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Bogus Batman, Spider-Man Lego sets seized

Counterfeit Lego sets seized at Stansted Airport include bogus Batman, Spider-Man and Iron Man-inspired kits.

By Ben Hooper
Legitimate Lego heroes. (CC/Brendan Curtain)
Legitimate Lego heroes. (CC/Brendan Curtain)

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STANSTED, England, Sept. 19 (UPI) -- Britain's Border Force said thousands of counterfeit Lego kits featuring Spider-Man, Batman and Iron Man were seized at the country's Stansted Airport.

Border Force officers at Stansted Airport said 2,315 bogus brick sets and figures, inspired by Marvel and DC Comics characters, had been packed into four packages with a declared value of $365, but the actual worth of the counterfeit toys was more than $30,000.

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The packages had been labeled "plastic blocks for decoration," but Border Force Regional Director Phillip Holliday said they were quickly found to be "poor imitations of genuine products" and Lego's legal department confirmed the sets were not manufactured by the company.

"We are determined to crack down on this crime and we have officers working 24 hours a day at ports, airports and mail sorting centers identifying counterfeit goods before they reach the streets," Holliday said.

"Members of the public can help to disrupt this trade by ensuring they only buy from genuine retailers and our advice, as always, is if a price appears too good to be true, it probably is," he said.

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