Re-doing babies -- Lee Middleton Dolls

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Date Posted: 20:30:46 07/03/01 Tue
Author: Tina of Little Wonders
Subject: Re-doing babies

Hi people..
About the doll I re-did.
It is not illegal to sell them since they are not the dolls the company sells, they are re-done so they can't claim you re-sold their doll and anyway, since it is illegal not to want a personal item and sell it?
The above I know cause I happen to know a person who does this and he says he consulted a lawyer.

At the moment I am not selling dolls of that kind but I am seriously thinking about it.
If I do, it will be an OOAK and you can order it anyway you want her/him to be..

I will make a couple more to make sure I can give you the best quality and then let you know whether I can sell those :) THey are very heavy to hold you know (5lbs) and are floppy like real babies..

Lainy, you can get that look if you trim a wispy wig enough! Try it..

Kisses,
Tina

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But Tina, the doll still belongs to the company--and is still copyright to that company. I was thinking about using a body from another doll for my first OOAK, but my mom and dad both mentioned that it would be illegal to sell them then, because the body belongs to another company. You even said yourself earlier that selling the H2oh babies is illegal...what makes them any different from what you've done with yours? Maybe you're right, maybe it's not illegal, but I think if someone decided to take one of the babies I'd done, repainted it and added different hair, and then claimed it as their own creation, I would be really upset. (NT) -- , 21:47:49 07/03/01 Tue
I agree with Lainy.. she definately has a point. She's making hers from scratch pretty much, not using any already made doll parts! And Tina, you WERE complaining about H2Oh babies... Oh well. :) I don't wanna be mean, I just wanted to say I agree with Lainy, she has a point! (NT) -- Amy, 21:52:18 07/03/01 Tue
I think as long as you are not selling them *as* Berenguer babies then it is legal. For instance, you buy umm...material to make clothes, but the material company can not be angry because you paid *their* price for the material. As long as Berenguer is making their money, its not illegal. (This is info I got from Catherine, who makes the H2O babies) (NT) -- :0:Carrie:0:, 00:14:56 07/04/01 Wed
Lainy: She didn't say they were illegal actually, she just said it wasn't worth her money! I just thought we should clear that up before this continues...as long as you pay the dealer for the doll, reselling them isn't a big deal! I read about it somewhere, I think from Catherine, who explained that by buying the dolls (Berenguer) she's giving the company 14% of her profit! :o) Hope this clears it up! (NT) -- Mikaela, 03:41:02 07/04/01 Wed

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