Wednesday, March 14, 2007

Sorry

I'm sorry that I didn't get to post anything for Tuesday. I was very busy all day. Plus the great podcasts were on too. So, I should be getting up stuff for tomorrow.

Check out Space Station Liberty for Steve Kramer and also a short show with Tommy. Some updates on whats going on recently.

http://www.talkshoe.com/talkshoe/web/talkCast.jsp?masterId=5988
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9 comments:

Anonymous said...

It's bewildering to hear Tommy Yune admit that he had the very first edition of Yamato's 1/60 YF-19 toy. That only came out in 2000, when Harmony Gold tried to stop importers from selling this toy. Apparently, HG reps had no problem with trying to block fans from buying the same Macross goods they bought for themselves.

March 14, 2007 at 5:18 AM
Roger said...

I'd expect stuff like that to happen all the time. After all, if a company is going to legally pursue what they perceive as an infringing product, they need to see the product in question for themselves, wouldn't they?

I can imagine there's an entire warehouse at Skywalker Ranch filled with infringing Star Wars products that they've purchased over the years.

March 14, 2007 at 3:29 PM
Anonymous said...

Storing your legal opponents' items in warehouses for possible lawsuits is one thing, but opening, playing, and transforming them?

That goes along with Harmony Gold quietly dropping its attempt to block internet stores like hlj.com and Blasto Toys from selling to American fans, and Harmony Gold reps openly carting around these supposedly legal violations in their own personal collections.

March 14, 2007 at 4:44 PM
Roger said...

So if it's in his personal collection, then what's the big deal, really?

March 15, 2007 at 7:31 AM
Anonymous said...

The hypocrisy. "My brother is sending this 'polite' letter to 'warn' you of legal threats if you ship this toy to American fans...the same toy that I have in my own collection. Don't worry, I'll open, play, and transform it so you don't have to. And oh, by the way, these legal threats are toothless and meritless, as Hobby Link Japan, Blasto Toys, and ToyboxDX will later discover after some legal counsel and lots of much anxiety among fans."

March 15, 2007 at 12:46 PM
Roger said...

Wow. Some tremendous hypocrisy. He bought a $75 toy, and by doing so the original manufacturer was paid as well as the Japanese license holder. Big friggin' deal.

I'm sure there has never been anything in your personal life that has ever conflicted with your job in the slightest. Please show us the way, o enlightened anonymous coward.

March 15, 2007 at 3:27 PM
Anonymous said...

Buying a product alone isn't the hypocrisy.

Buying a product while blocking others from doing the same under faulty legal threats is hypocrisy. Blocking the original manufacturer and the Japanese license holder from selling a product while using the same product yourself is hypocrisy.

March 15, 2007 at 3:36 PM
Roger said...

As hypocritical acts go, it's pretty darn minor.

Admit it, you're just trying to find any tiny thing you can to take anonymous potshots at someone on a blog because you didn't like their cartoons.

March 15, 2007 at 4:32 PM
Anonymous said...

I doubt that Hobby Link Japan and Yamato think the attempted blockage is minor or tiny, or that the fans who wanted to buy these products at reasonable prices in a United States store think it's minor or tiny. Fortunately, we can buy them on the Internet now, but only after we realized that the Harmony Gold's legal smoke-and-mirrors were just just that.

People wanted, and still want, to buy these toys because they like the anime, not because they hate it. Even Tommy Yune has said he likes Macross Plus.

March 15, 2007 at 4:52 PM

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