>>6519758>Holy fuck, it's so obvious that they used the SoC as a template for those that Bandai should seriously consider suing themIt'd be laughed out of any court.
even though it really does looks really similar, all one would have to do is bring up the many times Voltron has been done by dozens of companies. After a certain point it's expected that companies that adapt it after a prior license holder would use the prior's ideas for reference. Besides, I think WEP has the rights to Voltron and GoLion outright, so they have a say and I doubt they care.
Unless Playmates actually cast their molds from Bandai's, which I doubt, there's no case to be had. Now, they probably rigorously studied it and dissected it ever since the first teaser, sure, but as long as they didn't directly copy the model itself there's nothing to be done. Its fair play. Early on, and into the 90's, companies were taking Popy/bandai's engineering for their own Voltron releases, but again, it was all licensed.
