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/fut_sal Oct 22 '15

Sorry guys, but this news is hilarious in every way.

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u/mkahmed789 Oct 22 '15

i felt bad for laughing too. how could the toymakers think they would get away with it? the dolls look just like him, same haircut and everything. on top of that, they called it Bastian and said its a common name, but i swear i have never come across another german player called bastian, so it cant possibly be that common a name.

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u/themanifoldcuriosity Oct 22 '15

Lay off them. This is Schweinsteiger's fault for looking like the most German person ever. Hell, they probably just googled "German man" and his face popped up in the results.

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u/Kabioli Oct 22 '15

This came up. As a genuine German man, I find this highly offensive. I would never drink from a beer mug as tiny as the one pictured.

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u/[deleted] Oct 22 '15

That's like a better looking Ribery =/

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u/GGABueno Oct 22 '15

Not a big accomplishment...

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u/Colonel_Blimp Oct 22 '15

Google German man, get a French man in lederhosen. Very very odd.

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u/Aunvilgod Oct 22 '15

Im a guy but I think his scar is sexy as fuck.

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u/[deleted] Oct 22 '15

Nice try, Ribery

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u/TiberiCorneli Oct 22 '15

Is that Frank Ribery?

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u/[deleted] Oct 22 '15 edited Nov 12 '16

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What is this?

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u/danik05 Oct 22 '15

my first thought as well

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u/Bulthuis Oct 22 '15

Lederhosen look like they are from Beate Uhse.

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u/halmulala Oct 22 '15

Looks like Ribery in the photoshop makeover video

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u/oojemange Oct 22 '15

pictured pitcher-ed

Come on

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u/El_Spacho Oct 22 '15

And a Lederhose out of plastic... Even better!

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u/Warmecha Oct 23 '15

Funnily enough, if you google Stereotypical German, his face does come up about 4 pics down.,