GW lawsuit in the making lol

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**Eldred Jonas**

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Space-wolf-Space-wolves-Rhino-side-door-set-X-2_W0QQitemZ190382207948QQcmdZViewItemQQptZUK_Toys_Wargames_RL?hash=item2c53a9f3cc#ht_500wt_1182

lol, alot of naughties being sold by this seller, the GW IP police will not be amused

**Sergeant Horse**

looks like forgeworld stuff to me

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Oh wait, on second glance, its recasts of forgeworld stuff.. bad bad

**catharsix**

is this guy just re-casting Forgeworld stuff? or just re-selling it?

**Eldred Jonas**

recasting, just look at the stuff! lol

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**porkuslime**

ew.. not even good recasts..

these just look crappy as heck.. I cannot imagine how he expects to get away with this..

**Eldred Jonas**

sad thing is people have bought these and how gutted will they feel when they receive them.

Plus if they still don't realize, someone at their flgs will be happy to point it out im sure

**Sergeant Horse**

cheap forgeworld casts, should sell, but not for too long!

**Mr. Burning**

Poor quality, but at the price people are prepared to part with their cash for them so...

But who amongst us has notified GW of the possible infringement?

**Eldred Jonas**

i reported it to ebay

**Magos Explorator**

For all eBay write about protecting IP, I've reported a few recasters several times and nothing happened. Writing to GW, as Mr. Burning mentions, might be better.

**Fateweaver**

Wow, those recasts are gak. FW sometimes has flawed products but wow, a 5yo could spot those are fake.

**Mr. Burning**

Fateweaver wrote:Wow, those recasts are gak. FW sometimes has flawed products but wow, a 5yo could spot those are fake.

Not everyone cares though. If their general modeling assembly and painting skills are bad, who is going to notice?

**chromedog**

Cheap FW casts? No such animal.

Bad FW casts? More common than people think.
Bad recasts? No more common than the bad originals.

He'll just keep relisting the items.

**insaniak**

Magos Explorator wrote:For all eBay write about protecting IP, I've reported a few recasters several times and nothing happened. Writing to GW, as Mr. Burning mentions, might be better.

You don't always see anything happen right away. Sometimes the seller will continue for a while as the relevant legal people need to gather evidence.

The seller mac-ace (who was prosecuted in the US a couple of years back) was selling on ebay for well over a year before he was finally pulled up.

**Grot 6**

Eldred Jonas wrote:http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Space-wolf-Space-wolves-Rhino-side-door-set-X-2_W0QQitemZ190382207948QQcmdZViewItemQQptZUK_Toys_Wargames_RL?hash=item2c53a9f3cc#ht_500wt_1182

lol, alot of naughties being sold by this seller, the GW IP police will not be amused

Why don't you call them up and find out.

Whoever plops down hard earned coin for that crap, deserves getting shafted with that hot bag of mess.

**LunaHound**

There are some people on this forum that refuse to believe those are recasts.

**Chibi Bodge-Battle**

The seller's name may be a bit of a giveaway!

**Daggermaw**

Ordered two sets of blood angels rhino doors. For the price they're great.

**Grot 6**

Daggermaw wrote:Ordered two sets of blood angels rhino doors. For the price they're great.

If you get anything from this seller, your paying too much. You don't even know what sort of quality that the doors look like, if anything from those pictures, you might as well make your own and save yourself the heartache.

**Oshova**

TBH you get what you pay for. If you pay 99p for a set of 2 doors, then expect rubbish. =]

Oshova

**Tacobake**

I honestly don't know how anyone could be that stupid, any sort of capable artist should be able to produce something for the same amount of effort that is actually good.

**Boss 'eadbreaka**

Tut tut! What a naughty boy!

*Wags finger*

**Tim the Biovore**

Tacobake wrote:I honestly don't know how anyone could be that stupid, any sort of capable artist should be able to produce something for the same amount of effort that is actually good.

Man, you are so right. My GS skills are poor (But improving, honest

) and I could probably make something worth more than those.

**JohnHwangDD**

LunaHound wrote:There are some people on this forum that refuse to believe those are recasts.

Well, *clearly*, in this case, the guy bought a lot of pre-Chinese FW stuff, and in the rush to fill his order, FW UK just rushed the stuff out the door. Due to the low quality of FW UK, he's just selling the stuff to get rid of it.

The very insinuation that any of it might be recast is improper slander and libel unless anyone can actually prove that these are indeed recasts.

**Oshova**

Well I've seen recasts of a higher quality than those. There are some amazing things out there for making cheap, good quality moulds

Oshova

**Clthomps**

Honestly if I was keeping my SM I would order a crap load of this stuff and then send it off to GW.

If you read their IP fine print it states anyone that turns in recasts and information on were they got them will receive all new items 1:1 with the fakes.

So anyone that wants cheep FW stuff nows the time!

**Daggermaw**

If you get anything from this seller, your paying too much. You don't even know what sort of quality that the doors look like, if anything from those pictures, you might as well make your own and save yourself the heartache.

Nah, I figure for the price I paid its worth it for the time I save in having to try to make my own.

Time is money after all.

I know they're gonna look like crap, but they'll work nicely on battle damaged rhinos and such, couple of laz burns here and there no biggie.

**Norsehawk**

JohnHwangDD wrote:
LunaHound wrote:There are some people on this forum that refuse to believe those are recasts.

Well, *clearly*, in this case, the guy bought a lot of pre-Chinese FW stuff, and in the rush to fill his order, FW UK just rushed the stuff out the door. Due to the low quality of FW UK, he's just selling the stuff to get rid of it.

The very insinuation that any of it might be recast is improper slander and libel unless anyone can actually prove that these are indeed recasts.

Not sure if you are serious or not...

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Dark-angels-2-X-4-resin-icon-packs-8-in-total_W0QQitemZ190384247924QQcmdZViewItemQQptZUK_Toys_Wargames_RL?hash=item2c53c91474

Clearly those are recasts from the ravenwing upgrade sprue. Unless Forgeworld has begun casting those exact same parts in white resin.

**Chibi Bodge-Battle**

Hi John

If he is legit then I unreservedly apologise.

But if the casts originate from FW as claimed, why is there no clear statement of source in the description? Surely stating "FW seconds" is going to help sell them.

Again, the clue is in the name.
fwiw slander relates only to the spoken word. Can't be both slander and libel - okay will stop being a smartass now

**Uriels_Flame**

He's not even trying to hide the fact he's casting them....

Interesting ploy . . .