NOTE: I suspect the idea I had that I lay out below is not exclusive to me. I would hope that those who could make this sort of thing happen are already working on it. But just in case I somehow dreamed up something new, I present the following…
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Because why not, here’s an open suggestion regarding an idea from yesterday about Ukrainian model kits. As I said, I’d plunk down money I don’t need to to buy kits depicting scenes of Ukrainian farmers trundling off with Russian armor… assuming those kits were *Ukrainian* kits.
Right now, and likely for the foreseeable future, though, Ukrainian model kit companies are unlikely to be in any sort of position to do any such thing. In contrast, European, American and Japanese companies *are.* So… how about this: a company like, say, Revell, Monogram, Tamiya, *somebody,* that is in a good situation gets in touch with whatever they can of a Ukrainian company such as ICM, and they collaborate in whatever capacity they can. Revell gets going on setting up the molds and the initial production; the kits are sold as a joint venture until such time as the kit makes back whatever Revell spent, and then the following proceeds go to ICM. And when the nonsense is over and ICM can return to functionality, the molds are transferred to ICM in Ukraine. This would not be done to enrich Revell, but also not to drain their wallets; even if they don’t make a dime from the venture, even if they lose some, it should be good PR.
A secondary issue would be the rights involved. One of my favorite videos that I posted yesterday shows two John Deere tractors hauling off a Tor anti-aircraft armored vehicle. I suspect that John Deere would be amenable to having such a kit manufactured, if one isn’t already available of the tractors shown. As for the Russian tank, if someone complains about intellectual property, now would be the time to tell them to go ᛖᚪᛏ ᚪ ᛒᚪᚷ ᚩᚠ ᛞᛁᛣᚳᛋ, Ivan; Russia has declared that it’s ok to steal the IP from other countries, so *yours* is now fair game.
Russia Legalizes Video Game Piracy, and More
It so happens that I live within just a few miles – heck, within the blast radius of a Russian nuke – from John Deere headquarters.
More videos of interest (who could have ever guessed that TikTok would be useful?):
@fuzzysnakebee #ukraine #donbas #Crimea #russia #kyiv #farmer #slavaukraine #istandwithukraine🇺🇦
@primeministersimon Another farmer takes yet another tank hostage #ukraine #russia #putin #tank #farmer #war
And this one. Two bits of video, the first I’ve seen before, the second I haven’t; I don’t know what the witnesses are saying, but I love *how* they’re saying it:
@oldrowofficial SOME FARMER JUST STOLE A TANK IN UKRAINE LMAOOOOOOOOO 😂😂😂 #ukraine #fyp #russia
