Wei Jiang drama thread

Discussion in 'Transformers 3rd Party Discussion' started by ToyAnatomy, Jun 3, 2020.

  1. DrTraveler

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    Legend is that Fansproject wouldn’t make figures until they could get a lawyer to look them over next to a Hasbro project and declare they’d pass the sniff test.

    It’s why Fansproject’s early original figures all have a very unique aesthetic. For example, you know who Assaulter is meant to be, he looks good with T30 Springer, but he’s got a different thing going than most generations figures.

    Assaulter is also an example of what I wish third party companies did. He came out years before we got Titan’s Return Broadside, and was the only real option for collectors. Stick to the stuff HasTak isn’t doing. I don’t need a third party Bee or Prime. I get enough of those from official lines.
     
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  2. Necrobot

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    I can and I do.

    If Has/Tak charged a more reasonable price for their MP scale figures, it is likely there would be no thriving KO/MP market, this thread would probably not exist, and there would be no conversation to be had.

    There will be no loyalty to corporate empires from this prole!!

    Sure... I can love the stories... I can love the characters... but not the corporate entities and their armies of attorneys and lobbyists.

    But, if it wasn't for attorneys, we wouldn't need 'em.
     
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  3. BIOMEC

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    Like Zeta!? :p 
     
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  4. Phamduc

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    lol
     
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  5. octobotimus

    octobotimus Bad company ruins good morals

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    TF dream might be trying to keep the brand and products alive. Maybe they’ll take in the WJ people?
     
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  6. MrOdo

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    Yeah, sad to see how people support disney robbing the communal pool of their stories
     
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  7. MnemonicSyntax

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    This isn't just applicable to Seige/ER though.
     
  8. weevil

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    I like Ultima Guard, who is a just non-copied figure like Computron.

    I just hope WJ will make a non-copied oversized figure like Ultima Guard.
     
  9. Jakedc1997

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    Wow this thread, lots of angry, overreacting, hypocritical people on all like, 9 sides of this argument. I just came here out of curiosity to see if it was really wei jiang that got raided. I came, I saw, im outta here.
     
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  10. edgecrusher

    edgecrusher "She wanted nothin', and I delivered." TFW2005 Supporter

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    Wrong. In order to knock something off, the something has to exist in the first place. That something is a physical product, which is why we correctly call the counterfeits knockoffs. For the purposes of this discussion they are one and the same. 3P TFs are not KOs. They do homage a visual image from decades ago, and in so doing, they bear a measure of IP infringement risk, but they are not KOs. They also avoid using the real names and branding of Transformers to further avoid the possibility of being labeled a KO. The people creating 3P TFs know a lot more about navigating the legal waters than you think.

    And that's what I commented on, your creepy anticipation. Thanks for noting my wisdom. :D 
     
  11. cybeast

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    I know, but I'm mostly satisfied with what I buy. If I don't I just skipped it and waiting for the next product :p 
     
  12. OptimusPrime10

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    If I was rich, I'd bribe BadCube to make the whole line, but then some or even most of you would hate me :) . Not everyone wants a poseable rubix cube for each figure I've learned hanging out here.

    Jokes aside, engineer-to-engineer, dude was just copy/pasting, based on the reports, he was even leaving the upsizing to the molding process engineer(s), that's the actual hard part.
     
  13. bellpeppers

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    I like Oreo’s.
     
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  14. Scourgatron

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    80% of us mostly collect MP scale, though. We use the Oversized to fill in holes, a lot of the time.
     
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  15. MnemonicSyntax

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    Well, hopefully Hasbro does another Masterpiece Movie Optimus Prime, Ironhide, etc. because the QC on the current ones are terribad.
     
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  16. Scourgatron

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    Name a recent MP that aint.

    I find a vast majority of Hasbro releases lifeless, with jerking off hands.
     
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  17. lilcarus

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    you say that like it is a bad thing...o_O 
     
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    If you're arguing that the creator of Hot Rod was not adequately recompensed for his work, then I would invite you to ask why he didn't create that character outside of the Transformers universe and the auspices of Hasbro, where he could see full return on the value of his creation.
     
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  19. Scourgatron

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    Jerkformers. Autobots, Transform and beat off.

    They did it right for a minute, with trigger fingers.
     
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  20. T-Hybrid

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    Yeah, no. This is everyone's justification in every fandom. Because when you can pirate/steal IP any price is "unreasonable" compared to free.
     
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