Roger wrote:
Wonderfest dealers do go through the trouble to get licenses when they sell items based on tokusatsu and anime characters. The licenses are granted by Tsuburaya, Tatsunoko, etc., and they have very specific language about pricing, run numbers, etc., and they only give the licensee permission to sell on that day, in that location.
Actually Kaiyodo who puts on the show does the legwork to get licenses for the dealers - its part of the package. This why Wonderfestival is the most amazingly cool toy show on the planet.
Roger wrote:
It's a different story with RxH, and other outfits that have their own original characters. If Gargamel wants to make a version of an RxH toy, the issue of run size is just between those two companies. I'm sure the process is much less formal and a little less restrictive between pachi kaiju makers, rather than dealing with a behemoth like Sunrise.
Mori of course holds all the licenses for his own characters - you could almost see someone asking Mori to do a garage kit or action figure or some other way out there version of one of his characters - and he could grant a one-day license for Wonfest - that would be awesome... technically he has granted licenses for specific projects to Kozik for the 3 foot project & l'amour's paint set and me for the RHND t-shirt. we all have restrictions about how and where we sell these pieces.
Gargamel on the other hand - in theory at least - while holding the creative liscence for their depictions of certain characters - ie the sculpts - but the core rights to many of their characters are from the grey Patchi zone... thats why everyone and their mother can do their own versions of the Zag...
