Re: [DMCForum] Re: DMC Wine..

[Marc Levy <malevy_nj@xxxxxxxxx>]

I got mine direct from Lee..

FWIW, he publicly said on the DML that he was using
the BTTF models, and made some other custom parts.

The story I hear is he did not complete the models due
to legal threats from DMCH for trademark usage. 
Considering the guy had been working on the project
before DMCH claimed ownership of it, and Lee was not
making a penny, it was pretty awful of him.

Maybe it also had something to do with Lee making
reproduction keys.  When DMCH decided to make their
own, I guess they did not like the competition.

IMHO, Lee was a nice guy, and his departure from the
DMC community is a loss.

--- therealdmcvegas <dmcvegas@xxxxxxx> wrote:
> 
> 
> --- In DMCForum@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, Marc Levy
> <malevy_nj@xxxx> wrote:
> > Lee Seiler style?  I think I missed the reference.
> <SNIP>
> Yeah, I have one of his model kits that I bought
> from someone else. 
> And I was SEVERELY disappointed to find out that all
> he did 
> cannibalize AMT BTTF model kits, with a couple of
> custom resin parts 
> for hoods & doors. And the "custom printed" boxes
> that they came in 
> were just crack & peel paper, run thru a laser
> printer, and it wasn't 
> the greatest resolution.
> 
> Oh, if you wanted the functioning gullwing doors
> like he promised, 
> you had to cut the model shell and make them work.
> 
> As was told to me by others when I posted the
> contents of my model 
> kit to the DML, many never realized what was inside,
> because they 
> left them sealed to preserve them.
> 
> Still, I'm glad I bought it. It's one of the few
> things that I 
> consider a real trophy in my collection of DMC
> items.
> 
> -Robert
> 
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