Something you all should see..

[sstorana]

Hi All

Thought that you might liketo see this...

Basically, the bottom line as that anything that has a GMH logo, etc can only be done by Rare Spares..


Interesting to hear peoples thoughts..

cheers
Mick

[wbute]

The positives would have to be that the tooling doesnt get destroyed. The negative would have to be that they will corner the market price wise and have total control over what does and does not get made.
Probably wont have much effect on the hq-wb series anyway will it? That tooling would have all changed hands or been destroyed years ago wouldnt it?

[stickthis]

Probably wont have much effect on the hq-wb series anyway will it? That tooling would have all changed hands or been destroyed years ago wouldnt it?

There is no tooling. What there is, its already being used. Quaility will not improve.

Sandman stripes. These may not happen now. Sorry guys. There maybe many many sandmans out there without the stripes.

Very Sad.

[agr071]

Sandman stripes. These may not happen now. Sorry guys. There maybe many many sandmans out there without the stripes.
Very Sad.

Why wouldn't you be making them anymore?

[stickthis]

I may not be aloud to use the sandman logo.

Maybe able to sell them though rare spares. But Id expect by the time rares put their bit on it they would be in excess of $700 a set.

[sstorana]

I may not be aloud to use the sandman logo.

Maybe able to sell them though rare spares. But Id expect by the time rares put their bit on it they would be in excess of $700 a set.

Not withstanding the fact that they will want them off you for a pittance of what you want...

it is BS!!

[stickthis]

exactly. Which means I will not do them. Not worth the money inversted in them so far.

They will never get them done. Because its too much work. If they do they wont be correct.

[Blocker]

We have spoken briefly about this recently Jason, and I know you have with others.

In the article supplied there is nothing mentioned about copyright sharing or licensee registration for Rares. They have made an 'agreement' with Holden to purchase their tooling, it does not mention they will be the sole licensees of Holden spare/restoration parts. That would be a very bad business decision on Holdens part to lock themselves into a single source supplier of repro parts!

There is nothing stopping you approaching Holden and getting a license to manufacture Decals, or Tail Tents, with the logos.

You know you even better suss out if the Sandman logo is registered copyright??? I bet it's not.
If you need a hand Kelly can look into the legal side of things for you, personally I think it's a bit of marketing by RS to promote this new deal.

[sstorana]

We have spoken briefly about this recently Jason, and I know you have with others.

In the article supplied there is nothing mentioned about copyright sharing or licensee registration for Rares. They have made an 'agreement' with Holden to purchase their tooling, it does not mention they will be the sole licensees of Holden spare/restoration parts. That would be a very bad business decision on Holdens part to lock themselves into a single source supplier of repro parts!

There is nothing stopping you approaching Holden and getting a license to manufacture Decals, or Tail Tents, with the logos.

You know you even better suss out if the Sandman logo is registered copyright??? I bet it's not.
If you need a hand Kelly can look into the legal side of things for you, personally I think it's a bit of marketing by RS to promote this new deal.

I will answer your question Blocker as I have been in the mix of this from last year, and Jason will attest to this..

With regards to any future approvals to use any Holden Logo, and yes the Sandman logo is TM'd to GM, these approvals will need to be staffed thru RSP and not GMH. That is the official word from Holden. I can send you the email that I rec's.

regards
Mick

[Blocker]

Well that is a lot more info than what the article states. Thanks for that, no need to send the emails.

So welcome to the world of cheap ass Chinese imported repro parts people!

Do you have any indication on the repro/spare parts that RS have license for? What I mean is how far back and how recent a model will they be supplying FX to VZ?