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Re: mech legalities
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lugnet.general, lugnet.off-topic.fun
Date: 
Fri, 11 May 2001 17:48:46 GMT
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Speaking of TSR are they still around?

--
Kenneth A. Drumm Ph.D.

<snip>
   Not to say that a company won't stick "TM" on it just to
   scare the unwary or uninitiated; TSR did this with its
   "Indiana Jones" series of games, especially with the stand-
   up cardboard figures, including this gem:
<snip>



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  Re: mech legalities
 
(...) After a disastrous overproduction of really, really sub-standard fiction, resulting in a huge return of stock by such low-visibility companies as B. Dalton and others, TSR teetered on the brink on non-existence for between 6 and 12 months. (...) (23 years ago, 11-May-01, to lugnet.general, lugnet.off-topic.fun)

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  Re: mech legalities
 
(...) I'm not sure about HERC, as it's an acronym used in that universe. It is derived from Herculean but it has its own provenance as well. Not to say that a company won't stick "TM" on it just to scare the unwary or uninitiated; TSR did this with (...) (23 years ago, 11-May-01, to lugnet.build.mecha, lugnet.off-topic.fun)

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