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At this time there isn't enough evidence to link notfailcast to Daniel. If it is him though this scam is on a different level than previously. This one is managing a full webstore selling recaster products. While Daniel is no stranger to recasting, this scheme is different from the rest.

Funny enough there are anonymous reviews but the store isn't open for shopping so how did someone order and receive the product to leave a review?

Further investigating is required on this one. I have however already notified GW legal to get them passing the website to their lawyers.

Damn Tom posting at the same time

Mandelbaum = Narcisist
Thinks he is smarter than everyone and when proven he is not, gets terribly frustrated.
The spelling mistakes are a common trait: they cant be bothered to attend to the details: you do not mean enough to them.
They try to distract and say outrageous things to shock and hope to at least temporarily get his way.
Spoiled 6yr child motivation with a grown-up's knowledge.
We are just objects to him, very little empathy, genuinely confused why we do not shower him with money due to his greatness.
These postings do feed the troll, he is probably tickled pink that all these people he got their attention (when it is really the fine writing of the members): narcissistic supply.
As said, necessary evil to protect others from his scams.
He will think of those he scams that they deserve it because they are stupid and he is doing a "public service" making us paranoid and cynical.

I have a strong dislike for narcissists, I was raised by one.
I know how they tick (pretty easy really, it is all about them).
You really do not need to show ANY restraint with this person other than what is needed to follow the law and what you can handle on your conscience.

It may be worth some time to make him my "other hobby" to see what can be found out with his current adventures, looks like others have.
Just to justify his claims can we get matching rings and a secret handshake?

spotted that site this morning, and have liked the page in order to see what goes on there, as it raised the red flags here as well.
i wasnt planin to mention anything here about it yet, just in case it is linked to DM, but was going to pm MT about it.

The personal profile for it shows Athens Greece as the location, and there have been Greek recasters on Ebay for years now.

I'd wager it's not Daniel, but it's definitely a site to avoid at all cost.

The re-caster's web site is way too professional compared to anything Mandlebaum has done. I'm thinking you stumbled upon one of those Chinese entrepreneur types who pop up now and again.

 Aerethan wrote:
The personal profile for it shows Athens Greece as the location, and there have been Greek recasters on Ebay for years now.

Or Greek. I said Greek.

Well I thought I would weigh in with a little bit of personal info about Daniel. As some know I have talked with Daniel. Not as of late but I have actually talked on a Phone to him. I hooked up with him around the time his Three stage studios business was starting to fail. Here is some Facts I have about him

His sculpting is good BUT his casting is gak. I DID give him tips and such and was in the talks about working with him as a partner as I can cast. Not to brag but I think Im pretty good. Anyway His casting is not up to par (or wasn't) with bitz companies, but more on par with Garage casting. Low end Casting NOT Shawn Nagle Garage casting. That is how I got into contact with him in the first place, to take his casting to the "pro" level and help catch him up on back orders.

I ALSO went to bat for him About the Knight titan Fiasco. Ironcally I KNOW Enrique and have done Business with him before enough to Be trusted by him. He contacted me about the recasting of his product and I served as mediator to get over this. This was a Spanish kit owned by Enrique, supposedly being supplied by some British caster who was never named, and then sent to Daniel to sell. this was nipped pretty quick and All I did was accommodate communication with Daniel and Enrique.

I started communication with Daniel to Re produce the Truescale Termies and to develop some terrain and models to start my shop. After some back and forth communication I set up a face to face meeting with a trusted friend in Dallas which he did not show for and shortly after I lost contact and have yet to hear from him. I still have my True scale designs for this project and have not done anyting with them because of the stigma. My loss to protect my good name.

I was briefly pointed here by a personal friend (pinkymaster on here??) when the Resin forge fiasco started, and I gave all the info I had on Daniel to the proper sources . I had contact info and a address and nothing but decent talks with him to provide as again I was never scammed.

Now with this I was asked about casting terrain by Alan. I of course offered my help as I do with most anyone who will ask. I gave him tips on how to make good casts and troubleshot some issues he had. I did not have much time to plan or discuss things before this titan thing took over the discussions.

NOW I have a Vacuum and pressure casting system, and I get professional results. I have been casting for close to 10 years now and I invested time and money into my hobby as I like doing it. Resin casting is a hobby BUT its not for the faint of heart. its a lot to learn and can get pretty expensive. I will not go into details here but You can spend LOTS of cash into it. I have doubts about Daniel casting things as he always wanted me to cast because I knew how. Not saying he cant learn But I dont think he is casting. NOW this is pretty much my dealings with everyone involved with this and I will discuss my knowledge and experience with anyone here. Ask whatever you want about whatever and I'll likely chat, but know that casting is not just something you can pick up overnight and not something cheap.

