Games Workshop Stinks

Just a quick note to say that Games Workshop has performed a mass takedown of files concerning their old board games (Including Adavanced Heroquest) on Board Game Geek. I am really unhappy.

A) Do they actually have the legal right?
My uninformed opinion is that most if not all of the content did not infringe copyright but who is going to take them to court to find out?

B) Does it make even the slightest bit of business sense?
I mean seriously, Most of these games have been out of print for 15 years. What possible harm could these files do? Also I think this kind of behavior pisses people off who are likely to be customers.

Arrrggghhh!

Edit:
Here is the link to boing boing's coverage:
http://www.boingboing.net/2009/11/28/games-workshop-decla.html

Mirror Spock

Here we have the all time classic Mirror Spock. He of the evil beard. What can I say about this figure? He has a great sculpt and the face looks fantastic. He has the proper long boots which have been something that has a tendency to get left out (even once in the AA/DST line). My one complaint is that the paint for his medals doesn't stand out well and they tend to look a bit dirty. This is probably an essential figure for any Trek enthusiast so go out and get him.

Tenrai

Here is another figure from the Revoltech Street Fighter Online series. I love the optional huge metal claw she uses.

Baichoufu

This figure is from the Revoltech Street Fighter Online series. As expected from a Revoltech figure it is well detailed and articulated. She does have strangely big hands though.

Ride Armor Bartley Type

Rounding out our look at CM's offerings is this Ride Armour from Genesis Climber Mospeada or as it was transformed into in the west Robotech series 3 (The New Generation). The armour detaches from the figure and transforms into a bike the figure can ride on.

Mugen Calibur Miyazawa Mokei Limited Color Version

This guy is a Mugen Calibur from the series Dorvack. Eagle eyed readers may recognise him as the Transformer Roadbuster from the Deluxe Autobots assortment. Back in the day Hasbro released several figures from other lines under the Transformers banner and this guy was one of them. This figure is a similar scale to the original but has much improved detail and articulation while maintaining the ability to transform.

Scopedog Bockmesser Custom

Just for a change of pace I'm putting up some posts about recent acquisitions from Hobby Link Japan. This guy is a Scopedog from the Votoms series made by CM's. They seem to pack a lot of detail and movement into quite small toys. They also charge lots of money and in each of these cases I was only able to justify the purchase because they were severely discounted. I got interested in Votoms because they started appearing in the Microman line.