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<p>[QUOTE="laz, post: 10506, member: 53"]The point is he contacted them requesting a licencing contract and never got a reply.(He has the story on his website.)I only know from what he's put up on the site for information,but it infers that there's much more that's been produced.I doubt that it's in anything but limited quantity too. </p><p>Now this started as a hobby,and very small scale,so don't judge too harshly.Tom contacted Tolkien Enterprises,and eventually he continued playing around while they considered his proposal.</p><p>Now,I agree that given the licencing,he would be obligated to reimburse them for a percentage of past sales.(would anyway)Just shutting him down though,was a dis-service to our hobby.I'm wondering now if the Royal Canadian Mint has some kind of 'sole rights clause' from Tolkien Enterprises so their coins(medals?)have no competition. :? I don't know much about the Canadian Mint 'coins' except their always refered to as coins,but the one side they always show looks like a medal set.Anyway, they can be had in quantity on ebay. 8O The whole story about what happened is shown in detail right there at <b>shirepost</b>. ~ Jim[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="laz, post: 10506, member: 53"]The point is he contacted them requesting a licencing contract and never got a reply.(He has the story on his website.)I only know from what he's put up on the site for information,but it infers that there's much more that's been produced.I doubt that it's in anything but limited quantity too. Now this started as a hobby,and very small scale,so don't judge too harshly.Tom contacted Tolkien Enterprises,and eventually he continued playing around while they considered his proposal. Now,I agree that given the licencing,he would be obligated to reimburse them for a percentage of past sales.(would anyway)Just shutting him down though,was a dis-service to our hobby.I'm wondering now if the Royal Canadian Mint has some kind of 'sole rights clause' from Tolkien Enterprises so their coins(medals?)have no competition. :? I don't know much about the Canadian Mint 'coins' except their always refered to as coins,but the one side they always show looks like a medal set.Anyway, they can be had in quantity on ebay. 8O The whole story about what happened is shown in detail right there at [b]shirepost[/b]. ~ Jim[/QUOTE]
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