Chip off the old brick: PC Rob Thomas is proud of his lookalike despite being teased by colleagues over his ‘larger physique’ (Picture: DailyEcho/Solent)

PC Rob Thomas is building a case of stolen identity brick by brick – and he already has the offender’s number.

The officer is being teased by colleagues who spotted his double – Lego’s new model policeman.

His plastic mini-me comes complete with a lookalike moustache and even the same police ID number – 1337 – on his collar.

‘I just think it’s amazing he’s got the same number and bears such a resemblance to me. It really is astonishing,’ said the 48-year-old, who has served with Hampshire police for 24 years.


ID parade: PC Thomas and the Lego figure share the same collar number (Picture: Daily Echo/Solent)

‘One of my colleagues collects the Lego figures and found my doppelgänger as he opened the latest bag.



‘He texted me about it and then when I clocked in for my next shift, there was the little Lego fellow waiting for me in my work tray. There’s been a lot of banter about my resemblance to this old British bobby.

‘My colleagues have been sending me lots of emails with photos of him attached. One of the lines I’ve had is “If it was a lifesize figure they’d need more moulding of the plastic”, poking fun at my larger physique.

‘I think it’s a great bit of fun and the figure has pride of place in my work tray.’ The limited edition ‘Constable’ mini figure, complete with hat and truncheon, boasts a biography which any police officer would be happy with.

It claims he is an ‘old-fashioned sort of policeman’. ‘He knows every law by heart, he always keeps his uniform neat, and he only takes off his helmet in the presence of the Queen,’ it adds.

Lego said: ‘The fact that they share the same badge number is just the icing on the cake.’