mow Posted July 29, 2021 Share Posted July 29, 2021 (edited) Boar and stolen laptop set of figures is selling well according to The Times. https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/naked-german-on-wild-boar-chase-is-must-have-model-for-toy-railway-sets-b3sqh5ftb?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=Twitter#Echobox=1627557054 Details from the manufacturer's website. https://www.busch-model.info/000007948.3 The Wildschweinalarm” includes a boar pursued by a naked man. Adele Landauer, who took the original photo of the couple on a woodland path claims that is considering legal action against the model company. Edited July 29, 2021 by mow added link to Times article 1 7 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium J. S. Bach Posted July 29, 2021 RMweb Premium Share Posted July 29, 2021 Too bad that it is not available in O! 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
didcot Posted July 29, 2021 Share Posted July 29, 2021 Any wonder the boar is running away! 1 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steamport Southport Posted July 29, 2021 Share Posted July 29, 2021 Exit, pursued by a bear.... 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nearholmer Posted July 29, 2021 Share Posted July 29, 2021 When I saw the thread title, I thought it was the name of one of those faux-independent-revival pubs that crop-up every now and then in London. "The Boar and Stolen Laptop" has that ring about it. Now I know what the sign-painter would have to depict. Thank you. 1 7 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium BR60103 Posted July 30, 2021 RMweb Premium Share Posted July 30, 2021 5 hours ago, Steamport Southport said: Exit, pursued by a bear....bare... 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Oldddudders Posted July 30, 2021 RMweb Gold Share Posted July 30, 2021 13 hours ago, J. S. Bach said: Too bad that it is not available in O! I fear that as scale increases, so does the size of certain features and call for realism therein.... 5 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Reorte Posted July 30, 2021 RMweb Premium Share Posted July 30, 2021 33 minutes ago, Oldddudders said: I fear that as scale increases, so does the size of certain features and call for realism therein.... I assume you're referring to USB sockets on the laptop. 1 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nearholmer Posted July 30, 2021 Share Posted July 30, 2021 Or, maybe he meant the plug, rather than socket. 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Hroth Posted July 30, 2021 RMweb Gold Share Posted July 30, 2021 (edited) A bit more "amusing" than the boss/secretary ones... And provided you position the scene with the bloke running away from the viewer*, almost tasteful! What did annoy me was the headline Quote Naked German on wild boar chase is must-have model for toy railways Its about time lazy journalists got away from this stereotypical characterisation. * Those of a nervous disposition could always paint a pair of trunks on him. Edited July 30, 2021 by Hroth 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
admiles Posted July 30, 2021 Share Posted July 30, 2021 3 hours ago, Oldddudders said: I fear that as scale increases, so does the size of certain features and call for realism therein.... Busch Employee: "Evening dear, whats for dinner?" Mrs Busch Employee: "Schnitzel and fried potatoes". "Good day at work darling?" Busch Employee: "Not bad". "New range now going into production". "Helmet says painting the c... and b.... is proving problematic though"....... 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
mow Posted July 30, 2021 Author Share Posted July 30, 2021 Also available on draught. https://www.busch-model.info/000008865.3 Reminded me of the University Vets' T shirt design. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
mow Posted July 30, 2021 Author Share Posted July 30, 2021 A companion set, The Boar and Scalpel. https://www.busch-model.info/000007959.3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
rocor Posted July 30, 2021 Share Posted July 30, 2021 On 29/07/2021 at 12:33, mow said: The Wildschweinalarm” includes a boar pursued by a naked man. Adele Landauer, who took the original photo of the couple on a woodland path claims that is considering legal action against the model company. I would hope that she has a snowballs chance in hell of conducting a successful legal action against the model company, because that could have alarming implications regarding the constructing of models from photographs. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dungrange Posted July 30, 2021 Share Posted July 30, 2021 I wonder if the real gentleman is a railway modeller. It seems he doesn't need to go to ModelU to get a custom model of himself. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dungrange Posted July 30, 2021 Share Posted July 30, 2021 50 minutes ago, rocor said: I would hope that she has a snowballs chance in hell of conducting a successful legal action against the model company, because that could have alarming implications regarding the constructing of models from photographs. I'd agree - I don't see what Adele Landauer's grounds for any legal action would be. She took the photographs, so will presumably have been paid by the newspapers who have published her pictures in newspapers or online. Provided Busch Modellbau only use photographs of the model, then they are not, as far as I am aware, breaking her copyright as the photographer. They are simply taking inspiration from an event which was reported in the media to which her photographs were used to accompany the story. Perhaps she feels that without her photographs, there wouldn't have been a story and therefore she should be paid for providing the inspiration. I'd argue that she has been paid when the photographs were published and that is all she is entitled to. Arguably the gentleman who is being represented would have a better chance of taking legal action (ie he could claim Busch Modellbau are making fun of him), but in the similar article on Metro, it states that "Adele Landauer, who took the now-famous images and got permission from the subject to share them online", so if he was content for Adele to post photographs of him naked and share his story, then I doubt he'd have much grounds against a small lump of human shaped plastic inspired by the story. https://metro.co.uk/2021/07/29/german-nudist-chasing-wild-boar-that-stole-laptop-is-made-into-a-toy-15009411/ Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
rocor Posted July 30, 2021 Share Posted July 30, 2021 Once an artist can successfully sue someone just for providing them with inspiration, then I would conclude, that the reach of copyright and Intellectual Property law has gone too far. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steamport Southport Posted July 30, 2021 Share Posted July 30, 2021 15 hours ago, BR60103 said: Exit, pursued by a bear....bare... Ah. I was thinking of the "bear" definition of a big hairy man.... 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Kylestrome Posted July 30, 2021 RMweb Premium Share Posted July 30, 2021 I'm slowly developing the opinion that they're a strange lot at Busch. 6 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Kylestrome Posted July 30, 2021 RMweb Premium Share Posted July 30, 2021 (edited) 48 minutes ago, Steamport Southport said: I was thinking of the "bear" definition of a big hairy man.... So it's a bare bear chasing a bold, brazen boar with a bag? Edited July 30, 2021 by Kylestrome 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
laurenceb Posted July 30, 2021 Share Posted July 30, 2021 Personally in that situation I would be running full tilt- in the opposite direction! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium phil-b259 Posted July 30, 2021 RMweb Premium Share Posted July 30, 2021 36 minutes ago, laurenceb said: Personally in that situation I would be running full tilt- in the opposite direction! Maybe the German Gentleman was channelling the spirit of Obelix..... 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Oldddudders Posted July 31, 2021 RMweb Gold Share Posted July 31, 2021 19 hours ago, Hroth said: What did annoy me was the headline Its about time lazy journalists got away from this stereotypical characterisation. Have you watched the video model reviews on Sam's Trains? He films himself running trains round loops of track laid on the carpet. YouTube videos have a very wide public penetration, so the Times isn't being unreasonable in imagining that's where our hobby still is. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium kevinlms Posted July 31, 2021 RMweb Premium Share Posted July 31, 2021 14 hours ago, Kylestrome said: I'm slowly developing the opinion that they're a strange lot at Busch. But aren't the Germans into public nudity anyway, so a model is right up the Kyber Pass! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium kevinlms Posted July 31, 2021 RMweb Premium Share Posted July 31, 2021 19 hours ago, mow said: Also available on draught. https://www.busch-model.info/000008865.3 Reminded me of the University Vets' T shirt design. A companion set for that is. https://www.busch-model.info/000005783.4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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