summarize key points of its contents . please consider expanding the lead to provide an accessible overview of all important aspects of the article . please discuss this issue on the article s talk page . september 2014 brickarms is a limited liability company specializing in minifigure accessories specifically weaponry . brickarms is not affiliated with lego but is privately owned and operated by will chapman designer of its products from his home in redmond wa . 1 2 3 the company was briefly the subject of controversy when one of its products was accused of being based on a member of al qaeda see bandit controversy contents 1 products 2 history 3 bandit controversy 4 references 5 further reading 6 external links products edit brickarms produces a variety of minifigure compatible accessories including an m4 carbine m21 sniper rifle m1 garand m84 grenades m1 helmet stahlhelm minigun ak 47 m3 grease gun m16 and a combat shotgun along with many other items related to warfare . the accessories are designed by chapman using a cad program and are prototyped using a small mold cut by chapman using a cnc to test the proportions aesthetics and playability of the resulting prototype . once the design of an accessory is finalized it is mass produced via injection molding of acrylonitrile butadiene styrene abs plastic into professionally tooled production molds . in 2013 world war brick a lego fan event brickarms brought a new series of weapons called over molded . these weapons were more detail and colored . using a special overmolded technique will chapman was able to hand inject these special two color brickarms weapons . these are not painted but two colors of solid abs plastic molded into one piece . each one comes in a special brickarms reloaded blister pack and are rare . brickarms is also known for its minifigs such as a colonial marine base of the game aliens colonial marines shaun based of the movie shaun of the dead and private ryan taken from saving private ryan . 4 history edit brickarms began in 2006 when ian chapman will chapman s youngest son 9 at the time approached him with the need for world war ii weaponry for his lego builds . ian was disappointed with what historical weaponry lego offered . will ultimately choose to begin to design and produce his own more accurate minifigure accessories running the company from the chapmans garage in redmond washington and packing orders in the family s bonus room . 5 in 2011 will and jennifer chapman decided to focus solely on the creation and production of the brickarms product line . on may 1 they ceased direct sales on the brickarms website . however on the same date the chapmans nephew keith nelson and his wife julie launched the new gi brick website becoming the third authorized reseller of the brickarms line in the united states . 6 as of 2016 the brickarms webpage and possibly the company itself is currently inactive . the most recent products were released in 2015 and the brickarms forum has been shut down . bandit controversy edit on december 4 2008 a brickarms custom minifig called the white bandit sparked controversy when the the sun united kingdom published an article claiming the figure was based on a follower of osama bin laden . chapman has denied this saying it is merely a bad guy for the good guys to battle . 7 8 a spokesman for brickarms also commented extensively on the article and the nature of the white bandit custom figure restating chapman s assertion that the figure was a generic villain not based on any one person or group 9 references edit an entrepreneur expands the lego universe . npr . retrieved 2012 01 26 . brickarms faq . brickarms.com . 2011 05 01 . retrieved 2011 08 08 . jesus diaz 2008 03 10 . lego arms dealer sells everything from ak47 to uzi . gizmodo.com . retrieved 2011 08 08 . the long tail of lego . in the next industrial revolution atoms are the new bits . wired.com . about gi brick . osama bin laden is parodied in toy form the sun news . the sun . 2008 12 04 . retrieved 2011 08 08 . lego style islamic terrorist figurine sparks outrage local news news articles national news us news . foxnews.com . 2008 12 04 . retrieved 2011 08 08 . brickarms under attack in recent sun edition editorial the brothers brick lego blog . the brothers brick . 2008 12 08 . retrieved 2011 08 08 . further reading edit anderson c. 2012 . makers the new industrial revolution . crown publishing group . pp . pt205 . isbn 978 0 307 72097 9 . retrieved august 2 2016 . subscription required greenwald will march 24 2008 . brickarms supplies weapons for lego soldiers . cnet . retrieved august 2 2016 . external links edit official website retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title brickarms & oldid 742156104 categories legocompanies based in redmond washingtonhidden categories wikipedia introduction cleanup from september 2014all pages needing cleanuparticles covered by wikiproject wikify from september 2014all articles covered by 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