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[BoxOfAids]

Post whatever you own that is Kurita-related! Books, TT figures, whatever you got!

For me, I just picked these up:




Can't wait to sport a House Kurita wristwatch haha

Edited by boxofaids, 31 May 2012 - 09:41 PM.

[Elektrik]

boxofaids, on 31 May 2012 - 09:41 PM, said:

Post whatever you own that is Kurita-related! Books, TT figures, whatever you got!

For me, I just picked these up:




Can't wait to sport a House Kurita wristwatch haha

Har Har....

[akaChrisHimself]

In the process of screen printing some cool DC gear myself. Maybe pics to come...

[AceTimberwolf]

not MAYBE.... COMING!!!!! Yea I kinda want to get some gear myself

[Talisaerin]

Anyone know where I can get some Kurita based patches? I think they'd look badass on my Mesh Armored Biker Jacket.

[Alizabeth Aijou]

I think back in the late 1980s...
Dunno if any official ones are still for sale.

[OberSchutze]

I need that watch...

[Bophades]

That watch is pimpin, I must have one. And the round mouse pad too, where the heck did you find this stuff?

[BoxOfAids]

Solitare, on 06 June 2012 - 06:20 AM, said:

That watch is pimpin, I must have one. And the round mouse pad too, where the heck did you find this stuff?

artscow.com, you can put your own pictures on stuff

[Alizabeth Aijou]

boxofaids, on 06 June 2012 - 10:55 AM, said:

artscow.com, you can put your own pictures on stuff

I wonder what the deal is with copyrighted stuff, though.

[BoxOfAids]

Alizabeth Aijou, on 06 June 2012 - 12:33 PM, said:

I wonder what the deal is with copyrighted stuff, though.

Who cares, they shipped it! Can't see how it's different from the free mousepad thing from a couple years ago.

[Kyone Akashi]

They probably have some alibi clause where you have to tick a box that says you own whatever you want them to print. This way they couldn't be held responsible, and the customer isn't "big" enough to get dragged into a lawsuit unless Topps really wanted to make an example of him. And even then I'm not sure what the charge could be, given that, technically, it wasn't him that made any money of it but the printing company.

The fact that all of these prints are one-off's probably helps a lot to keep it under the corporates' radar.

[Alizabeth Aijou]

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Who cares, they shipped it! Can't see how it's different from the free mousepad thing from a couple years ago.

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and the customer isn't "big" enough to get dragged into a lawsuit unless Topps

First of all, it'd be Catalyst Game Labs' problem, not Topps.
Topps is only licensed by M$ to use the digital license, CGL holds all the other licenses, afaik.
Second, they'd care because someone else is making a profit from your IP.
Posting about it on a forum like this doesn't help to keep it "under the radar".

[Kyone Akashi]

Frankly, I have no idea, I've been going by the wikipedia entry which makes it sound as if Catalyst has purchased limited rights from Topps, who is currently the overall holder of the license ever since they've swallowed WizKids.
http://en.wikipedia....iki/Topps#Games

As for the second point, I did address that with the rest of the sentence, where I mentioned that - in theory - the license holder could make an example of the customer. They could not, however, sue the printer, so they'd have to rely on the effect this would have on other potential customers, which will have to be balanced with the negative PR that comes with such an action.

And the beancounters and lawyers that care for such breaches of license are unlikely to read this forum. In my personal experience, front line contacts (such as moderators) are usually themselves fans of the franchise they represent and thus are thus somewhat more likely to side with the customer (or at least not care about it) rather than embodying the corporate spirit of absolute trademark protection, especially since their own situation will not be affected either way. This is way too small in scale to hurt the business, especially since these products are not even in competition with the license holder, who quite simply does not offer this kind of merchandise yet.

Of course, this thread could still get locked. I just doubt it will have any sort of consequences whatsoever.

Edited by Kyone Akashi, 07 June 2012 - 05:19 AM.

[80sGlamRockSensation David Bowie]

I would totally purchase that Kuritan Mousepad, too

[Charles Martel]

Might be something they consider as adding to the value of the IP.

BTW, Flightline Fabrications has vinyl DC logo decals. I put one on the side of Marauder.

Edited by Charles Martel, 13 June 2012 - 07:45 PM.