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| | | Author: | Admin_Russell  | | Posted: | Jan 10, 2022 23:20 | | Subject: | Transparent and Glow-in-Dark Minifigures | | Viewed: | 3119 times | | Topic: | Administrative | |
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| Dear BrickLink Sellers,
Over the past several months, we’ve seen a variety of Transparent and Glow-In-Dark
minifigures flood the market. We have determined these to be illegitimate LEGO
items, despite the fact that many of them are imprinted with the LEGO logo.
Of particular note are the Darth Vader minifigures, Batman, and other superheroes.
We will start removing these listings this week, both from the custom items section
and from listings under catalog entries. This includes whole minifigures and
minifigure parts. For those of you who regularly file Problem Item For Sale reports,
please add these to the things you screen for.
Thank you,
The BrickLink Team
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| | | | | Author: | rylie_aitch | | Posted: | Jan 11, 2022 01:07 | | Subject: | Re: Transparent and Glow-in-Dark Minifigures | | Viewed: | 258 times | | Topic: | Administrative | |
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| In Administrative, Admin_Russell writes:
| | Dear BrickLink Sellers,
Over the past several months, we’ve seen a variety of Transparent and Glow-In-Dark
minifigures flood the market. We have determined these to be illegitimate LEGO
items, despite the fact that many of them are imprinted with the LEGO logo.
Of particular note are the Darth Vader minifigures, Batman, and other superheroes.
We will start removing these listings this week, both from the custom items section
and from listings under catalog entries. This includes whole minifigures and
minifigure parts. For those of you who regularly file Problem Item For Sale reports,
please add these to the things you screen for.
Thank you,
The BrickLink Team
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While I do love these figures, I understand why you need to match Lego's
position on this. But what will this mean for other non-production parts, or
vintage test bricks?
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| | | | | | | Author: | randyf | | Posted: | Jan 11, 2022 01:13 | | Subject: | Re: Transparent and Glow-in-Dark Minifigures | | Viewed: | 233 times | | Topic: | Administrative | |
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| In Administrative, ryanaitch writes:
| | In Administrative, Admin_Russell writes:
| | Dear BrickLink Sellers,
Over the past several months, we’ve seen a variety of Transparent and Glow-In-Dark
minifigures flood the market. We have determined these to be illegitimate LEGO
items, despite the fact that many of them are imprinted with the LEGO logo.
Of particular note are the Darth Vader minifigures, Batman, and other superheroes.
We will start removing these listings this week, both from the custom items section
and from listings under catalog entries. This includes whole minifigures and
minifigure parts. For those of you who regularly file Problem Item For Sale reports,
please add these to the things you screen for.
Thank you,
The BrickLink Team
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While I do love these figures, I understand why you need to match Lego's
position on this. But what will this mean for other non-production parts, or
vintage test bricks?
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I would think that vintage test bricks would still be okay because those were
made for testing back in the day and not for profit. I think it is pretty obvious
that all of these modern parts are being made behind LEGOs back by some bad actors
with access to the means of manufacture for an under-the-table gain. Not cool.
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| | | | | | | | | Author: | yorbrick | | Posted: | Jan 11, 2022 04:17 | | Subject: | (Cancelled) | | Viewed: | 168 times | | Topic: | Administrative | |
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| | | | | Author: | Yo_Yo_Flamingo | | Posted: | Jan 12, 2022 23:52 | | Subject: | Re: Transparent and Glow-in-Dark Minifigures | | Viewed: | 199 times | | Topic: | Administrative | |
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| In Administrative, Admin_Russell writes:
| | Dear BrickLink Sellers,
Over the past several months, we’ve seen a variety of Transparent and Glow-In-Dark
minifigures flood the market. We have determined these to be illegitimate LEGO
items, despite the fact that many of them are imprinted with the LEGO logo.
Of particular note are the Darth Vader minifigures, Batman, and other superheroes.
We will start removing these listings this week, both from the custom items section
and from listings under catalog entries. This includes whole minifigures and
minifigure parts. For those of you who regularly file Problem Item For Sale reports,
please add these to the things you screen for.
Thank you,
The BrickLink Team
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This certainly is interesting, and there are definitely cases where these items
are frauds (such as the pictures show here, these items can be seen to not be
LEGO parts, clear as day).
