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Originally Posted by kylactus

do you have pics of Doom 2099? I've been on a 2099 flashback kick lately, I'm even trying to get a hulk 2099 toybiz figure off ebay for spidey 2099 to display with.

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I keep Spider-man 2099 posed on the top of the throne normally while Doom sits in it. Toy Biz's Hulk 2099 I sold off though.

And don't rationalize what you're saying on the bootlegs/knockoffs. What you're talking about is highly legally questionable and is stealing money from Hasbro as well as materials.

Casting is different as it entails physical labor and original molds by casting themselves. You'r talking about actually using Hasbro parts and molds. And it's not that they "won't make it" it's that you don't want to wait for them to make it.

Custom figures are an entirely different thing as the majority of us who do make them or tweak our own, still purchased the mainline goods to do so(like if I wanted to mass produce Doom 2099's on a small scale to sell, I'd have to purchase Hasbro's Dooms and Ultrons). What we do with the item after we purchase it, or how others may pay for how we modified it, is entirely different than paying someone that took parts from a factory or used actual Hasbro molds without compensating them.

For kitbashers, Hasbro or Mattel got our compensation by the initial purchase we made for the parts to make whatever we make. For mold casting people. They created their own molds, used their own resources, and provided their own labor. That's why most companies look the other way on those. Now it also varies region to region. Like doing something like that in Japan is outright illegal unless it's for a Convention or Trade Show where the law is more relaxed on sales of items of that nature during.

I'm not saying I'm for or against what you're doing. All I'm saying is be a little more forward and honest about what you're suggesting, and a little less entitled.