but it may just be because I've been smoking the happy baccy... Bastian Schweinsteiger is considering taking legal action against a Hong Kong company making Nazi dolls that bear a striking resemblance to him. The Manchester United midfielder's management company put the matter into the hands of their German-based lawyers earlier this week. The dolls, named 'World War II Army Supply Duty - Bastian', are made in China by Dragon in Dream. The company told German paper Bild any resemblance was "purely coincidental". "We don't sell any figures which resemble footballers. It is a complete coincidence that the figure 'Bastian' looks like Schweinsteiger," a spokesman added. "We thought that all Germans look like that. Bastian is also a very common name in Germany." The figurine comes in several outfits - including a version with a steel helmet, white winter jacket and woollen gloves, and another in a typical army uniform, complete with the "Wehrmachtsadler" insignia, an eagle with a swastika above the right breast pocket. The doll is on sale for about $120 (£80). "This is a clear violation of Schweinsteiger's personality rights," a German media lawyer told Bild. "Everyone has rights to their own image. To see him as a swastika-bearing Wehrmacht soldier also constitutes a gross defamation and insult," Ulrich Amelung said. German international midfielder Schweinsteiger, 31, joined United on a three-year deal in July, moving from Bundesliga champions Bayern Munich for a reported £14.4m. He has made 15 appearances for Louis van Gaal's side so far this season, providing one assist. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-34606799
They could be twins! Edit. Just spotted they're Wehrmacht insignia, not SS. Just for the pedantic out there.
Outrageous isn't it. It's not like someone over here, say Prince Philip for example, would ever make a comment about "slitty eyes", would they.... I can't believe they think we all look the same
that tickled me, too. but who the **** buys these things? just wait til they do one of him in camouflage, as a man utd player.
please log in to view this image Or maybe it was one of Bert Trauttman a German para who played for ManC.
"We think all Germans look like that" FFS Imagine if a British company said that sort of comment about the Chinese!
I think it's sort of accepted you know, it's called the cross-race effect. We identify individual characteristics within our own race, more than we do with say Asians from the far east, or West Africans. There's science behind it, the human memory is programmed that way apparently. There's probably nicer ways to say it mind.
