Linear-B - Henry VIII/Tudors

[Paul]

I think Linear-B and Strelets are two different brand names for figures from the same company.

No they are not

[Benno]

Paul is right. Linear-B and Strelets are two different companies but have the same box design.

[David O'Brien]

A lot of this occurs with the highly secret clandestine world of miniatures . Some people only make 'em some only sell 'em some make 'em and sell 'em. Making 'em can be split into several processes like origination, research, design etc and the actual feeding of the pellets into the machine can be done by somebody entirely different to those named on the box. Add to this multiplicity of tasks and fingers in the pie the question of who provides the finance and then we go back to square one. They look like Strelets stylistically , sprue design etc , the box and art work has the similar eccentric Strelets look, etc but I assume Linear-B commission them. That is L-B take the financial risk and hopefully bag all the products with their name on.
Two different companies? Yes of course.
Two different products? If you did a shopper (plastic figure buyers only) test I think most would say they are similar products- eg by elimination so not like Caesar or Pegasus and so on. A reasonable confusion therefore, especially as they are often on the Strelets site first.
Are my Tesco's crisps Golden Wonder ones and are they the same as the Sainsbury's ones- will we ever know?

David

[Bluefalchion]

Now I am confused.

[Paul]

Now I am confused.

Easy. They are completely seperate companies with two completely different owners who, like a couple of other makers of tiny plastic bods share some resources, like Printers. Having had personal contact with both I can confirm they are seperate.

[Bluefalchion]

Thanks for clarifying. When I first read your post, I thought you were conveying the idea that Strelets-R and Linear-B use the same printers, which made no sense to me.

I see now that you are comparing their relationship to a business model often seen in the printing industry.

If they are two companies from the same area who share some resources, I wouldn't describe them as being completely separate, but it is semantics at this point.

[tom s]

there seems to be if not cooperation is the right word,a lot of sharing or using some of the same resources in the 1/72 world.which i would think to be a good thing.

[Paul]

Thanks for clarifying. When I first read your post, I thought you were conveying the idea that Strelets-R and Linear-B use the same printers, which made no sense to me..

Where in any of my previous Posts, "The tudors are Linear-b..not strelets " and "no they are not" did I mention Printers?

I see now that you are comparing their relationship to a business model often seen in the printing industry.

No I´m not as I´ve no knowledge of the printing Business.

If they are two companies from the same area who share some resources, I wouldn't describe them as being completely separate, but it is semantics at this point.

If they share the same Printers for thier boxes or whatever else but pay for those Services and sell the products seperately that is not a Point of semantics, but makes them seperate companies.

[Emperor]

When coming to different names of same company, there is cooperation between some companies, one company give other what they need, the other ones give the first what they need...
For instant Italeri gave Zvezda they French infantry, Zvezda gave Italeri their 1812 Cossacks...
Off the records looks like some here is going to have a plenty of fun on FIGZ ... I would like to go, but I think I'll go to Budapest first...