Oh I know. I'm just wondering how he thinks he would have a leg to stand on in court when neither of them are the rightful owners of the design. It isn't like I can sculpt a TK helmet, and then take someone to court when they recast it. I didn't have the authorization in the first place. Am I wrong here? Obviously I'm not a lawyer.
RE-cast alert Saberforge REcast my Tfu2 Promo Saber
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jedicri
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... or customizing a whole car (be it a Honda, Mercedes Benz, or whatever brand you will) for that matter....
now we gotta see them.. or at least I have to see them...
Ummm ... what?
I am actually sitting in front of my PC, with a bowl of popcorn and waiting to see some facts. And knowing that it usually is not a good sign when one party starts to play the "see you at the court house" card. That usually ends with one of the parties quite quickly ending in the RPF dog house. And the wampug don´t play nice ...
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hansolo2504
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That is utterly atrocious behaviour! Saberforge is suppost to be a business and quite frankly no business should behave in such a manner, I'm sorry but saberforge you've lost a customer. And I'm sure I'm not the only one to say that
Wow. If my experience tells me one thing, it´s that insulting is another one of those signs about a probable decline of RPF member numbers in the potentially near future. I hope you already reported this to the moderating staff.
Cadeus
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I am sad when I see these threads. Too many people seem to think that the ends justify the means. It would seem that the motive was to produce a less expensive product with the same attributes, which is an honorable goal. I certainly couldn't afford the expensive one, though the quality may be better. This situation is no different than someone buying a licenced Iron Man helmet, modifying it and then making copies of the modified version to sell. And I have seen that done HERE. I would encourage you both to try to make peace. Some kind of settlement would be fair. A royalty or something, for using the original as a reference. I don't know what would work. But it would allow both parties to walk away happy, with their reputations intact.
Geez... he sounds like a movie villain. I'm guessing his favorite blade color is red?
Well, I won't be dealing with him for that message alone. There's a way to handle business affairs, and to act like that is completely unprofessional.
Well, I won't be dealing with him for that message alone. There's a way to handle business affairs, and to act like that is completely unprofessional.
Ouch. I was really leaning towards a PS for my Luke ROTJ too. Well crap. 
I'm all for competition, but saying you're going to 'destroy' someone and make things personal is very unprofessional and way, way out of line. Not someone I would want to ever do business with.
I would just rather make a superior product, albeit, slightly more expensive, but superior none the less. I don't like making sub-standard things because I see it as a colossal waste of my time. So if I'm going to take the time to build something, I'm going to make it damn near perfect and in some cases, functional. I'll have my customers and he'll have his.
I would just rather make a superior product, albeit, slightly more expensive, but superior none the less. I don't like making sub-standard things because I see it as a colossal waste of my time. So if I'm going to take the time to build something, I'm going to make it damn near perfect and in some cases, functional. I'll have my customers and he'll have his.
Clark Kent
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this is so sad man, we use to all get along and be friends,
For those of you who do not get why SolosHold is upset for SaberForge making a copy of his saber which, in turn is based on a design in a video game, the aesthetic is not the problem. The problem is the design of how it is constructed. SolosHold put in a year of R&D using high end CAD software, repeatedly prototyping on ultra-high end machining tools, and offered to create these items for fans at an expensive, but utterly reasonable price.
SaberForge did not say "I want to make one of these too" and design his own from scratch. If he had, I do not believe SolosHold would have a reason to be justifiably upset. instead, SaberForge purchased two of the hilts and within a few months of receiving them announced to the world that he would be making these same hilts and displayed a component schematic that is derivative of the design and construction methods used by SolosHold.
There are tons of SW hilts based on movies and games which are independently developed by different maker. I do not recall anyone complaining about that, it is the misappropriation of the way that the replica is created that is worth a fit of rage or two.
SaberForge did not say "I want to make one of these too" and design his own from scratch. If he had, I do not believe SolosHold would have a reason to be justifiably upset. instead, SaberForge purchased two of the hilts and within a few months of receiving them announced to the world that he would be making these same hilts and displayed a component schematic that is derivative of the design and construction methods used by SolosHold.
There are tons of SW hilts based on movies and games which are independently developed by different maker. I do not recall anyone complaining about that, it is the misappropriation of the way that the replica is created that is worth a fit of rage or two.
Dragontomb
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I was going to purchase blade parts, now I won't due to this unfortunate turn of events. Sorry to see this happen to you Solohold.
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