Munkey Joe, is it not reasonable to assume you were not the only one he was talking to on the casting front though?

He has tried to shill re-casting before, this we know. It is not usually a main thrust of his businesses though, at least not a few of them.

Regardless, this is all a bit besides the point, as no one is saying that notfailcast is Mandelbaum at this time, only a few coincidental dates etc thus far. We are saying it looks bloody sketchy regardless though lol.

 munkey joe wrote:
Well I thought I would weigh in with a little bit of personal info about Daniel. As some know I have talked with Daniel. Not as of late but I have actually talked on a Phone to him. I hooked up with him around the time his Three stage studios business was starting to fail. Here is some Facts I have about him

His sculpting is good BUT his casting is gak. I DID give him tips and such and was in the talks about working with him as a partner as I can cast. Not to brag but I think Im pretty good. Anyway His casting is not up to par (or wasn't) with bitz companies, but more on par with Garage casting. Low end Casting NOT Shawn Nagle Garage casting. That is how I got into contact with him in the first place, to take his casting to the "pro" level and help catch him up on back orders.

I ALSO went to bat for him About the Knight titan Fiasco. Ironcally I KNOW Enrique and have done Business with him before enough to Be trusted by him. He contacted me about the recasting of his product and I served as mediator to get over this. This was a Spanish kit owned by Enrique, supposedly being supplied by some British caster who was never named, and then sent to Daniel to sell. this was nipped pretty quick and All I did was accommodate communication with Daniel and Enrique.

I started communication with Daniel to Re produce the Truescale Termies and to develop some terrain and models to start my shop. After some back and forth communication I set up a face to face meeting with a trusted friend in Dallas which he did not show for and shortly after I lost contact and have yet to hear from him. I still have my True scale designs for this project and have not done anyting with them because of the stigma. My loss to protect my good name.

I was briefly pointed here by a personal friend (pinkymaster on here??) when the Resin forge fiasco started, and I gave all the info I had on Daniel to the proper sources . I had contact info and a address and nothing but decent talks with him to provide as again I was never scammed.

Now with this I was asked about casting terrain by Alan. I of course offered my help as I do with most anyone who will ask. I gave him tips on how to make good casts and troubleshot some issues he had. I did not have much time to plan or discuss things before this titan thing took over the discussions.

NOW I have a Vacuum and pressure casting system, and I get professional results. I have been casting for close to 10 years now and I invested time and money into my hobby as I like doing it. Resin casting is a hobby BUT its not for the faint of heart. its a lot to learn and can get pretty expensive. I will not go into details here but You can spend LOTS of cash into it. I have doubts about Daniel casting things as he always wanted me to cast because I knew how. Not saying he cant learn But I dont think he is casting. NOW this is pretty much my dealings with everyone involved with this and I will discuss my knowledge and experience with anyone here. Ask whatever you want about whatever and I'll likely chat, but know that casting is not just something you can pick up overnight and not something cheap.

Thanks for the background info MJ!
You should of seen the look on "Michael's"(Daniel's father) when I showed up one day. I could only imagine Daniel's look.
He wouldn't come out and talk for some reason?

 MajorTom11 wrote:
Munkey Joe, is it not reasonable to assume you were not the only one he was talking to on the casting front though? .

Oh its quite possible. Although the wargame community is Large and small at the same time the Casting community is similar but alot less people. ESP people with quality rigs and casts. Its not impossible to assume someone is learning to cast and cutting their teeth on recasting. Its not like its unheard of....

And Rick... i can only imagine. I had an incident when someone I did not know recognised me in Galax VA during my move. not only was I taken aback but my Wife was completely floored. She had a significant other who wargamed and watched my videos and such so she recognized me and my voice.... creepy and flattering all in one!!

 munkey joe wrote:
Well I thought I would weigh in with a little bit of personal info about Daniel. As some know I have talked with Daniel. Not as of late but I have actually talked on a Phone to him. I hooked up with him around the time his Three stage studios business was starting to fail. Here is some Facts I have about him

His sculpting is good BUT his casting is gak. I DID give him tips and such and was in the talks about working with him as a partner as I can cast. Not to brag but I think Im pretty good. Anyway His casting is not up to par (or wasn't) with bitz companies, but more on par with Garage casting. Low end Casting NOT Shawn Nagle Garage casting. That is how I got into contact with him in the first place, to take his casting to the "pro" level and help catch him up on back orders.

