VB: SV: *** FS: Babylon 5 Wars Miniatures - B5WARS ***

Hello,

I just got this reply from a US trader (who claimed that B5W was available to
anyone). Thought it might be of interest to the list...

Also, what do you legal guys think of this?

Oerjan Ohlson

"Life is like a sewer. What you get out of it, depends on what you put into
it."
- Hen3ry

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> Från: Shawn's Trading Post, Inc. <sales@rpgspot.com>

On Tue, 28 Oct 1997 08:24:33 +0100, "Oerjan Ohlson"
> <oerjan.ohlson@nacka.mail.telia.com> wrote:

> I just got this reply from a US trader (who claimed that B5W was

Well, I'm not crazy about Shawn's Trading Post, Inc. due to the company's
spamming on rec.games.miniatures.misc. They don't do it too much now, but they
used to spam a fair bit. They asked if anyone minded seeing ads on the
newsgroup and then went overboard when people said they wouldn't mind.

Other than that, it looks above board. As far as I know, there is no US
legislation that says that the export of Babylon 5 stuff is
illegal, unless B5W has some sort of encryption :-).

There is a licensing agreement between Warner Brothers and the game's
manufacturers not to distribute the game in Europe. This means that there is a
contract between AOG and Warner that says AOG will sell the game to North
American distributors. There MIGHT also be a contract between the distributor
and AOG so that the distributor doesn't sell the game outside North America.
However, I doubt if there is any such contract between the distributors and
the stores that buy the game from them. If a store wants to sell it by mail to
people in Europe that's the store's perogative.

Even if there was a contract with Warner/AOG and the stores, the
selling of the game in Europe is not illegal. It MIGHT be against the terms of
the contract, but then it's a civil matter. Warner would have to sue the store
for damages, but nothing would happen to you.

In summary, you should be safe buying the game from these guys. I'd suggest
getting it from someone else, but that's just a personal thing on my part. I'd
make sure they had it in stock, though, as the game appears to be temporarily
out of stock. You don't want to order it just to find out that the mail order
place is waiting for the next shipment (which might be months away). I've seen
the lead figures and would advise waiting until the new figures are produced
(I don't like the detail on the current ones).