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Schweinsteiger sues Hong Kong-based company over Nazi lookalike figurine

Updated on: 23 October,2015 08:26 AM IST  | 
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Bastian Schweinsteiger is taking legal action against a Hong Kong-based company for making Nazi figurines that bear a clear resemblance to him

Schweinsteiger sues Hong Kong-based company over Nazi lookalike figurine

Bastian Schweinsteiger

Manchester: Bastian Schweinsteiger is taking legal action against a Hong Kong-based company for making Nazi figurines that bear a clear resemblance to him.

Bastian Schweinsteiger
Bastian Schweinsteiger


A member of Schweinsteiger's management team confirmed the legal action to SID, after a report in the Bild newspaper.


The company DiD had produced a Nazi-uniform-clad figurine with a face similar to Schweinsteiger's and which is named "Bastian". Contacted by Bild, a company employee Patrick Chan denied selling any figurines based on a footballer, and said it was purely coincidental that the Nazi doll resembled Schweinsteiger.


The 30-cm tall figurine was "based on the typical German", he said. "We thought that all Germans look like that."

The figurine, marketed as 'WWII Army Supply Duty', comes with several apparels — 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.

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