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yeah, I was wondering if it was an error on Amazon's part too - or if maybe whoever put up the listing just googled for an image and used it without bothering to check if it was what they actually wanted it - sad to say it wouldn't be the first time I've seen THAT happen.I'm not necessarily blaming Basic Fun for it; like Flitter I was wondering if it was a case of "we were using this for inspiration/a general proof of concept/etc, and whoops, it got put into the wrong folder and now Amazon have it". which if that's the case... I'm not annoyed that they've *seen* the customs, you know? hell, if I was at BF I'd probably have gone looking for fan interpretations of the designs too - see if there's actually interest in them being made, get some inspiration, etc... I'm just annoyed Pandabear's photo wound up on Amazon! :/
Then again, I've seen Amazon use a place holder photo of a beauty product for an upcoming Transformer toy.
Quote from: Leave a Whisper on April 27, 2023, 05:52:03 AMThen again, I've seen Amazon use a place holder photo of a beauty product for an upcoming Transformer toy.Really? I rarely use Amazon so I didn't know that this sort of thing happened. Is it a regular occurrence? Love pkw xxx
It’s possibly more someone at Amazon’s fault than Basic Fun. I’ve been seeing that a lot with Rainbow High lately that early classified mock up images are being posted as listings months before release date. Even with obvious watermarks across them. That image might have been something they showed retailers as an example of what they were trying to do or used as a reference to show their designers the idea. Still bad to steal but I bet that wasn’t intended by basic fun to be used in that listing at all. The customizer it right to be frustrated but the Celestial Pony designs are Hasbro’s. So, for her to say that BF’s designs are too close to hers is a little unwarranted imo because, like her and BF are using the same source image. I’ve seen the Basic Fun protos in a video and don’t really see them as exact copies.
Quote from: Flitter on April 26, 2023, 05:01:38 PMIt’s possibly more someone at Amazon’s fault than Basic Fun. I’ve been seeing that a lot with Rainbow High lately that early classified mock up images are being posted as listings months before release date. Even with obvious watermarks across them. That image might have been something they showed retailers as an example of what they were trying to do or used as a reference to show their designers the idea. Still bad to steal but I bet that wasn’t intended by basic fun to be used in that listing at all. The customizer it right to be frustrated but the Celestial Pony designs are Hasbro’s. So, for her to say that BF’s designs are too close to hers is a little unwarranted imo because, like her and BF are using the same source image. I’ve seen the Basic Fun protos in a video and don’t really see them as exact copies.But at that toy show, two of Basic Fun's Celestial ponies were in the same pose the customizer chose for the ponies. To me that's a very close match which wasn't necessary. Because the concept art from Hasbro is just drawings showing the ponies in non-existing poses, right? So I can understand the customizer is upset not just about their pictures being on Amazon but also about the Basic Fun ones being so similar.