21-01-2003 21:58									#31
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quote: Originally posted by DinoDoc Why was there a difference in tariff then?

I already attempted a lie-explanation.

	22-01-2003 00:26									#32
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So if there are no longer any duties on either dolls or toys, why wasn't the case just dropped?

To think that taxpayer money is pissed away to decide the proper classification of comic-book character action-figures

	22-01-2003 00:31									#33
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quote: Originally posted by optimus2861 So if there are no longer any duties on either dolls or toys, why wasn't the case just dropped?

Probably so as to calculate any rebate or due back taxes.

	22-01-2003 00:48									#34
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I saw this in the paper this morning. It was the funniest thing I have read in quite a while. One part of the company spent decades building up a brand based on the fact that these are repressed humans, and another part argues in court that they are nothing but monsters, so that they can save a few bucks on tariffs.

The ruling is important because the company will now get a refund for all of the extra tarrifs it paid. This is not the first time this kind of thing has happened, there was a court battle a while ago on GI Joe figures with the same arguments, with the company trying to get out of the doll tarriff.

I think the whole thing is hilarious, but then I usually react that way to absurdity.

	22-01-2003 01:05									#35
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D-Rose makes an interesting point, what if this case is used to legalize all sorts of genetic modifications? Wouldn't that be rather ironic?

	22-01-2003 01:07									#36
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quote: Originally posted by monkspider D-Rose makes an interesting point, what if this case is used to legalize all sorts of genetic modifications?

I don't see how that could be remotely possible.

	22-01-2003 01:07									#37
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Not really because it won't happen. Any court will be able to tell the difference between a toy dispute and a genetics dispute.

	22-01-2003 01:09									#38
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As an aside, have any of the science geeks here read The Science of the X-Men?

	22-01-2003 02:45									#39
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not me.