I am of the same vein of thought, they are clinging onto the plastic production side because they have so few overhead costs, the mould being the primary upfront cost (over the forming machinery itself, likely ancient), I’d assume, they can re-run them, write them off for tax then re-run them or whatever mechanisms they are up to. Just look at the…[Read more]

Not sure if we’re getting a new thread this week

no, too busy painting 😉 @blinky465

It will be an interesting case. It might be more fun if the EU competition commission get involved and take GW to court for unfair trade practices (you can only use GW miniatures in our games) 🙂

Eventually GW will shift to selling STL’s when 3D printing becomes ubiquitous. They are still protecting the current dying business model as they have…[Read more]

The standard for what constitutes IP theft or an attempt to violate trademark is much higher than the common person believes it is, at least here in the United States where I live. Saying a space marine looks like another space marine to your mom is not likely to be the criterion a court will use, or which would survive appeal, probably sub 1%…[Read more]

Just realised I’m away for a few weeks from 22nd, so need to get my finger out for this month’s entry.
Spooky you say…. tempted just to go with my first – and most obvious – idea….

@grantinvanman – enjoy your feast. Sounds amazing.

Not sure if we’re getting a new thread this week, but here’s this weeks’ music for you.
Saw these guys – The Last Dinner Party – on Jools Holland last night and immediately went out to buy their CD (ok, clicked a web-link). I love this tune! Share what you love, right?

In other news, I read an…[Read more]

@pagan8th

I’ve got to try chat-gpt to see how it compares.
The follow up questions were great for the brainstorming session.
It’s how it managed to completely forget context near the end of the conversation.

Has to be some kind of invisible limit that Google pretends doesn’t exist whereas Antropic just stops you, which can be annoying if it is…[Read more]