However, I think it we need to be careful before flagging every transparent minifigure
part under the sun- the catalog listing itself for minifigure torsos shows a
transparent torso . Transparent minifigures have made their way out
of test batches in the past- are these no longer allowed for sale?
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| | | | | | | Author: | randyf | | Posted: | Jan 13, 2022 01:23 | | Subject: | Re: Transparent and Glow-in-Dark Minifigures | | Viewed: | 159 times | | Topic: | Administrative | |
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| In Administrative, Yo_Yo_Flamingo writes:
| | In Administrative, Admin_Russell writes:
| | Dear BrickLink Sellers,
Over the past several months, we’ve seen a variety of Transparent and Glow-In-Dark
minifigures flood the market. We have determined these to be illegitimate LEGO
items, despite the fact that many of them are imprinted with the LEGO logo.
Of particular note are the Darth Vader minifigures, Batman, and other superheroes.
We will start removing these listings this week, both from the custom items section
and from listings under catalog entries. This includes whole minifigures and
minifigure parts. For those of you who regularly file Problem Item For Sale reports,
please add these to the things you screen for.
Thank you,
The BrickLink Team
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This certainly is interesting, and there are definitely cases where these items
are frauds (such as the pictures show here, these items can be seen to not be
LEGO parts, clear as day).
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I think the point is that the pictures shown here are *in fact* LEGO parts that
have been manufactured in a LEGO plant without the blessing of LEGO.
| | However, I think it we need to be careful before flagging every transparent minifigure
part under the sun- the catalog listing itself for minifigure torsos shows a
transparent torso . Transparent minifigures have made their way out
of test batches in the past- are these no longer allowed for sale?
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That is pretty much what the post is stating. Those "test batches" are not authorized
by the company, so they should not be in the market.
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| | | | | | | | | Author: | Yo_Yo_Flamingo | | Posted: | Jan 13, 2022 07:51 | | Subject: | Re: Transparent and Glow-in-Dark Minifigures | | Viewed: | 114 times | | Topic: | Administrative | |
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| In Administrative, randyf writes:
| | In Administrative, Yo_Yo_Flamingo writes:
| | In Administrative, Admin_Russell writes:
| | Dear BrickLink Sellers,
Over the past several months, we’ve seen a variety of Transparent and Glow-In-Dark
minifigures flood the market. We have determined these to be illegitimate LEGO
items, despite the fact that many of them are imprinted with the LEGO logo.
Of particular note are the Darth Vader minifigures, Batman, and other superheroes.
We will start removing these listings this week, both from the custom items section
and from listings under catalog entries. This includes whole minifigures and
minifigure parts. For those of you who regularly file Problem Item For Sale reports,
please add these to the things you screen for.
Thank you,
The BrickLink Team
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This certainly is interesting, and there are definitely cases where these items
are frauds (such as the pictures show here, these items can be seen to not be
LEGO parts, clear as day).
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I think the point is that the pictures shown here are *in fact* LEGO parts that
have been manufactured in a LEGO plant without the blessing of LEGO.
| | However, I think it we need to be careful before flagging every transparent minifigure
part under the sun- the catalog listing itself for minifigure torsos shows a
transparent torso . Transparent minifigures have made their way out
of test batches in the past- are these no longer allowed for sale?
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That is pretty much what the post is stating. Those "test batches" are not authorized
by the company, so they should not be in the market.
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The way I read it is that these items may have the logo, but were not manufactured
by LEGO- it would be nice to have some clarification on this point. I know red
test-moulds of parts are popular items to sell here.
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| | | | | | | | | Author: | calebfishn | | Posted: | Jan 13, 2022 12:12 | | Subject: | Re: Transparent and Glow-in-Dark Minifigures | | Viewed: | 100 times | | Topic: | Administrative | |
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| If there are legitimate "test batches" then you would expect the following:
a) They would be in limited colors, not every trans color imaginable (and unimagined)
b) They would not be limited to highly desireable parts, such as star wars figures,
and Darth Vader helmets with their neck pieces.
c) They would be uncommon, rather than appearing in hundreds, in dozens of stores.
d) there would not be stores offering hundreds of Star Wars minifig blaster weapons
and Emperor Palpatine statuettes in a multitude of rainbow colors.
