Author Topic: Any word on badspot going with? (Read 4282 times)

napalm_588 · April 19, 2006, 07:49:41 PM

Lego or garagegames? Or if he has started at all?

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lilkev2k6 · April 19, 2006, 07:53:49 PM

Not sure, I think he should go with Garagegames, Lego seems like they would try to take control of it and slap their image all over it, Garagegames let's him keep the image the way he wants it really, but who knows, either way is a good deal for him I guess.

Grim Ant · April 19, 2006, 08:16:31 PM

Going with garagegames would be better because Badspot would be able to do what he wants, whereas Lego might exploit him.

|nf|n|ty · April 19, 2006, 09:51:09 PM

I have two ideas on what could happen.

1. Blockland Retail never gets released

2. Blockland Retail does get released, but since LEGO has not given Badspot the right to use the brick models they will be replaces with something much different, thereby ruining the BL feel.

Indy · April 19, 2006, 09:52:25 PM

I do not think LEGO has the rights to the shape of a brick.

DarkMonkey · April 19, 2006, 10:40:45 PM

Exactly. Lego can't do stuff about the bricks, but they have the license for the minifig. One idea was to make the players robots, then release a free minifig mod.

|nf|n|ty · April 19, 2006, 10:43:16 PM

Actually, LEGO does own the brick shapes in 3d(have you seen any other non-LEGO game that had bricks in it?). As long as Badspot doesn't sell anything w/ the bricks or minifig he should be fine.

Grim Ant · April 19, 2006, 10:46:12 PM

Lego doesn't own any rights to the lego bricks, their patent expired 20 years ago. Badspot can't use the minifig in blockland because lego owns the copyright to them.

|nf|n|ty · April 19, 2006, 11:19:31 PM

Could you please tell me where it says Lego's patents expired 20 years ago? Because i just google searched for LEGO brick patents and found a nice case that was located in China in which LEGO won. But whatever... I have read a bit more and have noticed that only a few of LEGO's bricks patents have expired, so as long as Badspot uses just these he should be fine.

Also, do not forget the minifig. Sure it can be replaced, but then the game wouldn't have the same feel.

nige111 · April 20, 2006, 04:23:24 AM

How about stomping around as a child dropping bricks everywhere. XD

The Unknown · April 20, 2006, 04:51:10 AM

heck how about start pukeing eveywhere X)

Mr Bob · April 20, 2006, 03:56:36 PM

Quote from: Indy on April 19, 2006, 09:52:25 PM

I do not think LEGO has the rights to the shape of a brick.

Called a patent

lilkev2k6 · April 20, 2006, 04:24:35 PM

So lego owns squares with cylinders on them...how fucked up is that.

Mr Bob · April 20, 2006, 04:34:42 PM

No, LEGO owns the patent for the automatic binding brick

Wedge · April 20, 2006, 04:36:44 PM

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So lego owns squares with cylinders on them...how forgeted up is that.

G.I.Joe™ patented the human body with a backward finger nail, since the US government wouldn't let them copyright the human body without any changes.

Be glad you aren't walking around with a huge © branded on your head.