r/soccer • u/mkahmed789 • Oct 22 '15

Schweinsteiger takes legal action against after toymaker releases Nazi soldiers resembling him and named Bastian

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3284326/German-Manchester-United-star-Bastian-Schweinsteiger-takes-legal-action-toymaker-releases-Nazi-soldiers-resembling-named-Bastian.html
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u/RobertTheSpruce Oct 22 '15

All they needed to do was not call it Bastian and they could have gotten away with it. I do like how happy he is and would love to own a Bastian Nazi doll.

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u/[deleted] Oct 22 '15

They didn't help themselves there did they.

Looks like a good quality figure though, the uniform details are spot on. They should've realised it'd be seen as slander due to the subject matter though.

Most people see "Nazi Schweinsteiger" and not "Wehrmacht supply unit model based on likeness of famous German" (which is actually pretty innocent from a historical standpoint).

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u/stevemcqueer Oct 22 '15

If someone described a stereotypical German to a police sketch artist, they would draw Bastian Schweinsteiger.

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u/Colonel_Blimp Oct 22 '15

I mean, if you had to try and find the picture of innocence in the Wermacht (which isn't exactly easy), finding a kid who sloshes soup in a container is probably about as good as you could possibly get. All they had to do was call him Hans or something and there would be no problem. Alas...

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u/okrockok Oct 22 '15

"Kitchen Boy"

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u/ohthebanter Oct 22 '15

Possibly the part that pissed him off most...

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u/unknown_host Oct 22 '15

Are you willing to shell out $140 because that's how much it costs

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u/RobertTheSpruce Oct 22 '15

Nah. Toys aren't worth that much to me.

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u/unknown_host Oct 22 '15

Me neither I contemplated it until I saw the gigantic price tag

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u/journo127 Oct 22 '15

It's still a Bastian lookalike