For years, collecting test batches in some interesting colors, (predominantly
red) has been a niche collectors' market. But the new transparent color minifigures
and parts have flooded the market. There are several sellers who have 5 or
6 Darth Vaders in Tran Bright Green for example, (and 2-5 each of many other
monochrome colors) or Trans Yellow minifig helmets in numbers between 22 and
40. This is no longer something that is rare.
If you think that Lego produced these parts, is almost like they made more Darth
Vader helmets in Trans and Bright colors than they did in Black.
I feel bad for collectors and sellers who have worked hard to secure genuine
rare test batch parts in colors. I feel bad for reputable sellers who have inadvertantly
got these fake parts in their supply chain. But I think that all sellers and
buyers should be very cautious of all of these so called "rare" colors, and suspect
them to be counterfeit unless they can verify otherwise.
I appreciate the work that Bricklink is now doing to clean up these improper
listings. It would be a tragedy if Bricklink gained a reputation for being full
of counterfeit minifigs and parts.
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| | | | | | | | | | | Author: | rylie_aitch | | Posted: | Jan 13, 2022 12:28 | | Subject: | Re: Transparent and Glow-in-Dark Minifigures | | Viewed: | 90 times | | Topic: | Administrative | |
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| In Administrative, calebfishn writes:
| | If there are legitimate "test batches" then you would expect the following:
a) They would be in limited colors, not every trans color imaginable (and unimagined)
b) They would not be limited to highly desireable parts, such as star wars figures,
and Darth Vader helmets with their neck pieces.
c) They would be uncommon, rather than appearing in hundreds, in dozens of stores.
d) there would not be stores offering hundreds of Star Wars minifig blaster weapons
and Emperor Palpatine statuettes in a multitude of rainbow colors.
For years, collecting test batches in some interesting colors, (predominantly
red) has been a niche collectors' market. But the new transparent color minifigures
and parts have flooded the market. There are several sellers who have 5 or
6 Darth Vaders in Tran Bright Green for example, (and 2-5 each of many other
monochrome colors) or Trans Yellow minifig helmets in numbers between 22 and
40. This is no longer something that is rare.
If you think that Lego produced these parts, is almost like they made more Darth
Vader helmets in Trans and Bright colors than they did in Black.
I feel bad for collectors and sellers who have worked hard to secure genuine
rare test batch parts in colors. I feel bad for reputable sellers who have inadvertantly
got these fake parts in their supply chain. But I think that all sellers and
buyers should be very cautious of all of these so called "rare" colors, and suspect
them to be counterfeit unless they can verify otherwise.
I appreciate the work that Bricklink is now doing to clean up these improper
listings. It would be a tragedy if Bricklink gained a reputation for being full
of counterfeit minifigs and parts.
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No one is saying they're counterfeit here, as far as I can tell. They're
using official molds, but rogue employees are using that equipment to make parts
after hours that they think will sell well on the gray market. They're real
Lego but not seen as legitimate in that sense.
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| | | | | | | | | | | | | Author: | cosmicray | | Posted: | Jan 13, 2022 12:39 | | Subject: | Re: Transparent and Glow-in-Dark Minifigures | | Viewed: | 97 times | | Topic: | Administrative | |
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| In Administrative, ryanaitch writes:
| | No one is saying they're counterfeit here, as far as I can tell. They're
using official molds, but rogue employees are using that equipment to make parts
after hours that they think will sell well on the gray market. They're real
Lego but not seen as legitimate in that sense.
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I would very careful making that assertion (unless you have verifiable first
hand knowledge). They could also be unscrupulous manufacturers trying to cash
in on easy money, and they simply don't care about trade-dress infringement.
If anything, putting the LEGO logo on them might cause customs to think they
are legitimate, and allow them into the country.
Nita Rae
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| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Author: | rylie_aitch | | Posted: | Jan 13, 2022 12:59 | | Subject: | Re: Transparent and Glow-in-Dark Minifigures | | Viewed: | 95 times | | Topic: | Administrative | |
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| In Administrative, cosmicray writes:
| | In Administrative, ryanaitch writes:
| | No one is saying they're counterfeit here, as far as I can tell. They're
using official molds, but rogue employees are using that equipment to make parts
after hours that they think will sell well on the gray market. They're real
Lego but not seen as legitimate in that sense.
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I would very careful making that assertion (unless you have verifiable first
hand knowledge). They could also be unscrupulous manufacturers trying to cash
in on easy money, and they simply don't care about trade-dress infringement.
