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# is it not a copyrighted character?
I never understand what's allowed and what isn't
(I helped save b3ta! HappyToast Groat froth, Sun 28 Aug 2011, 22:07, archived)
# I think the rule is
if it's a self generated art piece inspired by the character and you're not mass producing them on an industrial scale, it's ok
(I helped save b3ta! Clay hopes this bit is long enough to promote my websi, Sun 28 Aug 2011, 22:13, archived)
# hmm, I've had cease and desists for stuff I've not even considered selling
:(
(I helped save b3ta! HappyToast Groat froth, Sun 28 Aug 2011, 22:16, archived)
# really?
what stuff?
(I helped save b3ta! Haku Orange Whip? Orange Whip? Three Orange Whips., Sun 28 Aug 2011, 22:24, archived)
# marvel, dc, lucasfilm, you name it
I've never risked making a penny from anything I've drawn like that :(
(I helped save b3ta! HappyToast Groat froth, Sun 28 Aug 2011, 22:46, archived)
# you should have called their bluff the sods
I doubt alot of them would go to the expense of court cases withthe thousands of people out there doing artwork, alot of the time they rely on acting threatening with nothing to back it up
(I helped save b3ta! Clay hopes this bit is long enough to promote my websi, Sun 28 Aug 2011, 22:42, archived)
# It's simpler to not bother
and avoid the sleepless nights
It's fair enough, if I came up with something cool and someone else tried making money off it I'd be annoyed I suppose.
(I helped save b3ta! HappyToast Groat froth, Sun 28 Aug 2011, 22:49, archived)
# Tell that to Lucas.
(I helped save b3ta! Mu Dinofiddler, Sun 28 Aug 2011, 22:17, archived)
# I could always take a lead
from China with those bootleg toys they sell and call him Demon Man and paint him blue if I get any grief

there's a load of self made Hulk figures out there already, so I seriously doubt there's any problem
(I helped save b3ta! Clay hopes this bit is long enough to promote my websi, Sun 28 Aug 2011, 22:20, archived)
# It depends what country you are in, how old the thing is you are copying...
And wheather what you are making is concidered to be or can proven to be art or a replica movie prop
Here is one example ........
www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-12910683
(The invisable man Is having a long lazy soak in search, Sun 28 Aug 2011, 23:27, archived)
# good point
i'll do plan b and recycle the parts into some steampunk figures if I get a warning from the lawyers I think

I was inspired to make them by this :
dollsbyalesia.blogspot.com/2008/12/golden-girls-dolls.html

who could resist them!
(I helped save b3ta! Clay hopes this bit is long enough to promote my websi, Mon 29 Aug 2011, 8:56, archived)
# there used to be loads of 'garage kits'
in forbidden planet years ago, i don't know if they still do them.

i got one of the crow many moons ago and painted up for a friends birthday.
(I helped save b3ta! Thor_sonofodin has done things, terrible things on, Mon 29 Aug 2011, 1:09, archived)