So what's the Deal With Tamiya??
Posted: Sat Oct 22, 2011 9:15 am
What's the current deal with TC deleting/removing all things reproduction?
I've never been active on that site. Maybe Tamiya is cracking down?
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Re: So what's the Deal With Tamiya??
Posted: Sat Oct 22, 2011 12:27 pm
Wishful thinking I suppose, but maybe my disease is spreading.
I've never been active on that site. Maybe Tamiya is cracking down?
I've never been active on that site. Maybe Tamiya is cracking down?
Re: So what's the Deal With Tamiya??
Posted: Sat Oct 29, 2011 8:50 am
Darryn, Can you hear me now? Good. Can you hear me know? Good.
Re: So what's the Deal With Tamiya??
Posted: Mon Oct 31, 2011 2:36 am
LOL, Just "discovered" I had access to this section!!
Now - what are you talking about with TC?
Cheers
Darryn
Now - what are you talking about with TC?
Cheers
Darryn
Re: So what's the Deal With Tamiya??
Posted: Mon Oct 31, 2011 6:20 am
Shunning all the reproduction stuff
Re: So what's the Deal With Tamiya??
Posted: Mon Oct 31, 2011 6:25 am
Tamiya contacted several "reproduction specialists" and threatened them with legal action......very specifically targeted TC too - quite a nasty gram!!
Short story is that all repro decals and scans of manuals had to be pulled.....Chris (TC Owner) did not want to run the risk.
There have been "talks" - but nothing concrete yet......Tamiya has lost its soul anyways - just shows it even more with the hard nosed lawyer driven tactics with repro stuff.....I mean seriously - how much money are people taking from them if they aren't even producing it themselves............ahhhhhhhhhh - sorry - rant over.
Cheers
Darryn
Short story is that all repro decals and scans of manuals had to be pulled.....Chris (TC Owner) did not want to run the risk.
There have been "talks" - but nothing concrete yet......Tamiya has lost its soul anyways - just shows it even more with the hard nosed lawyer driven tactics with repro stuff.....I mean seriously - how much money are people taking from them if they aren't even producing it themselves............ahhhhhhhhhh - sorry - rant over.
Cheers
Darryn
Re: So what's the Deal With Tamiya??
Posted: Mon Oct 31, 2011 7:07 am
wait, manual scans pulled as well, no wonder Feretti was so pissed off at the whole thing. Way to turn you legion away-RETRO R/C wrote:Tamiya contacted several "reproduction specialists" and threatened them with legal action......very specifically targeted TC too - quite a nasty gram!!
Short story is that all repro decals and scans of manuals had to be pulled.....Chris (TC Owner) did not want to run the risk.
There have been "talks" - but nothing concrete yet......Tamiya has lost its soul anyways - just shows it even more with the hard nosed lawyer driven tactics with repro stuff.....I mean seriously - how much money are people taking from them if they aren't even producing it themselves............ahhhhhhhhhh - sorry - rant over.
Cheers
Darryn
Re: So what's the Deal With Tamiya??
Posted: Mon Oct 31, 2011 7:11 am
Absolutely - NOT TC's fault though - bloody Tamiya being tight arses............They sent letters/emails to several of the major re-sellers on eBay and other sites as well.............turds...........
Yeah - shame their early stuff was so darned pretty - or I would snub em too!!
LOL
Cheers
Darryn
Yeah - shame their early stuff was so darned pretty - or I would snub em too!!
LOL
Cheers
Darryn
Re: So what's the Deal With Tamiya??
Posted: Tue Nov 01, 2011 12:43 am
I've gotten really good at holding my tongue. Anybody noticed? 
Re: So what's the Deal With Tamiya??
Posted: Tue Nov 01, 2011 7:46 am
About?
Re: So what's the Deal With Tamiya??
Posted: Tue Nov 01, 2011 7:53 am
you know how scott feels about reproduction parts.mrlexan wrote:About?
Re: So what's the Deal With Tamiya??
Posted: Tue Nov 01, 2011 8:06 am
Granted, and I even thoroughly understand his perspective. But what does manuals have to do with anything? Copyrights only?scr8p wrote:you know how scott feels about reproduction parts.mrlexan wrote:About?
Re: So what's the Deal With Tamiya??
Posted: Tue Nov 01, 2011 8:23 am
i can understand them having a problem with the reproduction parts. in the 1:1 world, you have to have licensing through gm/ford/mopar, etc. to make reproductions of their parts. being as though tamiya is still in operation, and with the amount of re-re kits they do, at some point in time, some of the repro parts out there could possibly be re-issued right from tamiya. granted, they're not exaxctly the same as the original, but.....
the manuals, that's just being complete jerk-offs.
the manuals, that's just being complete jerk-offs.
Re: So what's the Deal With Tamiya??
Posted: Tue Nov 01, 2011 11:50 am
Aren't most or all of the kit manuals on tamiyausa.com in pdf form?
Re: So what's the Deal With Tamiya??
Posted: Tue Nov 01, 2011 1:10 pm
i don't think so.....