If anything, putting the LEGO logo on them might cause customs to think they
are legitimate, and allow them into the country.
Nita Rae
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Yep sorry, I should have clarified that what I said is only the current prevailing
theory. Those who resell the figures are not talking of course.
Ryan
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| | | | | | | Author: | yorbrick | | Posted: | Jan 13, 2022 08:10 | | Subject: | Re: Transparent and Glow-in-Dark Minifigures | | Viewed: | 128 times | | Topic: | Administrative | |
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| In Administrative, Yo_Yo_Flamingo writes:
| | In Administrative, Admin_Russell writes:
| | Dear BrickLink Sellers,
Over the past several months, we’ve seen a variety of Transparent and Glow-In-Dark
minifigures flood the market. We have determined these to be illegitimate LEGO
items, despite the fact that many of them are imprinted with the LEGO logo.
Of particular note are the Darth Vader minifigures, Batman, and other superheroes.
We will start removing these listings this week, both from the custom items section
and from listings under catalog entries. This includes whole minifigures and
minifigure parts. For those of you who regularly file Problem Item For Sale reports,
please add these to the things you screen for.
Thank you,
The BrickLink Team
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This certainly is interesting, and there are definitely cases where these items
are frauds (such as the pictures show here, these items can be seen to not be
LEGO parts, clear as day).
However, I think it we need to be careful before flagging every transparent minifigure
part under the sun- the catalog listing itself for minifigure torsos shows a
transparent torso . Transparent minifigures have made their way out
of test batches in the past- are these no longer allowed for sale?
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There are photos of three different coloured trans torsos in that listing. Are
they all "test batches"? I doubt it. Why would they need to run test batches
of multiple trans colours, especially of a long existing part? These are more
likely the made-for-sale parts that someone is producing outside of LEGO's
production.
But maybe LEGO / BL do need to ban all non-production parts, just so it is clear
that even the genuine test parts that were either stolen or otherwise removed
from factories are no longer allowed here as there is little difference between
genuine test parts and these new made-for-sale parts.
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| | | | | | | | | Author: | tonnic | | Posted: | Jan 13, 2022 09:30 | | Subject: | Re: Transparent and Glow-in-Dark Minifigures | | Viewed: | 94 times | | Topic: | Administrative | |
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| In Administrative, yorbrick writes:
| | In Administrative, Yo_Yo_Flamingo writes:
| | In Administrative, Admin_Russell writes:
| | Dear BrickLink Sellers,
Over the past several months, we’ve seen a variety of Transparent and Glow-In-Dark
minifigures flood the market. We have determined these to be illegitimate LEGO
items, despite the fact that many of them are imprinted with the LEGO logo.
Of particular note are the Darth Vader minifigures, Batman, and other superheroes.
We will start removing these listings this week, both from the custom items section
and from listings under catalog entries. This includes whole minifigures and
minifigure parts. For those of you who regularly file Problem Item For Sale reports,
please add these to the things you screen for.
Thank you,
The BrickLink Team
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This certainly is interesting, and there are definitely cases where these items
are frauds (such as the pictures show here, these items can be seen to not be
LEGO parts, clear as day).
However, I think it we need to be careful before flagging every transparent minifigure
part under the sun- the catalog listing itself for minifigure torsos shows a
transparent torso . Transparent minifigures have made their way out
of test batches in the past- are these no longer allowed for sale?
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There are photos of three different coloured trans torsos in that listing. Are
they all "test batches"? I doubt it. Why would they need to run test batches
of multiple trans colours, especially of a long existing part? These are more
likely the made-for-sale parts that someone is producing outside of LEGO's
production.
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They are indeed no test batches.
If I read correctly they are illegally made by employees in their spare time
using materials, time, molds etc. they weren’t allowed to use.
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But maybe LEGO / BL do need to ban all non-production parts, just so it is clear
that even the genuine test parts that were either stolen or otherwise removed
from factories are no longer allowed here as there is little difference between
genuine test parts and these new made-for-sale parts.
