BREAKING NEWS (04/27/2005)... VALIANT SALE FINALIZED!

k_c_collectibles · Post by **k_c_collectibles** » Thu Apr 28, 2005 9:21 am

Things that make you go hmmmmmmmm....

All I can say is WOW - what a strange turn of events. I thought JT had won the auction, but it appears I am wrong. As long as the characters I love are done right I will gladly support whoever publishes them, ya know?

Congrats to the new owners - Hopefully you are on board in some way, shape or form Dino - that last name does look familiar...

Chris

andrew · Post by **andrew** » Thu Apr 28, 2005 9:33 am

DawgPhan wrote:
andrew wrote:
DawgPhan wrote:
andrew wrote:Honestly, if this is the VIP group and they got it because of their going after the trademarks, that's pretty *SKREE*. As if we need more shady scumbags getting hold of the Valiant properties.
WTF! Everyone I give you the DFPotD..congrats and it is only 9:30 EST...
I don't know what that even means, but I just feel that registering for the trademarks when the auction was coming up was a shady move on VIP's part.

Oh, and also, I thought Taddeo's ideas were bunk from the beginning and it never really sat well with me. If this group is going to print books again, I'm all for it.
Yeah registering for trademarks is real shady...so devious going down to the clerk's office and filing out paperwork...on no...I hope these people arent loose on the streets...I bet they even had things notarized...those *SKREE*...Like I said.. DFPotD...

Well, yeah, on a basic level it's not illegal or anything.

Basically you have no idea about what is going on just deicided that someone was doing something wrong...none of us really have any idea...well greg probably knows more than he is telling us, but that is always the case. You dont know if these people are the folks at VIP or not. You dont know anything, but what those guys did was shady...how can you even say that...Acclaim let the copyrights lapse...we are lucky that 50 different people didnt file a claim for every character...VIP were the ONLY people that were actually on the ball...Acclaim sold something that they may not have any legal right to. Oh and if these 3 people are not VIP then they may still not have the rights to the characters...

I'm just drawing conclusions with the information I've been presented. For me personally, it just seems sketchy to apply for trademarks to intellectual properties that aren't yours, but I'm certainly not up-to-date on how intellectual properties work once something expires. I'll admit that I have little idea about what's going on, so this is speculation on my part. It even seems that this may not the VIP group, which I've already said would be great. Yeah, we are lucky that other people hadn't filed for claims for these characters. That would have been a mess. It'd just be nice to have the properties and any trademarks together in one place. I feel that any judge (or whoever rules on trademark matters) wouldn't even let something like that go by, so it's a moot point, anyway. Let's just hope that this group gets what they wanted and makes some good books again.

greg · Post by **greg** » Thu Apr 28, 2005 9:36 am

DawgPhan wrote:I am almost certain that greg knows more than he is telling us...which is fine by me....

Since this is essentially a legal issue (sale of assets in a bankruptcy),
the amount of information available is limited by law... or at least,
parties involved should take the side of caution with regard to this
information.

Which, in turn, means that I have very little information to share.

(But I'm doing the best I can... I promise!)

DawgPhan · Post by **DawgPhan** » Thu Apr 28, 2005 9:38 am

greg wrote:
DawgPhan wrote:I am almost certain that greg knows more than he is telling us...which is fine by me....
Since this is essentially a legal issue (sale of assets in a bankruptcy),
the amount of information available is limited by law... or at least,
parties involved should take the side of caution with regard to this
information.

Which, in turn, means that I have very little information to share.

(But I'm doing the best I can... I promise!)

Oh I know...You are probably doing FAR and away better than most of us could do...I know that you will give us what you can when you can...

Todd Luck · Post by **Todd Luck** » Thu Apr 28, 2005 10:40 am

greg wrote:
DawgPhan wrote:I am almost certain that greg knows more than he is telling us...which is fine by me....
Since this is essentially a legal issue (sale of assets in a bankruptcy),
the amount of information available is limited by law... or at least,
parties involved should take the side of caution with regard to this
information.

Legalities are always a wonderful thing. Why do you think that guy named "anonymous" gets quoted so often in the papers?

We appreciate every little tid bit you can give us

ZephyrWasHOT!! · Post by **ZephyrWasHOT!!** » Thu Apr 28, 2005 10:59 am

Valiant OCD wrote: Or maybe, Dino's wife finnally figured out a way to get his mind of those DAMN Valiants!!!!!

Dino's a college student, UNmarried.

I've SEEN who he lives with, and it's NOT pretty.

DawgPhan · Post by **DawgPhan** » Thu Apr 28, 2005 11:03 am

ZephyrWasHOT!! wrote:
Valiant OCD wrote: Or maybe, Dino's wife finnally figured out a way to get his mind of those DAMN Valiants!!!!!

Dino's a college student, UNmarried. I've SEEN who he lives with, and it's NOT pretty.

I guess that is to say that the midget was NOT wearing the superman suit..

