Was LEGO a rip-off? :(

Who doesn’t love or at least like LEGO? The iconic building system we all know and love.
If you’re a fan, there may have been a time where you’ve noticed a cheap knock off toy of the famous bricks and figures. Well earlier found toys suggest that our favorite brick system might be a knock-off itself.
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Turns out there were a bunch of earlier toys with building blobks before hand. I’m another fan of LEGO, so it’s not too nice to know if LEGO was all a shameless rip off of someone else’s idea. So I’d like to see your thoughts on this.