Found this in a Brick Town Talk post from early 2008 - look familiar?

Lol LEGO seems to have ripped off quite a few ideas.

look familiar?

Very.

Wow that is a bit of a rip off lol.......

LEGO seems to have had ripped some dude off!!

While the Lego version looks better IMO, that is one nice MOC, especially since it was built 4 years prior to the HH being released.

Lego definitely borrowed a few ideas, or well, nearly all of them

Lego definitely borrowed a few ideas, or well, nearly all of them

Haha I don't want to believe that, but it's hard not to after seeing that picture lol.

Maybe that's why CUUSOO is garbage........ they take all the good ideas :)

Maybe that's why CUUSOO is garbage........ they take all the good ideas

You might be on to something lol

Maybe that's why CUUSOO is garbage........ they take all the good ideas

What do the creators of sets on CUUSOO actually get should their ideas miraculously become reality?

Besides notoriety, I am not sure.

What do the creators of sets on CUUSOO actually get should their ideas miraculously become reality?

The person that came up with a CUUSOO project that gets approved is supposed to get a 1% commission on all sales of that set.

The person that came up with a CUUSOO project that gets approved is supposed to get a 1% commission on all sales of that set.

Yeah they only get 1% but I think they should at least get 5%, TLG can easily afford it

The person that came up with a CUUSOO project that gets approved is supposed to get a 1% commission on all sales of that set.

Yeah they only get 1% but I think they should at least get 5%, TLG can easily afford it

Really. If you came up with a $10 set, you'd only get 10 cents. You'd have to come up with a $100 set to even get a dollar! ....Man, the team that came up with the Minecraft set must be rolling in dough! (From both their game and LEGO set.)