If a mod wants to move this thread, I'm all for it. We need to get this information out there, I just didn't want to clog MCL34N's thread up with this talk.King Ranger said:
And for anyone who believes that he never claims that he specifically made this suit...here's a Twitter post where he claims that he is "working on" MCL34N's suit.
-Nick
You guys might want to check with the mods on other forums as well. Seems to me I can remember some kind of drama connected to his name over at The League of Heroes forums too.
Yeah, I believe he was claiming credit for making Superman and Fantastic Four suits or something like that over there.Powerhouse70 said:
I think he's trying to be really "clever" in the way he's wording things. For the record I'm in no doubt that this is MCL34N's suit, it's plain for everyone to see but he's being crafty in his wording, he's never actually said "I made" this suit.
That's the thing that really annoys me about it, he's misleading people into thinking he made it himself, otherwise he'd be saying "Look at this suit I got". The guy's scum as far as I'm concerned. I'm waiting to see how he gets on making the 3 suits he's promised people.
I'll try to keep my calm, but GOD am I happy this is being discussed on the RPF. Mr. Thomson has done this so many times prior, passing off others work, as his own. I sent him (as a gift (sigh)) some costume parts from a Power Ranger costume a few years back, which he sold to a guy, claiming he had made these too. He has done this too many times to count on one hand, and I hope this is the last time he gets the chance to do so.
As people have pointed out, he's trying to be sneaky about this, though with little success. If I know his pattern right though, he'll try and make it up to MCL34N bu offering to do X amount of things, and then hope he's made some friends. I really don't want to join this discussion, as he's caused me a lot of headaches in the past, but very happy to see he's finally been busted.
Oh, and MCL34N? Epic job on that suit. Keep it!
Graham is very good at implying that he does stuff while never actually doing anything at all OR pulling a bait and switch, showing you one product that he got elsewhere and giving you something completely different.
Hmmmmm,
Graham's ben asking me if I can make various things for him - most recently, spidey web shooters and Raimi Movie suit webs.
He's currently getting shis tuff printed by my friend Ryan jenkyns - Frontier costuming then having them 'screen printed' for additional texture.
I'll steer clear.
Also, since there may soon be some "revisionist history" going on with his various online accounts, I've screenshotted the tweets I copied earlier to prove they exist...and that he said them should they be deleted:
-Nick
Ok, seeing Nick's post I stand corrected, there he is ACTUALLY saying he can MAKE the suit for someone. Yeah good luck with that scumbag, you didn't even make YOURS.
Well, this is just ridiculous...doesn't he have the talent to make his own suit with all the information MCL34N's provided on his build thread? This is sad because he isn't a first time offender. Some people never learn or care to change.
Please do and please inform your friend. Graham will, without a doubt, show off his work and claim it as his own. He has no morals when it comes to this whatsoever.Fishybob said:
What a piece of ******!! I really hope he gets what he deserves!!
Has anyone tried to contact him directly?
Oh yeah, I have him on FB, twitter, MSN messenger. I have email accounts, etc. We have a lot of mutual friends that have seen him pull this crap and though he says it's all behind him, he still trying to pull scams.wonderboy_1974 said:
What a piece of ******!! I really hope he gets what he deserves!!
Has anyone tried to contact him directly?
No responses yet.
It's a shame when people claim credit they don't deserve. Similarly the Supreme Court struck down an effort to deny such people 'Stolen Valor' for wearing the Purple Heart and Medal of Honor and similar medals that they didn't earn. Sad....can't people just give credit where it's due and be satisfied with their own accomplishments?
Guess not....
I know this is a Spiderman thread but I thought this Alfred quote seemed apt " Some men aren't looking for anything logical, like money. They can't be bought, bullied, reasoned or negotiated with. Some men just want to watch the world burn."
Some people just have a hole inside that they cant fill no matter how hard they try.
Terrible behaviour. Really not a smart guy either because if someone took exception to his activities it is not at all difficult to trace a Graham Thomson age 26 living in Aberdeen. Best way to tackle him might be to phone his mum.
Wow!!!
I hate scammers!!!! With an intense passion. Ive been taken for a ride before by an ***** just like him.
Im glad that this has been found out before anyone on here could suffer from his false claims!!!
Hi Guys i JUST made this account 30 seconds ago, i saw his mask on FB, and asked him for a quote, i got the same price, theni asked mcLean, but he stopped comissions, also he scammed me in rangerboard.com selling me 2 power ranger helmets claiming he made them when he never had them, he bought them and painted them only and one of those was never in his posession, so i got only 1, he sold me boots from another asian seller, gloves from anooother seller, a ranger wrist communicator from an ebay seller wich never arrived, and after a looooong discussion on Ranger Board he refunded me the lost money after like 15 people jumped in for their claims, but what i never got back was the taxes, he sent the helmet by DHL with a value of 1000GBP, so in case it got lost he could make MORE MONEY!, so i ended up paying like 500 USD in taxes wich were a huge lost for me, it was that or returning the package to him and lost it forever with all the investment of over 850 USD! when he ships something he says "it got shipped back to me, it`s your fault your address you gave me it΄s wrong or you weren΄t home" he pulls that trick like 2-3 times untill you make a claim like this one. so beware of everything Graham`s related this goes back to 2009 or earlier. i was just about to send him a helmet but i guess i`ll keep it for me or he will take credit for my Gokai Silver.
Anyone live near him, I'd love to hear a "knocked on his door" story
Just sent the scumbag a message on Facebook to get this response:
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Lying through his teeth!
He just tweeted details...Prob false:
"graham thomson 07967202916 gthomson1986@hotmail.com have fun"
So who wants to try thiese details?
Hey guys... ya know... This is the number one reason I have refused myself to buy anything... for all of the good, no great builders out there.... There are still scammers who will claim other peoples work, and/or try to swindle money out of people who have put there trust in them that they will produce what they have promised... very bad.....
This is the email he used to reach me back in february with:
retro_reproductions@hotmail.com
I notice Ichigo remains unbanned here thus far. The mods usually move pretty quick on these things. After all this proof - is he still on trial? Ban this kid already. please. MCL34N's time should be occupied with more important things right now, than worrying about this a-hole.
The only thing to rescue here is that it got confirmed right before sending anything to him, aaaand that McLean could keep the 800, as compensation for almost being incriminated in a series of future scamms and his credit stolen even with really important persons like the movie director, the first impression will always last, and he stole it fron him, this is very very sad, someday this stuff could have come out linking pics to Mc Lean and his name could have been afected too, in minor scale but could.
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