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| | | | | | | | | | | Author: | WoutR | | Posted: | Jan 13, 2022 09:38 | | Subject: | Re: Transparent and Glow-in-Dark Minifigures | | Viewed: | 115 times | | Topic: | Administrative | |
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| In Administrative, tonnic writes:
| | In Administrative, yorbrick writes:
| | In Administrative, Yo_Yo_Flamingo writes:
| | In Administrative, Admin_Russell writes:
| | Dear BrickLink Sellers,
Over the past several months, we’ve seen a variety of Transparent and Glow-In-Dark
minifigures flood the market. We have determined these to be illegitimate LEGO
items, despite the fact that many of them are imprinted with the LEGO logo.
Of particular note are the Darth Vader minifigures, Batman, and other superheroes.
We will start removing these listings this week, both from the custom items section
and from listings under catalog entries. This includes whole minifigures and
minifigure parts. For those of you who regularly file Problem Item For Sale reports,
please add these to the things you screen for.
Thank you,
The BrickLink Team
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This certainly is interesting, and there are definitely cases where these items
are frauds (such as the pictures show here, these items can be seen to not be
LEGO parts, clear as day).
However, I think it we need to be careful before flagging every transparent minifigure
part under the sun- the catalog listing itself for minifigure torsos shows a
transparent torso . Transparent minifigures have made their way out
of test batches in the past- are these no longer allowed for sale?
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There are photos of three different coloured trans torsos in that listing. Are
they all "test batches"? I doubt it. Why would they need to run test batches
of multiple trans colours, especially of a long existing part? These are more
likely the made-for-sale parts that someone is producing outside of LEGO's
production.
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They are indeed no test batches.
If I read correctly they are illegally made by employees in their spare time
using materials, time, molds etc. they weren’t allowed to use.
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I highly doubt that it was in their spare time. I more suspect night shifts where
there is less supervision.
The molds probably need cleaning and revisions, followed by production of a few
test batches for quality control. There is no reason to use all these odd colours
for that, nor for making larger quantities of specific minifigures.
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But maybe LEGO / BL do need to ban all non-production parts, just so it is clear
that even the genuine test parts that were either stolen or otherwise removed
from factories are no longer allowed here as there is little difference between
genuine test parts and these new made-for-sale parts.
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| | | | | | | | | | | | | Author: | yoavheskia | | Posted: | Jan 13, 2022 11:18 | | Subject: | Re: Transparent and Glow-in-Dark Minifigures | | Viewed: | 106 times | | Topic: | Administrative | |
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| | | | | If I read correctly they are illegally made by employees in their spare time
using materials, time, molds etc. they weren’t allowed to use.
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If I was one of the employees there, I would find the current 2x4 mold and produce
for my self a modern 3001 in every color that exist! 
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| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Author: | WoutR | | Posted: | Jan 13, 2022 18:25 | | Subject: | Re: Transparent and Glow-in-Dark Minifigures | | Viewed: | 142 times | | Topic: | Administrative | |
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| In Administrative, yoavheskia writes:
| | | | | | If I read correctly they are illegally made by employees in their spare time
using materials, time, molds etc. they weren’t allowed to use.
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If I was one of the employees there, I would find the current 2x4 mold and produce
for my self a modern 3001 in every color that exist!
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I would love to have a black-with-glitter or trans dark-blue satin brick, but
I am happy that this niche collectors market has not been spoiled by this issue.
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| | | | | | | | | | | Author: | yorbrick | | Posted: | Jan 13, 2022 11:49 | | Subject: | Re: Transparent and Glow-in-Dark Minifigures | | Viewed: | 81 times | | Topic: | Administrative | |
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They are indeed no test batches.
If I read correctly they are illegally made by employees in their spare time
using materials, time, molds etc. they weren’t allowed to use.
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Lego / BL are using the word illegitimate rather than illegal. Presumably they
are not breaking any laws, but may well be breaking their employment contracts
by removing and selling these items.
Torsos alone have been selling for $100US, and there are a number of people showing
off their complete illegitimate monochrome figures on various forums, so someone
is making a tidy sum from this.
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| | | | | | | | | Author: | WoutR | | Posted: | Jan 13, 2022 09:32 | | Subject: | Re: Transparent and Glow-in-Dark Minifigures | | Viewed: | 114 times | | Topic: | Administrative | |
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| In Administrative, yorbrick writes:
| | In Administrative, Yo_Yo_Flamingo writes:
| | In Administrative, Admin_Russell writes:
| | Dear BrickLink Sellers,
Over the past several months, we’ve seen a variety of Transparent and Glow-In-Dark
minifigures flood the market. We have determined these to be illegitimate LEGO
items, despite the fact that many of them are imprinted with the LEGO logo.
