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G.I. Joe Inventor Sues to Break Hasbro's Kung-Fu Grip on...
2015-09-17 03:48:27| Toys - Topix.net
Toy giant Hasbro is being sued by a man who claims to have created the iconic action figure, and who wants the copyright returned to him. In a suit filed Tuesday, Stanley A. Weston claimed that in 1963 he created the idea for male action figures "wearing and carrying miniaturized versions of the uniforms, insignias, emblems and equipment of each of the different branches of the United States armed forces."
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