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Hey gangAnyone wanting to buy anything or in need of help finding a MH doll there is a post here...http://mlparena.com/mlp/index.php/board,173.0.html
Quote from: picklepud on July 17, 2012, 11:05:08 AMHey gangAnyone wanting to buy anything or in need of help finding a MH doll there is a post here...http://mlparena.com/mlp/index.php/board,173.0.htmlYeah i guess the question was is anyone still seeing them in stores in the US?? i have it listed on the thread in my wishlist/wantlist
Just a heads up for Aussie collectors - I emailed Mattel about Robecca/Venus and the ST dolls and they said there were no plans to release Robecca and Venus here but the ST will be coming to Target only - no date yet.
Quote from: CasseminaPie on July 17, 2012, 04:29:13 PMJust a heads up for Aussie collectors - I emailed Mattel about Robecca/Venus and the ST dolls and they said there were no plans to release Robecca and Venus here but the ST will be coming to Target only - no date yet.Ehhh? Is it safe to assume that the rep meant Mattel had no plans to release Venus and Robecca in Australia currently or had no plans to ever release them there? Because the latter would just be a bit odd... and sucky.
pukunui- Are your dolls customized? Still seems kind of odd to me that you can't sell pics that you've taken of items you own... >.>
Doesn't really seem odd to me. Mattell owns the rights to the characters so they have a right to deny people making profit off of their intellectual property. Of course there are a lot of people who do it (I see MH photography for sale on etsy a lot) but I'm guessing they didn't bother to do the honorable thing like Puku by asking first.
Would you still have to go through that if the dolls were customized?
Theoretically, under that whole 'intellectual property' thing, you'd have to get permission from the makers of any product that's in any photo ever, from the clothes your model is wearing to the desk she's sitting on. Seems a little absurd to me.
I mean, the doll may be Mattel's intelectual property, but the photo isn't.
In a way I can understand. For instance if I made a custom, sold it and then people sold prints of her I don't think I'd be all too happy.
Another thing I thought of is that while it's unlikely you'll "misrepresent" Hasbro with ponies, it's a lot easier to do so with highly posable dolls. Not saying that's your intention at all, but I think it's probably a concern for them. What if they grant permission to someone to use them and then that person makes prints of their dolls doing lude things etc or doing something to "misrepresent" the MH brand? That's the kind of legal repercussions large companies have to take into account when talking about brand and copyright. Plus Hasbro has been historically lax about people when it comes to this kind of thing.
It is a shame though, because I love your photos and would love to see prints of some of them. Just one of those things