Myriad Posted July 15, 2004 Posted July 15, 2004 http://www.2005boards.com/showthread.php?t=50979 Who will be the next target? Quote
Max Jenius Posted July 15, 2004 Posted July 15, 2004 Other people turning a profit from their properties? Quote
David Hingtgen Posted July 15, 2004 Posted July 15, 2004 IMHO, those companies are exactly like those that make, say, replica/replacement parts for a '67 Corvette. A product completely unsupported by the manufacturer for decades, yet there's a great want to keep some of them in complete, mint condition. Much more of a "providing a service for people who bought the product, but can no longer get spare parts from the manufacturer" than "trying to make money off someone else's work" situation. Quote
Myriad Posted July 15, 2004 Author Posted July 15, 2004 I think he was also selling replica accessories of items that have been reissued by Hasbro. That may have been what got him. Quote
GobotFool Posted July 15, 2004 Posted July 15, 2004 They probably would not have cared if it wasn't for all the reissue transformers. Quote
Opus Posted July 15, 2004 Posted July 15, 2004 I think he could fight this if he wanted. C&D letters are usually pretty hollow. It's not like he's hurting Hasbro's sales. In fact he may be helping them. I Havn't bought half of the reissues because they jacked up the missiles with all of that "kid-proof" crap. But I would if if I could get recasts of the originals. Quote
Myriad Posted July 15, 2004 Author Posted July 15, 2004 People are blaming OTFCC because the guy made exclusives for BotCon. Botcon is a rival convention to OTFCC. Everyone is pointing fingers with little evidence. His site has been getting a lot of attention because of the BotCon exclusive he made. I could see this causing to Hasbro check out his page. I could also see them being a little bitter he was selling repro parts to items that are currently available in stores. Hasbro has not gone after the big Chain stores for carring those combiner bootlegs. Then again those combiner bootlegs have also not been reissued. Quote
BoBe-Patt Posted July 15, 2004 Posted July 15, 2004 OMG!! Damn it hasbro, has toynami/HG affected you guys too with thier "only we sell cool stuff" virus? Quote
Synch Posted July 15, 2004 Posted July 15, 2004 People are blaming OTFCC because the guy made exclusives for BotCon. Botcon is a rival convention to OTFCC. Everyone is pointing fingers with little evidence. His site has been getting a lot of attention because of the BotCon exclusive he made. I could see this causing to Hasbro check out his page. I could also see them being a little bitter he was selling repro parts to items that are currently available in stores.Hasbro has not gone after the big Chain stores for carring those combiner bootlegs. Then again those combiner bootlegs have also not been reissued. Yes this I can see how ever I can not see the "otfcc" guys like glen for example( only name I know or I'd list more) but that is how I can see a company like hasbro thinking since otfcc is now a part of hasbro Quote
eugimon Posted July 15, 2004 Posted July 15, 2004 could be a case of the right hand not knowing what the left hand is doing... it's not uncommon for company lawyers, who want to justify their salary to go after guys like this, when marketing or other divisions actually like em since they help the fan base.... then again, brand weakening is a big thing for companies... Quote
KingNor Posted July 15, 2004 Posted July 15, 2004 i'm SO glad we dont' alow pictures in our sigs, look how obnoxious that site is. those signatures are like 20 times the size of their posts. bravo mw. Quote
Myriad Posted July 15, 2004 Author Posted July 15, 2004 i'm SO glad we dont' alow pictures in our sigs, look how obnoxious that site is.those signatures are like 20 times the size of their posts. bravo mw. agreed! Quote
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