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Topic: Souvenir/reproduction Russian space patches
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benguttery
Member Posts: 547
From: Fort Worth, TX, USA
Registered: Feb 2005
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posted 06-20-2010 04:10 PM
   
I was curious what others thought about the Soviet and Russian space flight patches offered by ebay seller "worldhobby2009"? Although I have bought a couple patches from this fellow, I put them all in the category of souvenir or reproduction patches. These are all of very similar quality and resemble the original insignia, but there is a huge difference between the two. Someone is paying a lot for these patches however and they are certainly not priced like souvenir patches. |
hoorenz
Member Posts: 1031
From: The Netherlands
Registered: Jan 2003
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posted 06-21-2010 07:06 AM
These are 100 percent souvenir (or I would better like to call them "fake"). He is simply copying images from the internet. No matter how bad the patches look; he is obviously making money with someone else's work. In addition to the designers of the commemorative Shuttle patches he sells, he is infringing at least the copyright of Stewart Aviation/the late Vadim Molchanov (Soyuz-1 to 9), Alex Panchenko (TMA-5, TMA-9), Luc van den Abeelen (TMA-3), Oleg Kononenko/Sergei Volkov (TMA-12), Alexander Serebrov (Soyuz youth organization), Roscosmos (agency logo patches), Konstantin Lantratov (multiple Mir and Soyuz TM patches), Oleg Shitikov (Mir-23) and Wayne Begnaud (ASTP Crew patch proposal).
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benguttery
Member Posts: 547
From: Fort Worth, TX, USA
Registered: Feb 2005
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posted 06-22-2010 09:37 AM
Here is another one: djekingdom. This fellow is from Malaysia. |
hoorenz
Member Posts: 1031
From: The Netherlands
Registered: Jan 2003
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posted 06-22-2010 04:29 PM
quote:
Originally posted by benguttery:
Here is another one: djekingdom. This fellow is from Malaysia.
He is selling a couple of patches I am very familiar with, including tiny 3 inch versions of TMA-14, 15, 16 and 18.
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Bill Hunt
Member Posts: 399
From: Irvine, CA
Registered: Oct 2002
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posted 06-23-2010 12:08 PM
On the one hand, "worldhobby2009" is creating replicas of many early Russian/Soviet patches that simply haven't been available in years, since Stewart Aviation sold out of a lot of their stock and hasn't bothered to make more. Which is a completely silly move on Stewart's part, because I suspect there are a lot of collectors (like myself) who'd like to have another chance to buy them. But on the other hand, worldhobby2009's prices are absurd. $24.99 for many of them? He's even got one for $49.99. Plus $4.99 shipping! Shameful. |
Harald Kraenzel
Member Posts: 304
From: Dinslaken,Germany
Registered: Nov 2005
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posted 06-25-2010 05:45 AM
quote:
Originally posted by Bill Hunt:
... But on the other hand, worldhobby2009's prices are absurd. $24.99 for many of them? He's even got one for $49.99. Plus $4.99 shipping! Shameful.
Totally agree. |
KAPTEC
Member Posts: 578
From: Madrid, Spain
Registered: Oct 2005
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posted 06-25-2010 11:36 PM
Harald... why you do not try to reply them in a high version? I'm sure a lot of collectors (like myself) will stand up at your side in the making process... and in the buying them one. |
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