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While all those may simply be amusing
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to most of us,
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LEGO is taking knockoffs very seriously.
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The LEGO Group has sued
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a number of competitors,
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including most recently a Chinese company
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called LEPIN.
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Which really should be sued by Star Wars instead, right?
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Unless Star Wnrs is a totally different movie.
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So what do you think?
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Leave your comments below.
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And if you want to see more crazy and fun stuff
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from China that doesn’t make it into our episodes,
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follow us on Facebook.
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Once again, I’m Chris Chappell.
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And I'm Matt Gnaizda.
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See you next time!
