L’annonce du set 75827 Ghostbusters Firehouse Headquarters a fait couler beaucoup d’encre ces derniers jours, Ă©tant donnĂ© les similitudes avec le projet LEGO Ideas de Sergio (Swiss Ghosbusters) qui avait atteint les 10000 votes mais avait Ă©tĂ© rejetĂ© par LEGO.
Sergio avait fait part de son Ă©tonnement, et surtout de sa dĂ©ception de ne pas du tout avoir Ă©tĂ© prĂ©venu par LEGO du dĂ©veloppement de ce nouveau set officiel, d’autant plus qu’il s’Ă©tait rendu Ă Billund en juin 2015.
Pas de surprise avec la rĂ©ponse officielle de LEGO (disponible après les photos) : en rĂ©sumĂ©, ils avaient dĂ©jĂ commencĂ© Ă travailler dessus avant, ils n’ont absolument pas copiĂ© le projet LEGO Ideas, et ne pouvaient pas en parler car tout Ă©tait top secret jusqu’Ă l’annonce. C’est peut-ĂŞtre vrai, mais on ne saura sans doute jamais… Ils notent quand mĂŞme qu’ils auraient pu lui faire signer un accord de confidentialitĂ© afin de lui en parler, et qu’ils lui enverront un exemplaire du set dès qu’il sera disponible !
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Et voici la réponse complète de LEGO :
“We debated whether to share this news with you early during your visit to Billund in June, however we chose not to do so in accordance with our confidentiality policy. You’re correct in noting that we could have employed an NDA, and we sincerely regret not making the extra effort to share the confidential news of the upcoming set.
75827 Firehouse Headquarters was developed independently of any LEGO Ideas submission depicting the firehouse, and is a result of the ongoing relationship we have with SONY Pictures. Our LEGO designers planned and created the set by referencing the Ghostbusters film and through collaboration with the studio.
LEGO Ideas Guidelines state that projects based on current LEGO licenses are likely to be similar to concepts already in our product pipeline. By agreeing to our Guidelines and submitting a project, LEGO Ideas members acknowledge that any overlap or coincidence is unintentional; and that our pre-existing product pipeline supersedes fan-submitted LEGO Ideas projects. See specific guidelines here. We appreciate that your note is based less on this question and more around the fact that we didn’t share with you that it was already in development.
As a gesture of our sincere regret for not making the right effort to share this news with you in advance, we would like to send you a gift copy of 75827 Firehouse Headquarters when it releases in January.”