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Probably a highly debatable topic, but have people here experienced non-Lego bricks that are compatible with Lego (no Megablocks or others)? How was it? (sopuli.xyz)
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The original patent expired in 2011, after all: https://boingboing.net/2011/10/21/expired-patent-of-the-day-lego.html

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[โ€“] Blaze@sopuli.xyz 3 points 1 week ago (1 children)

going all Disney and trying to extend it for another century.

They still do somehow: https://www.politico.eu/article/lego-win-design-case-german-company-delta-sport-handelskontor-eu-court/

[โ€“] OpticalMoose@discuss.tchncs.de 3 points 1 week ago

Wow, I didn't know about that. Shame. Oh well, I like a lot of the sets I saw in your other comment, especially the dune buggy.