Of particular note are the Darth Vader minifigures, Batman, and other superheroes.
We will start removing these listings this week, both from the custom items section
and from listings under catalog entries. This includes whole minifigures and
minifigure parts. For those of you who regularly file Problem Item For Sale reports,
please add these to the things you screen for.
Thank you,
The BrickLink Team
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Thank you.
Sadly, I think that this is the best way forward.
A single figure is a fun oddity, flooding the market is completely different.
| | | | This certainly is interesting, and there are definitely cases where these items
are frauds (such as the pictures show here, these items can be seen to not be
LEGO parts, clear as day).
However, I think it we need to be careful before flagging every transparent minifigure
part under the sun- the catalog listing itself for minifigure torsos shows a
transparent torso . Transparent minifigures have made their way out
of test batches in the past- are these no longer allowed for sale?
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A very few rare trans-clear figure parts have been seen before this abuse. Those
actually might have been test items.
| | There are photos of three different coloured trans torsos in that listing. Are
they all "test batches"? I doubt it. Why would they need to run test batches
of multiple trans colours, especially of a long existing part? These are more
likely the made-for-sale parts that someone is producing outside of LEGO's
production.
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These illegitimate figures are clearly made-for-sale. They are products that
we might wish for, but that are unobtainable. Clearly made for collectors who
pay high prices only. I hope that LEGO can identify the culprits and will take
appropriate action. As long as this problem is ongoing, we should not support
it here. (If a few random parts show up in ten years time, that would be different
for me because a sale here would no longer reward fraud/theft/abuse.)
These figures seem to be marked as "prototype" or "test batches" because that
helpes sales only.
Red and transparent parts are known for actual testing, because certain molding
problems show up clearly. Sometimes other colors were also used, maybe "whatever
was available at the time in that injection molding machine".
| | But maybe LEGO / BL do need to ban all non-production parts, just so it is clear
that even the genuine test parts that were either stolen or otherwise removed
from factories are no longer allowed here as there is little difference between
genuine test parts and these new made-for-sale parts.
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I hope that we don't need to go that far. I love the view into LEGO development,
production and quality control that we can get through these parts.
For me, a few genuine test parts that got out are different on principle from
large quantities of illegitimate parts that were specifically made to be stolen
and sold to collectors.
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| | | | | | | | | | | Author: | yorbrick | | Posted: | Jan 13, 2022 11:59 | | Subject: | Re: Transparent and Glow-in-Dark Minifigures | | Viewed: | 82 times | | Topic: | Administrative | |
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| | | I hope that we don't need to go that far. I love the view into LEGO development,
production and quality control that we can get through these parts.
For me, a few genuine test parts that got out are different on principle from
large quantities of illegitimate parts that were specifically made to be stolen
and sold to collectors.
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I agree, but when they are veing made for the market, there becomes no difference.
Who can tell the difference between a red Darth Vader helmet that was really
used for testing and a red Darth Vader helmet that was produced to be sold as
a test item. If they clear out the trans parts but keep the red, then the illegitimate
production will just shift to making more red ones.
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| | | | | | | | | | | | | Author: | rylie_aitch | | Posted: | Jan 13, 2022 12:31 | | Subject: | Re: Transparent and Glow-in-Dark Minifigures | | Viewed: | 79 times | | Topic: | Administrative | |
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| In Administrative, yorbrick writes:
| | | | I hope that we don't need to go that far. I love the view into LEGO development,
production and quality control that we can get through these parts.
For me, a few genuine test parts that got out are different on principle from
large quantities of illegitimate parts that were specifically made to be stolen
and sold to collectors.
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I agree, but when they are veing made for the market, there becomes no difference.
Who can tell the difference between a red Darth Vader helmet that was really
used for testing and a red Darth Vader helmet that was produced to be sold as
a test item. If they clear out the trans parts but keep the red, then the illegitimate
production will just shift to making more red ones.
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I think the difference is which parts are actively being listed. If there is
an influx of red parts that "shouldn't" exist, from multiple stores, that
seems to be new production (and not old stock), that would likely be restricted
too.
