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In lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade, Mike Stanley writes:
> What I do plan on doing, though, is modeling some custom weapons of
> my own. War hammers, double-headed battle axes, other things. If I
> can come up with enough ideas and enough good masters to warrant
> getting my own vaccuum/pressure chamber like he has, I might even
> produce them for others.
<snippage>
Here's a question for any Lego lawyers who might happen to be reading this:
(and for anyone who might have some insight)
What, if any, are the ramifications of molding and casting our own pieces for
Lego use? Not copies of existing elements, but new bits, made to be used with
genuine lego parts. I highly doubt we'd get tight tolerances at a hobby level,
but that's hardly required for bits such as the above mentioned warhammers and
battle axes, and so on. I myself am starting to think Stormtrooper Helmet. And
maybe Blaster Rifle. I've done this sort of thing before, making game pieces,
R/C car wheels, and so on, so I know it can be done. I just don't know if Lego
is as litigious (sp?) as some other corporate giants out there.
Any thoughts?
K.M.
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| (...) Well, I hardly think they can sue you for making your own creation that fits in with lego. After all, how many other things have a dia of (xxx) to fit into the lego hands. Taking existing parts and modifying them _should_ also be legal, since (...) (25 years ago, 21-Nov-99, to lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade)
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| (...) and (...) And (...) I don't think that there will be any problems with your own ORIGINAL war hammers and battle axes. But, copying stormtrooper helmuts and blaster rifles from Star Wars might get you in trouble with Lucas, as they make alot of (...) (25 years ago, 21-Nov-99, to lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade)
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| (...) I made my own deal. (...) I've tried this before myself, didn't work too well. My good friend Jack produces add-on kits of detailed parts for the Millenium Falcon models. He's learned some new stuff over the last year and is certain he can (...) (25 years ago, 7-Nov-99, to lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade)
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