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Originally Posted by usernameprime
100% WB rules. There are no laws for tiny scale toy guns that are obvious toys.
Laws kick in at realistic scales.
McFarlane has to follow the licensing rules to make the toys but as its own company they are 100% allowed to make their own products which includes "not a toy" gun collectibles. Labelling it as "not a toy" is just to appease WB licensing agreements. Make silly rules and you end up with silly results.
Not just guns either. One of the first victims of this rule was a Mezco Constantine that was missing guns and a cig while having hands sculpted to obviously hold guns and a cig.
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I don't know if that is accurate in the specific case of these weapons packs. Of course it is accurate for WB and their licensing.
These packs are marketed under McFarlane Toys/Spawn branding. They have nothing overtly tying them to WB or their properties (of course we know some of the weapons are meant to go with some DC Multiverse figures).
So McFarlane doesn't have to follow WB's rules, which is pretty obvious with the fact that they are releasing guns in a weapons pack. That would be a big No-No for WB, but this is what? Weapons pack #3?
So while WB may have rules in place for it's licensees, clearly that doesn't extend beyond their specific characters being produced. Which is why McFarlane keeps making these. If WB had an issue with them he probably wouldn't make them, but since he keeps making them I don't think WB has any input on the matter.