I ALSO went to bat for him About the Knight titan Fiasco. Ironcally I KNOW Enrique and have done Business with him before enough to Be trusted by him. He contacted me about the recasting of his product and I served as mediator to get over this. This was a Spanish kit owned by Enrique, supposedly being supplied by some British caster who was never named, and then sent to Daniel to sell. this was nipped pretty quick and All I did was accommodate communication with Daniel and Enrique.

I started communication with Daniel to Re produce the Truescale Termies and to develop some terrain and models to start my shop. After some back and forth communication I set up a face to face meeting with a trusted friend in Dallas which he did not show for and shortly after I lost contact and have yet to hear from him. I still have my True scale designs for this project and have not done anyting with them because of the stigma. My loss to protect my good name.

I was briefly pointed here by a personal friend (pinkymaster on here??) when the Resin forge fiasco started, and I gave all the info I had on Daniel to the proper sources . I had contact info and a address and nothing but decent talks with him to provide as again I was never scammed.

Now with this I was asked about casting terrain by Alan. I of course offered my help as I do with most anyone who will ask. I gave him tips on how to make good casts and troubleshot some issues he had. I did not have much time to plan or discuss things before this titan thing took over the discussions.

NOW I have a Vacuum and pressure casting system, and I get professional results. I have been casting for close to 10 years now and I invested time and money into my hobby as I like doing it. Resin casting is a hobby BUT its not for the faint of heart. its a lot to learn and can get pretty expensive. I will not go into details here but You can spend LOTS of cash into it. I have doubts about Daniel casting things as he always wanted me to cast because I knew how. Not saying he cant learn But I dont think he is casting. NOW this is pretty much my dealings with everyone involved with this and I will discuss my knowledge and experience with anyone here. Ask whatever you want about whatever and I'll likely chat, but know that casting is not just something you can pick up overnight and not something cheap.

My apologies upfront if you already addressed this.

As far as I remember you normally refer to Alan as Alan not Daniel, did he admit to you via PM that he is in fact Daniel Mandelbaum? If so when and under what circumstances? As I understand it Alan had not admitted to being Daniel or slipped up yet. Again, I apologize if you already covered this.

 OverwatchCNC wrote:
My apologies upfront if you already addressed this.

As far as I remember you normally refer to Alan as Alan not Daniel, did he admit to you via PM that he is in fact Daniel Mandelbaum? If so when and under what circumstances? As I understand it Alan had not admitted to being Daniel or slipped up yet. Again, I apologize if you already covered this.

No I refer to Daniel as Daniel and Alan as Alan as I have no proof they are the same person. Admittedly with people referring to them as the same person and interchangeably It get confusing BUT I have not talked to Daniel in about a year and have only talked to Alan for about a month.

Notfailcast to all purposes and knowledge as of now is greek recaster. Not Mandelbaum. Unless he bought up the former homepage (Rakalnar), which does not seem terribly probable. Apparently they already sell casts since before (possibly the self-claimed 2011?), just under different names. For example "Rakalnar" (now apparently defunct). Raklanar also seems to have been the main ebay account via which the "merchandise" was sold. High user ratings would suggest it is/ was not a scam, "just" counterfeiting.

Notfailcast has already had a few posters asking how there alble to sell FW kits, and do they have permission to recast GW kits (i laughed at that question), and so far no responce from notfailcast.
But i cant see this as a another DM scam, but a scam by a 3rd party with no connection to his nibs

Also looking at the pics of some of the Vechial parts, the casts look realy rough

 fynn wrote:
Notfailcast has already had a few posters asking how there alble to sell FW kits, and do they have permission to recast GW kits (i laughed at that question), and so far no responce from notfailcast.
But i cant see this as a another DM scam, but a scam by a 3rd party with no connection to his nibs

That almost proves it.

Were it Daniel, all of those comments would have been deleted by now.

 Ketara wrote:

 fynn wrote:
Notfailcast has already had a few posters asking how there alble to sell FW kits, and do they have permission to recast GW kits (i laughed at that question), and so far no responce from notfailcast.
But i cant see this as a another DM scam, but a scam by a 3rd party with no connection to his nibs

That almost proves it.

Were it Daniel, all of those comments would have been deleted by now.

Lol, so true

 Aerethan wrote:
The personal profile for it shows Athens Greece as the location, and there have been Greek recasters on Ebay for years now.

I'd wager it's not Daniel, but it's definitely a site to avoid at all cost.

A quick google shows me this ebay page, also in Greece.

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Battlefield-Ruins-25mm-round-bases-from-resin-/251119696936

http://www.notfailcast.com/product/battlefield-ruins-25mm-round-bases/


Seems it is "legit though".

Black Crusade Studio hasn't posted anything since Sept 4 on their Face Book page.

I miss Mordecai!

