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Re: Waddaya' Mean...folks on the Internet don't make mistakes! (Was - Re: Harry Potter Minifig MOC)
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Date: 
Tue, 8 May 2001 20:32:19 GMT
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It looks like the story may have originated on hpgalleries.com at this
point. See my Brickshelf Harry Potter folder for graphics of the sites I've
seen so far: http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?f=4388

Matt

In lugnet.harrypotter, Matthew Gerber writes:
> To follow up, this is the text of a message I posted to both sites:
> 
> "Hi,
> 
> The pictures of the Harry Potter LEGO minifig you have posted on your site
> ARE NOT official from LEGO. They are a custom design of mine, posted on
> Brickshelf (www.brickshelf.com), intended to be shared with my fellow adult
> fans of LEGO on LUGNET (www.lugnet.com).
> 
> You need to remove this article, or post a new version with corrected
> information.
> 
> If you do continue to use the photos in any form, please credit me (by first
> and last name only) for the creation or photography or both.
> 
> If you have any questions, please contact me via e-mail.
> 
> I won't even go into anything about checking sources, etc.
> 
> Sincerely,
> 
> Matthew Gerber
> matthew@digitaliris.com"
> 
> If anyone else sees my photos, or reference to them, I'd love to hear about
> it. Please let me know!
> 
> Thanks!
> 
> Matt
> 
> In lugnet.harrypotter, Matthew Gerber writes:
> > WHO-HOOOOOOO!
> > 
> > Actually, I was afraid/hoping someting like this would happen. I guess I'll
> > go telll them the truth now.
> > 
> > Amazing how no one bothered to actually READ anything, or check up on the
> > source, ain't it? Just goes to show...don't believe everything you read!
> > 
> > Matt
> > 
> > In lugnet.harrypotter, Joel Hoornbeek writes:
> > > In an interesting turn of events, it looks like your minifig MOC is being
> > > mistaken for the official Harry Potter minifig!  I visit filforce.ign.com on
> > > a fairly regular basis, looking for general movie news, and this morning I
> > > saw a headline saying "Harry Potter LEGOs Revealed."  To see for yourself
> > > what they are announcing, go to
> > > http://filmforce.ign.com/harrypotter/articles/57825p1.html.  They apparently
> > > got the tip from http://www.iharrypotter.net/news.html.
> > > 
> > > So...  Congratulations on having your work mistaken for the official thing!
> > > 
> > > -Joel
> > > 
> > > 
> > > 
> > > <sniped description of pictures>



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  Re: Waddaya' Mean...folks on the Internet don't make mistakes! (Was - Re: Harry Potter Minifig MOC)
 
Well, I've been in contact with the three sites using my images. hpgalleries just posted this: (URL) 9, 2001: We just learned that the LEGO-Previews we posted here in the news on Saturday are just (pretty good) fan-made creations, not official LEGO (...) (25 years ago, 8-May-01, to lugnet.harrypotter)

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  Re: Waddaya' Mean...folks on the Internet don't make mistakes! (Was - Re: Harry Potter Minifig MOC)
 
To follow up, this is the text of a message I posted to both sites: "Hi, The pictures of the Harry Potter LEGO minifig you have posted on your site ARE NOT official from LEGO. They are a custom design of mine, posted on Brickshelf (...) (25 years ago, 8-May-01, to lugnet.harrypotter)  

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