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If I sell you some 2nd hand Lego bricks, the same logic aplies.

I am not affiliated with Lego, yet the thing I am selling was legitimately made by Lego a while ago. When I describe what I'm selling, I clearly say I am offering lego bricks for sale.

Here grubhub seems to be doing the exact same thing with food. Hard to see how one can be illegal while the other isn't.

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No, this situation would only be analogous if you listed yourself as “Official LEGO(TM) Store” and had a link to LEGO.com on your Amazon profile, and you had “contact LEGO Sales by phone” but the listed phone number was actually your private line, and LEGO did not give you permission for any of this.

The obtuseness in these comments is really something else.

If you register officiallegostore.com, put the Lego logo front and center, and start selling Lego, used or otherwise, I can assure you that you will get in trouble.

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