I think Mandelbaum has realised his best defence when DakkaDakka has discovered his operation is to fold his tents and silently steal away.

Yeah, silently steal away.

After loudly threatening to kill himself.

Guys, as was mentioned with the very first post about NOTfailcast, we do not think it is Mandelbaum. It was simply an example of the type of FB page to watch out for. Let's please move on from discussing that page in this thread and stick to BCS please.

Personally the "silently steal away" approach after being found out seems very odd for DM. He normally likes to go down in a blaze of whining and whiteknight glory. This new approach of just vanishing is a little disconcerting.

 doc1234 wrote:
Personally the "silently steal away" approach after being found out seems very odd for DM. He normally likes to go down in a blaze of whining and whiteknight glory. This new approach of just vanishing is a little disconcerting.

I think it mostly has to do with the speed in which he was caught this time. With Resin Forge, he had about 7-8 months to feign legitimacy before we caught on, so he likely felt his time invested was worth trying to salvage. This time, he had BCS up for about 2-3 weeks before the lid blew off.

Also, I think he learned from the RF incident that trying to escalate things to the big boy leagues won't work out well for him. I made it quite clear last round that if he harassed me or my office again that I'd be going to Dallas personally to file criminal charges, as would my company which already has a presence in Texas.

Rule #1 MT11. He tried bearing teeth last time and it backfired gloriously. Now he'll just slink away and be pathetic in the shadows for a while until his little peanut brain forgets this ever happened and he tries it again, because apparently experience counts for naught with him.

I think he went down pretty gloriously this time to be honest...

 MajorTom11 wrote:
I think he went down pretty gloriously this time to be honest...

Forgive my ignorance, but what happened last time?

RF went down in a storm of swearing, deleted posts, weird videos and a mountain of evidence that they were bold-faced lying the whole way through. There were accusations that 'we' made death-threats with no proof given as one of the final attempts to cast himself as the victim.

With BCS, pretty much the same thing, with less public evidence though admittedly, this time, substitute an insane video of his girlfriend in a mask with threats of suicide. Again, all in the service of being the victim and distracting from the fact he was unable to provide a single shred of evidence, not one tiny bit, that he was not committing fraud.

Tom said it perfectly! Just keep your eyes open guys it'll be no time at all before the cycle starts over.

Theres already a few posts on that page (notfailcast), includeing a few openly saying its DM.
But seeing as no posts have been deleted yet (or at least in the past 12 hours or so) its probaly someone else trying it on to make a quick buck.
So i do surgest that anyone here DONT post over there saying it is DM, as its now a good chance its not him (for a change)

Just thinking out loud, but on top of the history of DM that already exists, might it be sensible to have an ongoing "Scams to look out for" thread? Something updated with the ongoing minor ones that pop up, perhaps keep a brief list/history in the OP, change the name as new/bigger ones pop up, etc?

A thread per scam seems like it could be its own subforum practically, but for raw visibility, an ongoing FYI to the community thread might be helpful while condensing info, and having it all in one place might be useful for spotting patterns such as those left by Daniel himself.

It'd also be a place to separate the wheat (bigger scams, individuals with a long rap sheet, such as the endeavors DM seems to generate) from the chaff (the lower scale/apparently less serious stuff like some recaster popping up here and there).

I might be worth to put together a strong "how to avoid scams" style informative thread. Whilst it wouldn't want nor need to go into how to bust/find out more info it could at the very least cover the basic protections people can take to ensure that they don't get scammed and to prevent/limit the potential damage by showing good payment methods etc...

Many of these might seem like simple skills or aspects, but with international trade and with new people to the net and th world of online life every day there's a wealth of new people for whom many of these things won't be basic steps.



Edit - as for the quick loss of DM on this recent scam I suspect that Resinforge left a stronger bitter taste in his mouth or/and those who are supporting him. During the Resin Forge incident many personal websites and details about DM and his partner (in business at the very least) were uncovered and I suspect that whilst those were removed there is a desire not to have that avenue re-opened (chances are they might have been remade by now).

That and the quick nature in which it this scam was identified have likely combined to create a situation where its just not worth it to even try and string things out.

Something to think about but that would need to be discussed with the team first.

To be honest, as much sense as it makes, at the same time it is not Dakka's responsibility to police the community... that would not be neccesary if everything went well of course. But imagine if you would if the thread were regularly filled with false info or baseless accusations... we would have to keep an eye on all that, which is a massive amount of work and frankly pretty draining if you see what I'm saying?

Mandelbaum is a particularly pestilent blight on the community, and I think he is more of an exception because of it as opposed to condoning 'going after' every suspicious site. I am just speaking for myself here, but that would be my feeling on the matter generally speaking.