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Utsuro no Hako
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 Posted: Fri Feb 14, 2014 11:16 am
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Future ANN Headline: Fan Who Created Lego Valkyrie Receives Cease and Desist Letter from Harmony Gold.
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Beltane70
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Posted: Fri Feb 14, 2014 12:03 pm
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| Utsuro no Hako wrote: | | Future ANN Headline: Fan Who Created Lego Valkyrie Receives Cease and Desist Letter from Harmony Gold. |
That would probably only happen if Lego makes it an official set. Besides, it would be Lego that would get the C&D letter if anything since they'd be the ones selling the set. Plus, that would also only be in places where HG has the Robotech name.
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Beatdigga
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Posted: Fri Feb 14, 2014 12:20 pm
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| Utsuro no Hako wrote: | | Future ANN Headline: Fan Who Created Lego Valkyrie Receives Cease and Desist Letter from Harmony Gold. |
Sounds right.
I hate Harmony Gold. I hate them so much. Copyright trolls.
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Wrangler
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Posted: Fri Feb 14, 2014 12:46 pm
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| Utsuro no Hako wrote: | | Future ANN Headline: Fan Who Created Lego Valkyrie Receives Cease and Desist Letter from Harmony Gold. |
If LEGOS does it, they'll get hit with it. IF it comes to the United States, Japan? They don't have worry about it.
HG want their money, that what it comes down to. Plain and Simple. Mizers milking their IP is what they live for while they sell Real estate in LA.
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Kougeru
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Posted: Fri Feb 14, 2014 12:47 pm
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I wish there was some law against holding a name and not doing anything with it. I also laughed at the random Superfly music 
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Beltane70
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Posted: Fri Feb 14, 2014 1:09 pm
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Harmony Gold has no say about what happens in Japan in regards to Macross or any other countries that they never released Robotech in.
The only thing that HG can really do is block the set from being sold in the countries where it has the Robotech license unless Lego goes ahead and obtains a license from HG to sell it in those particular countries.
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Wrangler
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Posted: Fri Feb 14, 2014 1:14 pm
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| Beltane70 wrote: | | Harmony Gold has no say about what happens in
The only thing that HG can really do is block the set from being sold in the countries where it has the Robotech license unless Lego goes ahead and obtains a license from HG to sell it in those particular countries. |
Which brings up the question, how expensive are they? There allot flak that keep being thrown around when someone brings it up. Hasbro did that with their Jetfire/Gi-Joe Striker jet that look like crappy VF-1J from Macross Movie.
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Marzan
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Posted: Fri Feb 14, 2014 1:23 pm
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| Beltane70 wrote: | | Harmony Gold has no say about what happens in Japan in regards to Macross or any other countries that they never released Robotech in.
The only thing that HG can really do is block the set from being sold in the countries where it has the Robotech license unless Lego goes ahead and obtains a license from HG to sell it in those particular countries. |
As far as I know, unfortunately Harmony Gold trademarked the name Macross in the USA, Canada, Germany, and the United Kingdom. So Lego will have to at the very least not include those countries in it's merchandising plan.
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Beltane70
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Posted: Fri Feb 14, 2014 1:37 pm
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| Marzan wrote: | |
As far as I know, unfortunately Harmony Gold trademarked the name Macross in the USA, Canada, Germany, and the United Kingdom. So Lego will have to at the very least not include those countries in it's merchandising plan. |
That's only if Lego chooses not to obtain the licensing rights to sell the set in those countries.
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opconvoy
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Posted: Fri Feb 14, 2014 2:06 pm
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Come on Lego DO IT! i Really want to get my hands on that set.
But Harmony Gold is such a stick in the mud. They won't let us have anything fun.
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pat_payne
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Posted: Wed Feb 26, 2014 11:42 pm
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I don't think it's going to happen, and not solely because of Harmony Gold... instead, look at the competition. It's going up against Adventure Time!, Legend of Zelda and Sherlock. I'm afraid that more people are going to vote to have a minifig-Benedict Cumberbatch than are going to vote for an awesome mecha... from a show 32 years old 
Although, the fact that none of them have a rather pathetic real-estate company with delusions of media-empire grandeur sitting on any chance of bringing it to the American toy market might be a nudge in one of the other directions as well...
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