Recently , I heard rumour that Mini complain to Lego that it did not pay the licences to Mini to sell this set. Have anyone heard that too?? Anyone can verify this?

I really hope this is true and they stop making them. Anybody goin to start buying these as soon as on offer for investment?

As soon as what?

As soon as you see them on offer anywhere?

If you mean on sale you will be waiting till the end of time since there are no sales on exclusives. Apologies if I misunderstand what you are saying.

Does that mean nobody will ever put on offer or just main Lego dealers?

You won't see it on sale anywhere unless LEGO changes it policy which went into effect recently which is highly improbable. It's a tactic to combat resellers and protect their brand name.

Recently , I heard rumour that Mini complain to Lego that it did not pay the licences to Mini to sell this set. Have anyone heard that too?? Anyone can verify this?

Isn't it BMW who own the Mini these days? I noticed there isn't any license info on the Lego site among the other licenses, maybe that's where the rumour came from.

I doubt Lego would be so short sighted as to not clear a license though.

Recently , I heard rumour that Mini complain to Lego that it did not pay the licences to Mini to sell this set. Have anyone heard that too?? Anyone can verify this?

I am in for 50.  The mini is done.

Man the Lego stores are going to look weird this spring with zero exclusives

I'm not sure. It's just a rumour. That is why I need the community to verify. Anyway, just bought a few, just on case. 

No one here can verify that claim.

BUMP!

 

Can anyone confirm or deny the rumour about the licence? I wonder whether a licence would be needed when the actual product is more than 40 years old and no longer sold - don

OOS till 25th December. If this one has a production run like the T1 then  it might be good for a Xmas flip.

BMW would own the trade mark and in countries where it is allowed the license on the likeness.  In the US the original patents on the design (if there were any back then) would have expired. However the Trademark would not, as well as any new patents that BMW filed on the new design.  If TLG did not have the license, there would most certainly be a record of a lawsuit being filed, and it would be reported somewhere.  

 

It is possible there could be complaints or lawsuits filed in certain markets, but if it was in the US or EU it would show up on some legit news site. It is also highly unlikely, at least in the US, BMW would contact TLG directly before filing a lawsuit.

 

you will also notice that TLG has it listed as the MINI Cooper, no question there that they are using the official trademark, not just calling it a mini car or something similar.  

 

 

BUMP!

 

Can anyone confirm or deny the rumour about the licence? I wonder whether a licence would be needed when the actual product is more than 40 years old and no longer sold - don

As far as I am aware, BMW bought and owns all the names and rights to names that Rover group over in 1994. When they sold Rover in 2000 the Phoenix group was allowed to continue to use the Rover name. If they stopped trading all rights reverted to BMW. This happened in 2005.

I think BMW currently own Mini, Triumph, all BMC marks and Rolls Royce. I think they also have some rights to MG so they must have come to some arrangement with the Chinese company that is selling their cars as MGs in the UK.

My box mentions that is is officially licensed (same as VW camper) so I think there won

So this one is now available in practically all B+M and online stores as is the Tumbler. Seems Lego LEGO Shop at Home  had a 6 month exclusivity period. Will be interesting to see if the same thing occurs with 10246....

Look who joined the T1 with a fancy new box.  Couldn't find a 10242 thread but can't search very good anymore so put it in here.  Feel free to move if there is one.

Look who joined the T1 with a fancy new box.  Couldn't find a 10242 thread but can't search very good anymore so put it in here.  Feel free to move if there is one.

Why do I feel like I just had déjà vu?  

 

Its part of the New LEGO Program called RE-Program.  Re-issues of old sets , Re-done boxes, unfortunately no RE sets which everyone wants.

It replaces Re-tirement programs

Its part of the New LEGO Program called RE-Program.  Re-issues of old sets , Re-done boxes, unfortunately no RE sets which everyone wants.

It replaces Re-tirement programs

I would like this except it seems Re-petitive

So is that all the cars now in the same rectangular box?

Toos in Europe now...

Toos in Europe now...

.. because the gullible listen to unfounded rumours? IMHO, this will be around for many many more years. Nevertheless a great set and I'm displaying the only one I have. You can order 5 right now from LEGO UK with 2x VIP (I can't) and John Lewis have a googolplex on every shelf.

I'm on Canada side.

Just FYI: The one mini cooper I bought this double VIP Oct. bears seal code of 19R4.

Hhow about yours?