ZephyrWasHOT!! · Post by **ZephyrWasHOT!!** » Thu Apr 28, 2005 11:04 am

myron wrote:

The funny thing is that I understood this perfectly. Right on!

sonicdan · Post by **sonicdan** » Thu Apr 28, 2005 12:45 pm

So sounds like the buying group has expressed an interest in bringing back the Valiant characters
as they were first envisioned during the early years of the comics?
Holy smokes!
New comics featuring the Valiant characters could soon be a reality.
(and done the right way!)
DAN

wrunow · Post by **wrunow** » Thu Apr 28, 2005 12:54 pm

sonicdan wrote:
Todd Luck wrote:Needless to say anyone gets ahold of some solid, confirmed information about the mystery trio post it ASAP. Hope they want to do comics
So sounds like the buying group has expressed an interest in bringing back the Valiant characters
as they were first envisioned during the early years of the comics?
Holy smokes!
New comics featuring the Valiant characters could soon be a reality.
(and done the right way!)
DAN

That's about the way I see it, should be what we've been waiting for

Daniel Jackson · Post by **Daniel Jackson** » Thu Apr 28, 2005 12:57 pm

New comics featuring the Valiant characters could soon be a reality.
(and done the right way!)

Let's hope so, but I have a feeling that it's still going to be a long time before we see anything.

tssgery · Post by **tssgery** » Thu Apr 28, 2005 12:57 pm

Notice how Dino has been absent for a few days... very suspicious indeed...

Personally, I hope he is involved somehow. Maybe we can get a DVcVSS going!

wrunow · Post by **wrunow** » Thu Apr 28, 2005 1:06 pm

tssgery wrote:Notice how Dino has been absent for a few days... very suspicious indeed...

Personally, I hope he is involved somehow. Maybe we can get a DVcVSS going!

Dino who?

X-O HoboJoe · Post by **X-O HoboJoe** » Thu Apr 28, 2005 1:18 pm

If Dino's in on it, SIGN ME UP. We know he cares about these characters and the valiant fan community. When I've bought stuff from him in the past, he's gone way above and beyond to make sure I was happy with my purchase.

Advice to Dino: Hire MOTA as a writer and X-Omatic as an inker -- get him to pencil if you can.

Question: How many PM's you gotten in the last two days, Dino?

Daniel Jackson · Post by **Daniel Jackson** » Thu Apr 28, 2005 1:20 pm

Question: How many PM's you gotten in the last two days, Dino?

I would imagine his box is at full capacity.

RyanMcLelland · Post by **RyanMcLelland** » Thu Apr 28, 2005 1:21 pm

I've been pitching a new Harbinger product since, wow, forever.

And I have, for the past two years, continued to pitch my little heart out.

Here's hoping that I'll be able to pitch again...

justin · Post by **justin** » Thu Apr 28, 2005 1:56 pm

Daniel Jackson wrote:
New comics featuring the Valiant characters could soon be a reality.
(and done the right way!)
Let's hope so, but I have a feeling that it's still going to be a long time before we see anything.

Things are already in the works!

But you didn't hear that from me

-j

Daniel Jackson · Post by **Daniel Jackson** » Thu Apr 28, 2005 1:58 pm

architect wrote:
Daniel Jackson wrote:
New comics featuring the Valiant characters could soon be a reality.
(and done the right way!)
Let's hope so, but I have a feeling that it's still going to be a long time before we see anything.
Things are already in the works!

But you didn't hear that from me

-j

I won't tell a soul.

X-O HoboJoe · Post by **X-O HoboJoe** » Thu Apr 28, 2005 1:59 pm

architect wrote:
Daniel Jackson wrote:
New comics featuring the Valiant characters could soon be a reality.
(and done the right way!)
Let's hope so, but I have a feeling that it's still going to be a long time before we see anything.
Things are already in the works!

But you didn't hear that from me

-j

Hear what?

justin · Post by **justin** » Thu Apr 28, 2005 2:01 pm

X-O HoboJoe wrote:
architect wrote:
Daniel Jackson wrote:
New comics featuring the Valiant characters could soon be a reality.
(and done the right way!)
Let's hope so, but I have a feeling that it's still going to be a long time before we see anything.
Things are already in the works!

But you didn't hear that from me

-j
Hear what?

What?

-j

X-O HoboJoe · Post by **X-O HoboJoe** » Thu Apr 28, 2005 2:03 pm

Huh? I'm confused . . . again.

Redtrax · Post by **Redtrax** » Thu Apr 28, 2005 2:25 pm

Ladies and gentlemen welcome to confusion central.

DawgPhan · Post by **DawgPhan** » Thu Apr 28, 2005 2:32 pm

Redtrax wrote:Ladies and gentlemen welcome to confusion central.

Let's just say that someone may or maynot have bought the valiant stuff and he/she/they might be working on something..

X-O HoboJoe · Post by **X-O HoboJoe** » Thu Apr 28, 2005 2:38 pm

DawgPhan wrote:
Redtrax wrote:Ladies and gentlemen welcome to confusion central.

Let's just say that someone may or maynot have bought the valiant stuff and he/she/they might be working on something..

That's a definite maybe if I never heard one.

ManofTheAtom · Post by **ManofTheAtom** » Thu Apr 28, 2005 2:42 pm

X-O HoboJoe wrote:Advice to Dino: Hire MOTA as a writer and X-Omatic as an inker -- get him to pencil if you can.

Heh, thanks

And I second the suggestion to get X-O matic involved and offer to get Hobojoe involved as well.

Hopefully someday you guys will see what they did for Solar 2004