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| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Author: | yorbrick | | Posted: | Jan 13, 2022 13:22 | | Subject: | Re: Transparent and Glow-in-Dark Minifigures | | Viewed: | 101 times | | Topic: | Administrative | |
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| In Administrative, ryanaitch writes:
| | In Administrative, yorbrick writes:
| | | | I hope that we don't need to go that far. I love the view into LEGO development,
production and quality control that we can get through these parts.
For me, a few genuine test parts that got out are different on principle from
large quantities of illegitimate parts that were specifically made to be stolen
and sold to collectors.
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I agree, but when they are veing made for the market, there becomes no difference.
Who can tell the difference between a red Darth Vader helmet that was really
used for testing and a red Darth Vader helmet that was produced to be sold as
a test item. If they clear out the trans parts but keep the red, then the illegitimate
production will just shift to making more red ones.
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I think the difference is which parts are actively being listed. If there is
an influx of red parts that "shouldn't" exist, from multiple stores, that
seems to be new production (and not old stock), that would likely be restricted
too.
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So they list one at a time to make them appeal real.
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| | | | | Author: | bahpstore | | Posted: | Jan 13, 2022 13:51 | | Subject: | Re: Transparent and Glow-in-Dark Minifigures | | Viewed: | 148 times | | Topic: | Administrative | |
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| In Administrative, Admin_Russell writes:
| | Dear BrickLink Sellers,
Over the past several months, we’ve seen a variety of Transparent and Glow-In-Dark
minifigures flood the market. We have determined these to be illegitimate LEGO
items, despite the fact that many of them are imprinted with the LEGO logo.
Of particular note are the Darth Vader minifigures, Batman, and other superheroes.
We will start removing these listings this week, both from the custom items section
and from listings under catalog entries. This includes whole minifigures and
minifigure parts. For those of you who regularly file Problem Item For Sale reports,
please add these to the things you screen for.
Thank you,
The BrickLink Team
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Thank you for taking care of this.
What about all the odd colored SW Blasters? Are they allowed legitimate Lego
parts?
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| | | | | | | Author: | yorbrick | | Posted: | Jan 13, 2022 14:31 | | Subject: | Re: Transparent and Glow-in-Dark Minifigures | | Viewed: | 129 times | | Topic: | Administrative | |
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What about all the odd colored SW Blasters? Are they allowed legitimate Lego
parts?
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Some are those are pretty funny. One seller lists as hard to find, then another
lists 100+ of them at about 50c each.
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| | | | | Author: | par016 | | Posted: | Feb 17, 2022 09:13 | | Subject: | Re: Transparent and Glow-in-Dark Minifigures | | Viewed: | 160 times | | Topic: | Administrative | |
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| In Administrative, Admin_Russell writes:
| | Dear BrickLink Sellers,
Over the past several months, we’ve seen a variety of Transparent and Glow-In-Dark
minifigures flood the market. We have determined these to be illegitimate LEGO
items, despite the fact that many of them are imprinted with the LEGO logo.
Of particular note are the Darth Vader minifigures, Batman, and other superheroes.
We will start removing these listings this week, both from the custom items section
and from listings under catalog entries. This includes whole minifigures and
minifigure parts. For those of you who regularly file Problem Item For Sale reports,
please add these to the things you screen for.
Thank you,
The BrickLink Team
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Having run across a marbled brick yesterday, it got me to thinking. How does
this policy relate to Grangemouth Marbled 2 x 4 bricks?
It's fairly well known that those bricks were created by employees off the
record, much like these items here. So do they get the same treatment, or is
the statute of limitations up on Grangemouth bricks?
-Pete
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| | | | | | | Author: | maxx3001 | | Posted: | Feb 17, 2022 09:40 | | Subject: | Re: Transparent and Glow-in-Dark Minifigures | | Viewed: | 146 times | | Topic: | Administrative | |
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| In Administrative, par016 writes:
| | In Administrative, Admin_Russell writes:
| | Dear BrickLink Sellers,
Over the past several months, we’ve seen a variety of Transparent and Glow-In-Dark
minifigures flood the market. We have determined these to be illegitimate LEGO
items, despite the fact that many of them are imprinted with the LEGO logo.
Of particular note are the Darth Vader minifigures, Batman, and other superheroes.
We will start removing these listings this week, both from the custom items section
and from listings under catalog entries. This includes whole minifigures and
minifigure parts. For those of you who regularly file Problem Item For Sale reports,
please add these to the things you screen for.
