Mistaken Identity

edited October 2015 in News & Current Events
GERMAN SOCCER STAR FUHRIOUS AT TOY COMPANY ... You Made Me a Nazi!!!

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A German soccer superstar is declaring war on a Chinese toy company -- claiming they ripped off his name and image to make a Nazi action figure ... but wait'll you hear the company's defense. 

The man at the center of the controversy is Manchester United player Bastian Schweinsteiger -- who played on Team Germany's World Cup team last year ... he's a big deal. 

He also looks A LOT like the WWII German Army Supply Duty toy named "Bastian" that's being hawked by Chinese toy company DiD. 


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Well, Bastian doesn't feel like imitation is the sincerest form of flattery ... when Hitler's involved ... so he's preparing to sue the company.  

But a rep for DiD says it's all one big misunderstanding -- "We think that all Germans look like that. Bastian is also a very common name in Germany.”


The DiD rep added, "It is a complete coincidence that the figure ‘Bastian’ looks like Schweinsteiger."



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