Art Figures AF-15 Heavy Armored Special Cop - He is the Law!

[SwedishHeat]

well I placed an order order at good ol AE since my Cots one is a no go anymore. Guess I'll just wait and see if it gets canned there as well

at their product description.

Also, FWIW, they will send out the same message that every other retailer has.

 

[Gipetto0812]

at their product description.

Also, FWIW, they will send out the same message that every other retailer has.

except for Monkey Depot who seems to still managing to get their stock from what's been said here so you never know

If my AE order get's cancelled I'll find another way. no big deal

 

[SwedishHeat]

except for Monkey Depot who seems to still managing to get their stock from what's been said here so you never know

Monkey Depot, from what I can tell, is purposely being coy. The figure has not been cancelled, so they're still saying everything is on track. It's not like they're going to be the only ones in the US with it, if it does turn up. If ART Figures cancels it, it's cancelled for everyone, regardless of what the Chinese sellers tell you.

 

[Pajji]

Monkey Depot, from what I can tell, is purposely being coy. The figure has not been cancelled, so they're still saying everything is on track. It's not like they're going to be the only ones in the US with it, if it does turn up. If ART Figures cancels it, it's cancelled for everyone, regardless of what the Chinese sellers tell you.

and this is why I won't pre order through eBay...way too risky at this point.

 

[Lejuan]

Hmm that's interesting. I can see the UK being affected the most but since the US also suspended the orders I'm curious as to why China can still offer it.

You didn't know that China is the knock-off capital of the world?

 

[SwedishHeat]

Also, I would recommend this thread be locked. At this point the only thing that will happen in this thread is more rumors and speculation, and any time someone says "Oh, ________ is still taking pre-orders" then the lawyers will track down that store and C&D them. I'd say to preserve any chance of this thing being salvaged, this thread needs to be put out of its misery.

 

[CaptnRex]

Maybe I won't preorder it just yet.

 

[Username]

Hmm that's interesting. I can see the UK being affected the most but since the US also suspended the orders I'm curious as to why China can still offer it.

You didn't know that China is the knock-off capital of the world?

Exactly.
There's next to zero copyright infringement action taken(Or at the least upheld by the courts), in China.
There was a famous case of a Chinese manufacturing company a few years back that waited till new Honda motorcycles got released, bought a few, stripped them to the washers and fasteners, moulded all the parts and sold copies in China under a similar but different brand name. Of course, if they try and sell them outside China, Honda can have them in the courts. But inside China, they have their hands in their ears singing: "Tra-la-la! We're not listening!"

 

[**16k**]

Exactly.
There's next to zero copyright infringement action taken(Or at the least upheld by the courts), in China.
There was a famous case of a Chinese manufacturing company a few years back that waited till new Honda motorcycles got released, bought a few, stripped them to the washers and fasteners, moulded all the parts and sold copies in China under a similar but different brand name. Of course, if they try and sell them outside China, Honda can have them in the courts. But inside China, they have their hands in their ears singing: "Tra-la-la! We're not listening!"

Well, my two dealers are from HK, and one of them is refunding me while the other replied that he hasn't heard anything about cancellation just yet!

 

[Jameson Rook]

Exactly.
There's next to zero copyright infringement action taken(Or at the least upheld by the courts), in China.
There was a famous case of a Chinese manufacturing company a few years back that waited till new Honda motorcycles got released, bought a few, stripped them to the washers and fasteners, moulded all the parts and sold copies in China under a similar but different brand name. Of course, if they try and sell them outside China, Honda can have them in the courts. But inside China, they have their hands in their ears singing: "Tra-la-la! We're not listening!"

I wonder if those vehicles are even roadworthy.

 

[Asta]

Well, my two dealers are from HK, and one of them is refunding me while the other replied that he hasn't heard anything about cancellation just yet!

The second one may be the same one I ordered from.

They messaged:

we got your order
so far the project is going on
we will keep you posted

 

[Username]

Well, my two dealers are from HK, and one of them is refunding me while the other replied that he hasn't heard anything about cancellation just yet!

Fingers crossed.
The main line of distinction as i mentioned above is if a copyright violation product is getting out of China, it can be seized at the border of any country where the copyright holder has legal claims.
So, it will not be hard to isolate all shipments from Art Figures, what ships they are on, and getting the consignments seized when they reach their destination.
Of course that should not affect anyone here buying directly from China, but even the shutdown of UK/EU/US orders yesterday has to have seriously curtailed Art Figures sales...

I wonder if those vehicles are even roadworthy.

Sure they are. Just because they are copies, doesn't mean they are unsafe.
A company called Lifan regularly copy almost entire cars for sale in China.

 

[Wanderer]

Has anyone ordered from Wai Man's OSB? Paid a deposit but not sure if it's canned????

 

[breakersrevenge]

You guys are fretting over nothing!

 

[Jmek]

You guys are fretting over nothing!

Do You reckon it's still going to be released Waiman?

 

[Asta]

You guys are fretting over nothing!

Oh...that means I'm going to end up with four of them!

 

[EVILFACE]

You guys are fretting over nothing!

You must be new around here.

 

[slamscaper]

Edited

 

[Username]

Got this email. What does it even mean.

And you thought it would be best to post that on an open forum for 2000AD's bloodsucking lawyers to read?
Might be best to edit that to remove the content, just in case.

 

[**16k**]

The second one may be the same one I ordered from.

They messaged:

Nope! Don't think so! Mine was in bad Engrish!