Anyone know crossarm-props-and-replicas??
- Thread starter Jedifyfe
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Be careful, bro.
You have to ask yourself these things: Why do they want a kit? For the joy of building it themselves? To save money on the cost? The fact that they sell resin pieces would make me verrrrry nervous. You would think if they were just fans of the piece they would just buy it as is, yes?
You have to ask yourself these things: Why do they want a kit? For the joy of building it themselves? To save money on the cost? The fact that they sell resin pieces would make me verrrrry nervous. You would think if they were just fans of the piece they would just buy it as is, yes?
Guardian Devil
Sr Member
I agree, seems a bit risky. I would personally steer clear I think. A quick look at their feedbacks showed me they bought a Smallville ship Key from Rob at replicaprops.com now have a 'Fan-made' resin Smallville key in their auctions
Invicta
Sr Member
I agree it sounds dodgy that they asked for the parts rather than a completed prop. 10 to 1 if you sell them a kit be prepared for copies to show up for sale.
As a personal side note I always like to get props in kit form (where possible) just for the fun of finishing it off.
irricanian
New Member
I recently sold one of my Ghostbusters trap kits to Crossarm-props-and-replicas on Ebay. The transaction went well and he paid right away and even bought some other non-GB pieces later that week. I assumed everything was ok until a few days ago when I was informed he was selling my trap pieces on his Ebay auctions. I immediately contacted him to inquire as to what was going on as it was evident to me that he had recast my resin parts and was trying to pass them off as his own.
How do I know they were mine? My trap kit has a specific knob on it that I created yet he tried to tell me he bought the knobs on GBfans which is impossible since I have never sold the knob to anyone, it is only available on the kit he bought from me. As well there is a slight flaw in my mold on the vector plate which also appeared on his parts.
He told me they were his parts made from his masters, I asked him to remove his auctions (which he did almost immediately) I asked him for pictures of his masters which he sent me (albeit incomplete pics) which look nothing like they would have been the masters for the parts he was selling. I sent him another email explaining WHY I thought the parts were cast from mine.When I asked him for "complete" master pictures he has since stopped communicating, I gave him until the end of the day to send the pictures. Nothing
Crossarm-props-and -replicas are recasters!
Although I cannot speak of other parts I know for a fact he recast mine.
Do not do business with this guy
Parts in question (picture from his Ebay auction),
Picture of my parts, I should probably mention I used laser cut aluminum plates for my cosmetic plating 1/16" thickness with precut holes for bolt positioning. Notice the four grooves on the round knob, position of the pointer and bolt and plate spacing.
His photographic evidence :confused Look how crooked and unevenly spaced everything is!
How do I know they were mine? My trap kit has a specific knob on it that I created yet he tried to tell me he bought the knobs on GBfans which is impossible since I have never sold the knob to anyone, it is only available on the kit he bought from me. As well there is a slight flaw in my mold on the vector plate which also appeared on his parts.
He told me they were his parts made from his masters, I asked him to remove his auctions (which he did almost immediately) I asked him for pictures of his masters which he sent me (albeit incomplete pics) which look nothing like they would have been the masters for the parts he was selling. I sent him another email explaining WHY I thought the parts were cast from mine.When I asked him for "complete" master pictures he has since stopped communicating, I gave him until the end of the day to send the pictures. Nothing
Crossarm-props-and -replicas are recasters!
Although I cannot speak of other parts I know for a fact he recast mine.
Do not do business with this guy
Parts in question (picture from his Ebay auction),
Picture of my parts, I should probably mention I used laser cut aluminum plates for my cosmetic plating 1/16" thickness with precut holes for bolt positioning. Notice the four grooves on the round knob, position of the pointer and bolt and plate spacing.
His photographic evidence :confused Look how crooked and unevenly spaced everything is!
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DocTony
Sr Member
Here is his website, Looks like a recast Terminator badge he claims to have sculpted.
http://crossarmstudios.webs.com/
There was a guy at one of our Trek club meetings this weekend going on about this guy as well, he had the same claim, He had seen an eBay auction with on of his props sculpts on it.
http://crossarmstudios.webs.com/
There was a guy at one of our Trek club meetings this weekend going on about this guy as well, he had the same claim, He had seen an eBay auction with on of his props sculpts on it.
Riceball
Master Member
I guess that it's probably a good practice to somehow (subtly) mark or brand anything you create to make it easier to ID something as yours if you think or know its been recast. Speaking of which, what is a good way of doing this; I don't do any prop making (yet) but I want to and I want to be able to protect myself in case I end up selling anything I make.
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DocTony
Sr Member
Well that's Ironic.
I just had a friend come over and he was mentioned this guys recasting, I remembered this thread and we got to talking about it. What can be one? I mean does the eBay VERO protect people who do their own sculpts and replicas?
In other news it does look like threads like these do make a difference if looking at his past sales are any indication.
rollerboi
Sr Member
You're going to be your own harshest critic. You will be intimate with every flaw in your piece. You will have your own 'tells.' It's not an outright branding, which can be removed if found, but just features unique to your pieces that nobody else has.
Look up Darth Vader helmet threads.. :lol
That Proton Pack shell in his photo is one of my old vacfromed ones. Hope he doesn't recast that (won't be the first time . . .) :rolleyes
Sorry you got recasted . . .
Sorry you got recasted . . .
