some juicy ebay-auctions

Well, for some people everything is to hard. At least this seller doesn’t sell the parts as Mithril. I have bought minis on ebay advertised as Mithril, but they where recast figs.
I would think Mithril cares, but they don’t have the resources to track down recasts. Just to much effort.
Maybe I should put a M16 standard bearer on ebay..lol Would be interesting how much one brings.

This was a joke!!! I would not sell my converted Mithrils on ebay, nor the copies I made to produce conversoins. I don’t need to prove to myself that I could sell a copie on ebay without the buyer realising it is a copy. I rather put this effort into a new conversion, or building some nice furniture, because I am a Master in this field too! Mastercarpenter and cabinetmaker!

I asked the seller of the Orthanc scenery and she said it might be resin or plastic, leading me to believe she didn’t cast them. (One would hope one would know what kind of material one is using when casting, eh, Holger? ) So someone out there is casting Mithril parts…for profit (but not Holger ).

Hmm, she is also selling the throne and dais from M195 with the picture being metal and the text saying it’s resin, so I’m guessing the caster isn’t far away.

I might forward it to Michael. Mithril can at least give warning and file a complaint with ebay.

It’s all good Master Gildor. Don’t worry about it. I’m getting hot fast, but I cool down even faster!
I see it the same way you do. That’s why I brought up the Karagat listing. This seller has now listed Karagat the fourth time. Very unlikely for a fig like Karagat to be available 4 times from the same seller, especially if it is the only Mithril he is selling. The same with minis from Ral Partha and other producers. What a coincidence????
Well, if there is something I don’t believe in, then it is coincidence!

If you don’t try you never find out!! Good luck to him to sell this set for “only” EU 300.00!LOL

I think Mithril is the one to be addressed. Then it’s up to them to report to Ebay or take other action….

Aye, there’s no risk of Holger starting an ebay store of ‘after market’ Mithrils! Not unless he’s been gazing into a palantir with the Dark Lord at the other end and lost control of his senses . I don’t think Gildor intended to offend – more just being a bit cautious.

For my two cents, I think converting mithrils and making copies of the conversions is very different to recasting production models and selling them on ebay – I think the first is artistic creation and very unlikely to hurt Mithril (unless they were then sold, but this isn’t a worry here), whereas the second is blatant infringement of intellectual property. It’d be a bit like the difference between someone re-editing a movie for their personal use (and maybe making copies of the re-edited movie for a couple of mates), and copying the movie straight and selling it cheap for profit. That said, I don’t know what the law says about this. Definitely an interesting issue, and one that is ethically complicated.