Thomas Panke

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Hero of the stones
language German
genre entertainment
YouTube
channels Held der Steine ​​Inh. Thomas Panke
Der Held
Held TV
founding June 3, 2014 (Held der Steine ​​Inh. Thomas Panke)
December 9, 2019 (Der Held)
September 28, 2011 (Held TV)
Subscribers over 400,000 (Held der Steine ​​Inh. Thomas Panke)
over 75,000 (Der Held)
over 2,400 (Held TV)
Calls over 110,000,000 (Held der Steine ​​Inh. Thomas Panke)
over 3,500,000 (Der Held)
over 30,000 (Held TV)
Videos over 600 (Held der Steine ​​Inh. Thomas Panke)
over 40 (Der Held)
over 30 (Held TV)
Twitch
channel Hero_of_stones
Followers over 16,000
(As of August 6, 2020)

Thomas Panke (also Held der Steine ; * 1980 ) is a German web video producer and Frankfurt retailer . He became famous primarily for his on the platform YouTube released videos via terminal block sets of first exclusively Lego , now also of competing manufacturers such. B. Cobi, Wange or Xingbao.

Life

Panke attended the Textor School in Frankfurt-Sachsenhausen and then the old-language Heinrich-von-Gagern-Gymnasium . After moving to Vienna , he attended the Piarist high school there , which he graduated with the Matura . After a training for office clerk Panke took a study of the history on. At times he worked as a process manager at the Monster Internet job exchange . After leaving the company, he opened a Lego store in the Sachsenhausen district of Frankfurt in 2012 . He also ran a Lego shop on the Bricklink website until the end of 2018. He currently lives in Frankfurt am Main.

YouTube

Panke has been running a YouTube channel since 2014 , on which he initially tested Lego products. Among other things, he criticized the company several times for its pricing, range and dealings with specialist dealers. Since January 2019, as a result of the controversy with Lego, he has also been publishing videos about the range of other terminal block manufacturers. In February 2020 he started a weekly podcast, which he publishes on his second channel “Der Held”, which is no longer limited to toys, but consists of his views and anecdotes from his life. He has been streaming regularly on Twitch since April 2020 . He plays older games from his youth. He uploads the videos created there to his third YouTube channel “Held TV”.

Entrance to Thomas Panke's shop, Laubestrasse 26 in Frankfurt

Controversy with Lego

In January 2019, Panke received a legal letter on behalf of Lego, in which he was asked to change his logo, which resembled a typical brick, as there is a risk of confusion with Lego. The background to this was that Panke had applied for trademark protection for its logo, whereupon Lego endeavored to protect its own brand. Panke then criticized Lego for its approach in a video and announced that from now on it would also introduce products from other manufacturers of terminal blocks and no longer limit itself to Lego. He then had his trademark canceled. Lego received harsh criticism from various quarters for the type of communication. The dispute was settled a short time later. Lego announced that communication was unhappy.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b hessenschau de, Frankfurt Germany: This Lego dealer sometimes advises against buying - with success. December 10, 2018, accessed February 20, 2019 .
  2. ↑ Thomas Panke, video contribution youtube.com Retrieved on April 7, 2020
  3. ↑ Video post by Thomas Panke on Facebook from December 10, 2019, grammar school recognizable in the post
  4. ↑ Interview with “Hero of the Stones” Thomas Panke - Terminal block lyric - LEGO from an adult perspective. Retrieved on February 20, 2019 (German).
  5. ↑ Bricklink Shop - Hero of the Stones. Retrieved on February 20, 2019 (German).
  6. ↑ This Lego dealer also advises against buying - with success. In: hessenschau.de. December 10, 2018, accessed February 20, 2019 .
  7. ↑ Not everything is great at Lego anymore. March 7, 2018, accessed February 20, 2019 .
  8. ↑ Held der Steine ​​Inh. Thomas Panke: It's Youtube's birthday! - The hero on Sunday evening. February 9, 2020, accessed February 29, 2020 .
  9. ↑ Frankfurter on YouTube: This Lego dealer sometimes advises against buying - with success . Hessenschau on December 10, 2018; accessed on February 9, 2019
  10. ↑ Lego disputes Youtuber for the blocks . Süddeutsche.de , January 22, 2019; accessed on February 9, 2019
  11. ↑ LEGO vs. Hero of the Stones: My assessment of the situation . stonewars.de, January 22, 2019; accessed on February 9, 2019
  12. ↑ "Hero of the Stones": YouTuber gets into trouble with Lego because of the logo . Spiegel Online , January 23, 2019; accessed on February 9, 2019
  13. ↑ Hero of the Stones Inh. Thomas Panke: The end of the LEGO shop - it will be great! January 20, 2019, accessed February 20, 2019 .
  14. ^ Trademarks - Register information. In: DPMAregister. Retrieved February 20, 2019 .
  15. ↑ Threat from the millionaire company: Lego messes with Youtuber - and collects Shitstorm . Neue Osnabrücker Zeitung , January 22, 2019; accessed on February 9, 2019
  16. ↑ "War of the Bricks": Why a critical Youtuber has trouble with Lego . RP Online , January 21, 2019; accessed on February 9, 2019
  17. ↑ This Youtuber has trouble with Lego - and causes a shit storm at the toy manufacturer. January 24, 2019, accessed February 20, 2019 .
  18. ↑ Lego boss relies on augmented reality . Heise online , February 9, 2019
  19. ↑ The argument with a YouTuber makes Lego look really bad . Welt Online , February 7, 2019; accessed on February 9, 2019
  20. ↑ Lego gives way to a dispute with a dealer . FAZ , February 1, 2019; accessed on February 9, 2019
personal data
SURNAME Panke, Thomas
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Hero of the Stones (pseudonym)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German web video producer
DATE OF BIRTH 1980