So what's the Deal With Tamiya??

Post by **mrlexan** » Sat Oct 22, 2011 9:15 am

What's the current deal with TC deleting/removing all things reproduction?

Post by **MelvinsArmy** » Sat Oct 22, 2011 12:27 pm

Wishful thinking I suppose, but maybe my disease is spreading.

I've never been active on that site. Maybe Tamiya is cracking down?

Post by **mrlexan** » Sat Oct 29, 2011 8:50 am

Darryn, Can you hear me now? Good. Can you hear me know? Good.

Post by **RETRO R/C** » Mon Oct 31, 2011 2:36 am

LOL, Just "discovered" I had access to this section!!

Now - what are you talking about with TC?

Cheers

Darryn

Post by **Charlie don't surf** » Mon Oct 31, 2011 6:20 am

Shunning all the reproduction stuff

Post by **RETRO R/C** » Mon Oct 31, 2011 6:25 am

Tamiya contacted several "reproduction specialists" and threatened them with legal action......very specifically targeted TC too - quite a nasty gram!!

Short story is that all repro decals and scans of manuals had to be pulled.....Chris (TC Owner) did not want to run the risk.

There have been "talks" - but nothing concrete yet......Tamiya has lost its soul anyways - just shows it even more with the hard nosed lawyer driven tactics with repro stuff.....I mean seriously - how much money are people taking from them if they aren't even producing it themselves............ahhhhhhhhhh - sorry - rant over.

Cheers

Darryn

Post by **Charlie don't surf** » Mon Oct 31, 2011 7:07 am

RETRO R/C wrote:Tamiya contacted several "reproduction specialists" and threatened them with legal action......very specifically targeted TC too - quite a nasty gram!!

Short story is that all repro decals and scans of manuals had to be pulled.....Chris (TC Owner) did not want to run the risk.

There have been "talks" - but nothing concrete yet......Tamiya has lost its soul anyways - just shows it even more with the hard nosed lawyer driven tactics with repro stuff.....I mean seriously - how much money are people taking from them if they aren't even producing it themselves............ahhhhhhhhhh - sorry - rant over.

Cheers

Darryn

wait, manual scans pulled as well, no wonder Feretti was so pissed off at the whole thing. Way to turn you legion away-

Post by **RETRO R/C** » Mon Oct 31, 2011 7:11 am

Absolutely - NOT TC's fault though - bloody Tamiya being tight arses............They sent letters/emails to several of the major re-sellers on eBay and other sites as well.............turds...........

Yeah - shame their early stuff was so darned pretty - or I would snub em too!!

LOL

Cheers

Darryn

Post by **MelvinsArmy** » Tue Nov 01, 2011 12:43 am

I've gotten really good at holding my tongue. Anybody noticed?

Post by **mrlexan** » Tue Nov 01, 2011 7:46 am

About?

Post by **scr8p** » Tue Nov 01, 2011 7:53 am

mrlexan wrote:About?

you know how scott feels about reproduction parts.

Post by **Charlie don't surf** » Tue Nov 01, 2011 8:06 am

scr8p wrote:
mrlexan wrote:About?
you know how scott feels about reproduction parts.

Granted, and I even thoroughly understand his perspective. But what does manuals have to do with anything? Copyrights only?

Post by **scr8p** » Tue Nov 01, 2011 8:23 am

i can understand them having a problem with the reproduction parts. in the 1:1 world, you have to have licensing through gm/ford/mopar, etc. to make reproductions of their parts. being as though tamiya is still in operation, and with the amount of re-re kits they do, at some point in time, some of the repro parts out there could possibly be re-issued right from tamiya. granted, they're not exaxctly the same as the original, but.....

the manuals, that's just being complete jerk-offs.

Post by **MelvinsArmy** » Tue Nov 01, 2011 11:50 am

Aren't most or all of the kit manuals on tamiyausa.com in pdf form?

Post by **scr8p** » Tue Nov 01, 2011 1:10 pm

i don't think so.....

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