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09-11-2011, 11:21 AM
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TRU definitely sold the A-10 a couple of years ago, too; it was probably under whatever brand name they used before "True Heroes".
I remember that. I was in Vancouver in 2008 and saw one for sale in a TRU store.
After that, they seemed to only be available overseas.
If i may venture a thought as to why, in the last three years or so, there have been a lot more cases of lawsuits based on replicas of military assets.
Before, it was always seen as "homage" and positive advertising when companies used a jet or tank or Jeep's likeness in a toy.
But more recently, even military manufacturers are catching on to the fact that they can licence out their weapons of war for toys and replicas.
In the model kit world, there have been lawsuits from manufacturers(I remember specifically hearing about one on behalf of Lockheed), pursuing model kit producers who breach their copyright. Even toys are not immune/
So perhaps it was a similar issue. And the settlement reached stopped the A-10 from being sold in the US?
It seems Hasbro was clever in the 80's and 90's by making jets that were only visually similar(Rather than a panel by panel replica).
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