Burn wrote:MINDVVIPE wrote:I think it's stupid to say hastek and only hastek has the right to make, say, an arcee thats actually good.
Actually they do. They're the ones who created the likeness of Arcee. Intellectual Property, they have every right to do it.
Given the economic situation around the world (not to mention recent events in Japan) I would imagine TT are just trying to protect their property, and thus their income, as much as possible.
I didn't actually mean an arcee like the crappy 3rd party one that came out. I meant one that looked like its own figure, with colours, alt mode and key features that are similar to arcee.
It is their IP, but as fans, being on the consumer end, you shouldn't really be thinking about the safety and protection of a giant company like hastek, they can handle themselves as long as they are able to handle themselves, and deserve to stay afloat (which i'm sure they won't have any hard time with). What we need to do as fans is demand and go where our money is worth the product.
This way we get the figures we want, and Hastek stays alive from the fandom wanting both types of Transformers in their collection.
Hastek is probably getting peeved at the types of figures that are super like their own molds and designs. Fair enough. But Springer is on such a different side of things with its engineering, price tag, and own unique look and name. And if thats somthing that bothers you just coz it doesn't feed directly to Hastek, your worrying about the wrong things. I don't think 3rd party companies will ever be the death of hastek Transformers, so.
If there is anything good in art, its only a matter of time before its stolen, its how things work, so let the artists worry about staying alive, they'll have to just step up their game to compete and provide us with better things. If the other artist isn't good enough at being creative and making somthing their own on their own, their folly and their fall.
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