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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. (...) (24 years ago, 11-May-01, to lugnet.general, lugnet.off-topic.fun)

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(...) 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 (...) (24 years ago, 11-May-01, to lugnet.build.mecha, lugnet.off-topic.fun)

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