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There's a suspicion for this:

https://www.facebook.com/Sturmkrieg/posts/436758629761343

I'm also writing a page about them here, if anyone wants to send me more information to keep it up to date.

http://www.sturmkrieg.com/resinforge/

Notfailcast has been brought up before as well I believe Tom is watching it as am I to see what happens.

It seems like another Black Crusade Studios, or how Resin Forge was transfered to "Kim Hernandez."

There is no contact information for Notfailcast.

They claim to have been in business since 2009. According to web statistics the site is two months old.

Their Facebook page claims they have been in business since 2011. They joined Facebook in Sep 2013.

Draw your own conclusions.

 Kilkrazy wrote:
There is no contact information for Notfailcast.

They claim to have been in business since 2009. According to web statistics the site is two months old.

Their Facebook page claims they have been in business since 2011. They joined Facebook in Sep 2013.

Draw your own conclusions.

It's pretty clear that the company obviously has something to hide, and is trying to fake reputability. It's probably him.

Not his usual MO in terms of the amount of product he is offering, but definitely a fishy site in terms of the gaping holes in their history and information. Another about us that says nothing at all...

Not sure yet, but def worth keeping an eye on.

SInce he reads each and every post in this thread, don't forget to say 'Hi Daniel!'. If this is or isn't you don't worry we'll find you new venture soon enough!

 Kilkrazy wrote:
There is no contact information for Notfailcast.

They claim to have been in business since 2009. According to web statistics the site is two months old.

Their Facebook page claims they have been in business since 2011. They joined Facebook in Sep 2013.

Draw your own conclusions.

pics or it didn't happen.... because the website can be updated....... the facebook i think is kind-of set, no? can't change that as openly?

I have pics.

Just had a look at that page,and it looks like the "owner" has finerly go tround to removing all the negative comments,took him long enough, Unlike DM,who would remove comments as soon as they appeared..
Also im sure it was pointed out elsewhere that DM has no experiance with casting.
So unless he has partnered up with a re-caster (and i dont think he would ever partner up with anyone,tbh), i dont think hes behind Not Failcast.

 fynn wrote:

Also im sure it was pointed out elsewhere that DM has no experiance with casting.

what about that time he was recasting Lego parts for his not-titans?

He also cast True Scale Terminators.

But the not-failcast page still doesn't match up with any of his usual MO.

Whether it's him or someone else, it's still a scam - they're offering FW at the same price in dollars instead of pounds, which is a large discount (which FW doesn't do).

This is not the "Dakka General Scam Lookout Thread" though.

We know it's a scam, we know it's not legit, but it's not Mandelbaum. And Mandelbaum is who this thread is about.

 d-usa wrote:
This is not the "Dakka General Scam Lookout Thread" though.

We know it's a scam, we know it's not legit, but it's not Mandelbaum. And Mandelbaum is who this thread is about.

This. ^^^

 d-usa wrote:
He also cast True Scale Terminators.

But the not-failcast page still doesn't match up with any of his usual MO.

Or, DM finally changed up if MO after getting caught using the same one for years.

Yup... We can't tell people to be vigilant and then tell them not to talk about it. There is nothing conclusive either way, other than this is fishy.

If the conversation needs to stop please leave that to a moderator to decide.

 MajorTom11 wrote:
Yup... We can't tell people to be vigilant and then tell them not to talk about it. There is nothing conclusive either way, other than this is fishy.

If the conversation needs to stop please leave that to a moderator to decide.

I didn't see anyone trying to stop anything, just expressing an opinion on the matter.

I've seen the "not failcast" guy's stuff on Feebay for awhile. I think anyone getting his items then clearly didn't read his feedback.

I think this is a scam, but not one involving Daniel. We should be vigilant. And focused.

I agree, looks like Notfailcast is the Greek re-casters we've seen pop up several times from what I gather. So we can indeed move on at this point.

That being said, if you think things are losing focus hit the yellow triangle

Still all quiet on the Mandle-front?

If it wasn't, people would have posted about it.

I'd take the silence one of several ways.

1) He's still working on his new plot to take over the world.

2)He's up and running, and being quietly tracked until the lid can be blown off his latest plot to take over the world.

Like AduroT said, as soon as there's something to know, we'll know it. MT11 is very thorough, I wouldn't want him tracking me down if I was Daniel.

As much as I appreciate the Kudos, I have very little to do with it... many, many people deserve the accolades for keeping tabs on this guy.

Sit tight guys, enjoy the Mandelsilence while it lasts...

 fynn wrote:
(and i dont think he would ever partner up with anyone,tbh)

He has teamed up with people in the past. I know the not-Knight Paladins he designed and sold as RedStarOne were cast by someone else. IIRC, you paid him and they were cast and sent out by the caster. That said, I believe all those were actually received by their purchasers.

He definitely partners or attempts to regularly. He has a long list of 'collaborators'. Usually the ones you hear about are the fictional characters, and the real people tend to stay quiet. Until they find out what they were party to then they get pretty pissed.

Anyways, there are many collaborators, both real and fake along Daniel Mandelbaum's trajectory of shame.

Daniel is Andrei Chikatilo, and MT is Viktor Burakov .... if you have never been witness to one of the greatest movies ever made you should look into "Citizen X" ... I cannot recommend it enough.

OT: I have a question about this Danny boy ... I have seen some of his work and it looks quite good, why would he not just stay legit as he could make some fairly decent money at it?
Would the market forgive him of his transgressions? Has he gone too far to be redeemed?

I don't htink he has gone too far... but he spoils it for himself.

Resin Forge, up until the craziness started, gave every appearance of being intended to be a more or less legitimate business. Yes, there was the claims of going to the Forgeworld Open Day which appear to have been bogus, but that's ultimately just marketing spin. Customers from that particular incarnation of the Mandlebondsley show seems to have got what they paid for.

The problem for Daniel is that once people realise who he is, they start to talk to others about it... and at that point, Daniel just loses the plot.

If he took the advice that was given to him (go legit, put your actual, real name on the box, and be upfront about who you are, what you have done, and what you are now trying to do) and made a serious go of it, he could eventually regain some trust through consistent delivery.

But along the way, there would be an absolute gakstorm, because until he has earned that trust, people are going to assume that he is still going to pull the same nonsense as before. And so he would need to sit through whatever gets thown at him, for however long it continues, accept that it is no more than he has earned for himself through his past actions, and just wait for it to pass.

And from what we've seen previously, I doubt he could do that.

It is possible - Mierce and CMoN seem to demonstrate that.

Not aware of the CMoN situation but Mierce was different, no less frustrating for those that lost money but scamming =/= administration. They both had total arsehats at the helm but the situation are very different.

Here's another simile for you though, Iceland (UK frozen food store) sold more burgers after the Horsemeat scandal than in any of the 40 years previously; Sorry to flog a dead horse but people will always by if the price is right. Scammers and Businessmen with a very poor reputation alike both know and exploit this.

As we know; If its too good to be true it probably is.

 Sons of Prospero wrote:
Still all quiet on the Mandle-front?

Maybe he is busy preparing a kickstarter for his latest project: Scam Forge
He still works on which miniatures he will not be making

 notprop wrote:
Not aware of the CMoN situation ....

One of the founders of CMON was the owner of the now-long-defunct New Wave Games, who had a long history of taking people's money and not supplying goods. There was some concern when CMON first set up their own webstore as a result, but they were gradually accepted when everybody seemed to get what they were paying for...