Eiffel had not foreseen that this materialization of an artistic vision could become the world famous emblem of a city like Paris, unique in its exceptional size but reducible and reproducible ad infinitum. Right from the beginning the popular success of the Tower manifested itself in a multitude of varying forms: miniature models, bottles and candles, bracelet charms and watches, paper cutters and lamp stands... Eiffel had thought about exploiting the image of the Tower commercially himself, but faced with a general outcry from hordes of goods producers, he gave up his rights and let the image fall into the public domain. The Tower was also copied on a large scale, most notably at Lyon-Fourviere, Blackpool, New-Brighton near Liverpool, Tokyo, Berlin and most recently at Sttenzhen in China.