I'm saying specifically:
Hello kitty heads would not be allowed at GW official events... because it's another company's trademark/product.
In 'friendly' environments, the 'hosts' can do whatever they feel like doing... I'm not one to say... just personally the Hello Kitty thing is 'wrong'.
Pink Marines with flowers over them is fine... there's nothing wrong with that... what is wrong would be sticking another persons' intellectual property on something else and claiming it to be something else in official GW event is ... enough to get kicked out of say .... a GT etc.
As a note: the 'strawberry short cake" army I mentioned has only the name in common... all the things modeled onto it did not indicate any specific producer etc.
Hello Kitty heads, Barbie heads, are someone else intellectual property, and GW as well as store managers have a legal obligation to limit this cross contamination...
I'm just saying, at the end of the day, they can't get their pictures taken for any official GW event, or more like, they shouldn't recognize these models in a legal standpoint.
wouldn't that be discrimination?
Against someone who's breaking GW licencing agreements, it's a legal right ( in the case of using LoTR models in 40K/WFB.
but what right would you have to say that an army could not be played in an official game simply based on theme or appearance?
Again, it's a legal thing, you can't use something that is RECOGNISABLE on '40K' models. Another company has rights to that 'barbie' head.
Are you next going to say my dark angels aren't dark green enough? where's the line?
Well, you assumed that I was talking about appearences, I'm talking about the rule that at official GW events you can't get those models pictures taken... barbie heads are barbie heads, and GW is not looking forward to free advertising and/or an encounter with barbie lawyers, or with the LoTR lawyers when that situation arrises.
Also, I specifically said, IMO I feel it is wrong, but I also said
Anyway, convertion and having fun is all good
Sorry if the flow of the writing is not fluid...
My 2 Cents.
EDITTED after last post:@Jehan-Reznor
I don't mind playing the Hello Kitty marines, just saying it feels 'wrong'.
OHH I have the same cow picture: