furry_irl

Exactly the same format, and almost all have the same, some (eg. bricks from GoBricks and Pantasy) even better quality, color quality across bricks, better and more prints instead of stickers, better protection against scratches on transparent panes etc. And, of course, cheaper, yet much more pieces and much more love and care poured into sets.

LEGOs only defence is to claim specific design patents, which are not checked for validity, on essential bricks. Note that they didn't invent the basic bricks, and not even most of the advanced bricks. They simply want to claim all rights to produce plastic clamping bricks, so they can lower quality/production cost further and charge more. Article in german, just use a translator ig.: https://www.openpetition.de/petition/online/petition-zum-legoparagraph-im-europaeischen-designrecht-fuer-rechtssicherheit-sorgen