bc1745 | 10 Jul 2014 7:50 a.m. PST |
A big thank you to all those who helped identify various figures that I posted on Monday….. TMP link TMP link TMP link You have helped confirm what Andy Grubb and I suspected that at the very least a business is passing off other peoples work as their own, or more worrying as they claim to have more releases planed …. A pirate at work. link Speaking on behalf of Andy Grubb of Britannia Miniatures/ Grubby Tanks he states that the 20mm 'German Cavalry, German Infantry and misc. other pieces' on the Battle Scar site are Britannia Miniatures and he has not given permissions for them to reproduced. Andy is taking the relevant legal advice but wanted to warn people that this business was trading his figures. (All be it wrongly identified etc!) The other manufacturers have been contacted and informed of what has been found Many thanks again Chris |
deephorse | 10 Jul 2014 8:23 a.m. PST |
I alerted Bill to this possibility back around 21/22 June when I saw the 'German Cavalry' on Battle Scar's site. I didn't want to go public at that time just in case there was some kind of agreement between Grubby and Battle Scar. Bill said he was looking into it and I've heard nothing since. To be fair I also sent an email to Andy Grubb but again heard nothing. So good on you Chris for finally nailing this. |
ashill2 | 10 Jul 2014 8:39 a.m. PST |
Well done. I just hate it when some low life steals the hard work of others. |
bc1745 | 10 Jul 2014 8:49 a.m. PST |
Deephorse….. Yours was one of the emails that got us started on the trail so thank you….. It's just taken a little bit of time to get everything sorted Many thanks again Chris |
deephorse | 10 Jul 2014 9:34 a.m. PST |
Good to know it wasn't a waste of time. Thanks Chris. |
John the OFM | 10 Jul 2014 10:06 a.m. PST |
Worse than pirating figures for the use of "me and my mates" is selling them at market price. That is pure theft. And guess what. They are usually of much poorer quality. What have you gained by buying them? |
nochules | 10 Jul 2014 10:13 a.m. PST |
Especially when "market price" actually means x2 or x3 as much as the originals, as it seems to be in this case. |
MH Dee | 10 Jul 2014 10:29 a.m. PST |
Yeah, I was shocked at the prices too. He even has the audacity to set up a Facebook page for his 'business'…no shame basically. I thought pirates were more discreet. |
DColtman | 10 Jul 2014 11:38 a.m. PST |
I don't get it…who would buy these crap recastings for such inflated prices?? Bizarre. |
MajorB | 10 Jul 2014 12:06 p.m. PST |
So when are they going to be removed from the TMP Manufacturers Directory? TMP link |
StoneMtnMinis | 10 Jul 2014 1:04 p.m. PST |
They only accept PayPal so all you have to do is make a complaint to PayPal and their account will be locked. Hit them in their pocketbook. |
bc1745 | 10 Jul 2014 1:25 p.m. PST |
Good idea Dave I will pass it on to Andy to make the complaint Cheers Chris |
deephorse | 10 Jul 2014 3:16 p.m. PST |
MajorB – if only Bill had been as quick to act on this as he was to DH me for making a joke about a well known US cable news channel. Good to know where his priorities lie. |
rmcaras | 10 Jul 2014 4:54 p.m. PST |
I see they are advertising that they will be at the "Hold the Line" convention in Toronto this weekend. I wonder how many extremely sub-standard models they will sell at those astronomical prices? By the way you can see they are accurate in their description of "hand-cast"…a spincast model would definitely produce a higher detailed and quality product. Anyone going that could photograph what these pirates look like? I'm betting they don't look anything like Jack Sparrow. |
AlexMcC | 10 Jul 2014 6:39 p.m. PST |
Hi Chris/Grubby, we've reached out as the organizers of Hold the Line, can you please get in touch? Grubby got an e-mail direct from me. |
fox news tea party | 10 Jul 2014 7:49 p.m. PST |
MajorB – if only Bill had been as quick to act on this as he was to DH me for making a joke about a well known US cable news channel. Good to know where his priorities lie. NO KIDDING! What if this had appeared on Fox News! IT MUST BE TRUE!
(no, it's not. It's FOX NEWS. The big lie is on! TEA PARTY, ANYONE! LOL!!!111one111!) |
bc1745 | 10 Jul 2014 11:17 p.m. PST |
Alex Nelson712 at btinternet dot com Drop me a line mate if Grubby hasn't got back to you but I will be talking to him this am anyway Cheers Chris |
JezEger | 11 Jul 2014 5:04 a.m. PST |
Didn't this outfit just have a thread on here introducing themselves? I know I've read it recently, but not sure where. |
stenicplus | 11 Jul 2014 7:11 a.m. PST |
95% of our pieces are made with recycled materials. lol. They weren't kidding. |
JezEger | 13 Jul 2014 11:36 a.m. PST |
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