RE: [OT] Mini Pictures was Re: 6-10mm ST Bugs

Not to mention that most stores (at least in the Bay Area) carry only
Evil 
Empire.  Closest store that carries no Evil Empire is an hour away.

Michael Brown

-----Original Message-----
From:	Casquilho, Daniel
Sent:	Friday, February 09, 2001 7:36 AM
To:	gzg-l@csua.berkeley.edu
Subject:	[OT] Mini Pictures was Re: 6-10mm ST Bugs

Glenn is right, No pictures means No sales to me. I live in California.
Most
of the good miniature conventions are on the East coast so they are
inaccessible to me. Many of the mini companies are also from the UK,
again
out of my range for "personal inspection". So that leaves me the web and
all
of you.

When I start a new scale or genre I often start by looking at what my
friends have, then do web searches. It is sad that in some cases these
companies loose not just my money but that of many of my friends. I have
become one of their sources for information. For example when we wanted
to
do colonialism it was the printouts I did from Foundry that caused
almost 50
packs to be ordered. Had there not been pictures I would not have even
brought them up and we would not have ordered.

OK I will get off the soap box for a while :-)

Daniel

-----Original Message-----
From: Glenn M Wilson [mailto:triphibious@juno.com]
Sent: Thursday, February 08, 2001 6:36 PM
To: gzg-l@csua.berkeley.edu
Subject: Re: 6-10mm ST Bugs

Daniel's point remains, at least for me,  NO pictures means NO sales
from
me.  Again, custom created (Eureka) is an exception.  Ditto if I could
find someone to do Nektons in 6mm - John McEwan e-mailed me a go ahead
to
find a 6mm sculptor...

*And* if your 'model' is so close a copy that it invites copyright
infringement then maybe the lawyer is over-zealous,  Or maybe your model
is an attempt to skirt copy right on purpose.  [Yeah, that's harsh but
is
it true?  Yes, in some cases.]

Gracias, Glenn/Triphibious (American Mongrel)
You don't have to be French to be a 'frog', or even human!
Nektons - Real Marines! (Die, Ralnai, Die!)
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