Thank you,
The BrickLink Team
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Having run across a marbled brick yesterday, it got me to thinking. How does
this policy relate to Grangemouth Marbled 2 x 4 bricks?
It's fairly well known that those bricks were created by employees off the
record, much like these items here. So do they get the same treatment, or is
the statute of limitations up on Grangemouth bricks?
-Pete
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The difference in my eyes is that Grangemouths were not made to make a profit.
These new parts are clearly being made to create monetary value.
The test bricks are normally hard to find, sure batches show up every now and
then.
But these new parts are being sold to stores across the world in high numbers.
A fascinating problem.
Maxx
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| | | | | | | | | Author: | par016 | | Posted: | Feb 17, 2022 09:55 | | Subject: | Re: Transparent and Glow-in-Dark Minifigures | | Viewed: | 133 times | | Topic: | Administrative | |
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| In Administrative, maxx3001 writes:
| | In Administrative, par016 writes:
| | In Administrative, Admin_Russell writes:
| | Dear BrickLink Sellers,
Over the past several months, we’ve seen a variety of Transparent and Glow-In-Dark
minifigures flood the market. We have determined these to be illegitimate LEGO
items, despite the fact that many of them are imprinted with the LEGO logo.
Of particular note are the Darth Vader minifigures, Batman, and other superheroes.
We will start removing these listings this week, both from the custom items section
and from listings under catalog entries. This includes whole minifigures and
minifigure parts. For those of you who regularly file Problem Item For Sale reports,
please add these to the things you screen for.
Thank you,
The BrickLink Team
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Having run across a marbled brick yesterday, it got me to thinking. How does
this policy relate to Grangemouth Marbled 2 x 4 bricks?
It's fairly well known that those bricks were created by employees off the
record, much like these items here. So do they get the same treatment, or is
the statute of limitations up on Grangemouth bricks?
-Pete
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The difference in my eyes is that Grangemouths were not made to make a profit.
These new parts are clearly being made to create monetary value.
The test bricks are normally hard to find, sure batches show up every now and
then.
But these new parts are being sold to stores across the world in high numbers.
A fascinating problem.
Maxx
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I agree, I just wanted to confirm BrickLink's stance on it.
They don't show up very often on BrickLink but every now and then when I
need my Grangemouth fix I would to be able to know I get get them on BrickLink.
-Pete
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| | | | | | | | | | | Author: | leopard37 | | Posted: | May 11, 2022 17:16 | | Subject: | Re: Transparent and Glow-in-Dark Minifigures | | Viewed: | 98 times | | Topic: | Administrative | |
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I agree, I just wanted to confirm BrickLink's stance on it.
They don't show up very often on BrickLink but every now and then when I
need my Grangemouth fix I would to be able to know I get get them on BrickLink.
-Pete
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Those are beautiful!
Thanks for sharing the pictures.
Tyson.
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| | | | | Author: | TheCuteGiraffe | | Posted: | Jun 15, 2022 19:42 | | Subject: | Re: Transparent and Glow-in-Dark Minifigures | | Viewed: | 87 times | | Topic: | Administrative | |
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While it is cool, I feel like removing these minfigures is something that needs
to happen.
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| | | | | Author: | legokopen | | Posted: | Jul 13, 2022 03:18 | | Subject: | Re: Transparent and Glow-in-Dark Minifigures | | Viewed: | 121 times | | Topic: | Administrative | |
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| In Administrative, Admin_Russell writes:
| | Dear BrickLink Sellers,
Over the past several months, we’ve seen a variety of Transparent and Glow-In-Dark
minifigures flood the market. We have determined these to be illegitimate LEGO
items, despite the fact that many of them are imprinted with the LEGO logo.
Of particular note are the Darth Vader minifigures, Batman, and other superheroes.
We will start removing these listings this week, both from the custom items section
and from listings under catalog entries. This includes whole minifigures and
minifigure parts. For those of you who regularly file Problem Item For Sale reports,
please add these to the things you screen for.
Thank you,
The BrickLink Team
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Okay, well, fair enough. I once bought two trans-purple Batman cowls, one to
keep, and one to sell. Still it was very rare as far as I can see, not exactly
flooding the market.
Good to know they are actually genuine (which was obvious from the parts), albeit
not legitimate.
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