>>11232493remember when the Star Wars sets first came out? you HAD to get the "Lego" version because that was the best, and if you had made your own version of it, it was lame. not as good or "official" as the set Lego chose to make.
but Lego themselves constantly make new versions, and each time they do, it's clearer that it doesn't matter, and you CAN make your own version of a thing, and it's just as valid
well... don't freak out.... but... it might also be the same for THE BRICKS THEMSELVES, too!
who cares what company made the bricks?
Lego doesn't even care themselves, they made pillow plush pieces for the new minifig series, which are obviously Squishmallows, but are... not