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Quote from: LadyMoondancer on November 16, 2021, 08:40:54 PMThe only cease-and-desists I've heard of is Hasbro sending a C&D to the "MLP Fighting Is Magic" video game, which the creators foolishly took to E3 or Pax (can't remember which.) At that point Hasbro basically HAD to act, to assert themselves and protect their brand. (On that note, if any well-meaning person says "You should just ask Hasbro for permission ", IGNORE THEM. That is bad advice. Once you directly bring your activities to Hasbro's attention, they have to act against you to protect their IP.I believe a plush maker received a C&D because of their unsavory nature which had reached memetic proportions, apparently a body pillow seller also received one. Other C&Ds were related to digital media, not physical materials. There may be more recent examples related to actual physical touchy things, but these are some I found from poking around.
The only cease-and-desists I've heard of is Hasbro sending a C&D to the "MLP Fighting Is Magic" video game, which the creators foolishly took to E3 or Pax (can't remember which.) At that point Hasbro basically HAD to act, to assert themselves and protect their brand. (On that note, if any well-meaning person says "You should just ask Hasbro for permission ", IGNORE THEM. That is bad advice. Once you directly bring your activities to Hasbro's attention, they have to act against you to protect their IP.
What kind of name is Hynkel?
Quote from: Leave a Whisper on November 19, 2021, 05:55:28 PMWhat kind of name is Hynkel?I'd assume it's a reference to Hynkel from the Chaplin film 'The Great Dictator'. Hynkel was the eponymous dictator based upon Hitler and seeing as Megatron is often called a dictator/conqueror/megalomaniac it's actually quite a suitable name.
Fire Helix does packaging but it doesn't try to imitate Hasbro and it uses his own art. His ponies are insanely popular too.
Someone did encounter a trouble once so I wanted to mentionDONT BOX IT and NO PACKAGESIDK how these TFs are getting away with boxes but I do remember years back someone was doing customs and packaging them in faux-g3 boxes and they got whacked. For whatever reason packaging things attracts a lot of negative attention so just leave the customs loose for safety.