Hello,
I have recently met a man at the Pasadena Rose Bowl swap meet, which occurs once a month. This person was reselling a novelty item that is a small clear plastic freestanding desktop item (5" long x 3" tall) that holds and showcases a section of 35mm film from the Disney movie Peter Pan. (I would attach a picture but I am having trouble find a way to do that on this forum. The "attachments and other options" link below my post does not offer me any attachment options.) Along with the visible film section of 2 frames of film, which is the main purpose of the item, the majority of the plastic item shows a marketing picture of the film as well at contains wording describing the item, showing the manufacturer's name as well as the Disney name.
During my conversation with the seller, he explained that the manufacturer had gone out of business, and he had acquired much of the inventory. He said that many of the plastic pieces had turned from clear to yellow and he was not selling the items that were in that condition. He showed me one. You could see the film, but is was not clear like it was suppose to be. I assume that this drove the manufacturer out of business. I asked him if he had plans for the yellowed items and if he was interested in selling them. He said yes. He also told me that he had about 40 boxes filled with just the sections of film, each section made up of 2 frames of 35mm film. I asked how many were in a box. He did not know for sure but estimated between 50,000 and 80,000 sections of film.
So my question is this. If I were to acquire the ruined plastic items, remove the section of film, throw the ruined plastic part in the trash and place the section of film into a plain white slide mount (same mounts as those that go into a slide projector), can I legally resell these Disney items? Is this similar to buying a music CD, accidentally breaking or losing the plastic case that it came in, putting the CD into a generic clear plastic CD case, and then selling that CD to another person or music store (when music stores existed)? Music stores always sold used CD, and sometimes without the original case.
Also, my thoughts on the boxes of individual sections of 35mm film are similar. I would be interested in placing them in the same generic white plastic slide mount and reselling them for what they are, 35mm film sections from the Disney film Peter Pan. Would I need to explain in my sales description that these were obtained, by way, from the defunct manufacturer?
Thanks,
Jeff
I have recently met a man at the Pasadena Rose Bowl swap meet, which occurs once a month. This person was reselling a novelty item that is a small clear plastic freestanding desktop item (5" long x 3" tall) that holds and showcases a section of 35mm film from the Disney movie Peter Pan. (I would attach a picture but I am having trouble find a way to do that on this forum. The "attachments and other options" link below my post does not offer me any attachment options.) Along with the visible film section of 2 frames of film, which is the main purpose of the item, the majority of the plastic item shows a marketing picture of the film as well at contains wording describing the item, showing the manufacturer's name as well as the Disney name.
During my conversation with the seller, he explained that the manufacturer had gone out of business, and he had acquired much of the inventory. He said that many of the plastic pieces had turned from clear to yellow and he was not selling the items that were in that condition. He showed me one. You could see the film, but is was not clear like it was suppose to be. I assume that this drove the manufacturer out of business. I asked him if he had plans for the yellowed items and if he was interested in selling them. He said yes. He also told me that he had about 40 boxes filled with just the sections of film, each section made up of 2 frames of 35mm film. I asked how many were in a box. He did not know for sure but estimated between 50,000 and 80,000 sections of film.
So my question is this. If I were to acquire the ruined plastic items, remove the section of film, throw the ruined plastic part in the trash and place the section of film into a plain white slide mount (same mounts as those that go into a slide projector), can I legally resell these Disney items? Is this similar to buying a music CD, accidentally breaking or losing the plastic case that it came in, putting the CD into a generic clear plastic CD case, and then selling that CD to another person or music store (when music stores existed)? Music stores always sold used CD, and sometimes without the original case.
Also, my thoughts on the boxes of individual sections of 35mm film are similar. I would be interested in placing them in the same generic white plastic slide mount and reselling them for what they are, 35mm film sections from the Disney film Peter Pan. Would I need to explain in my sales description that these were obtained, by way, from the defunct manufacturer?
Thanks,
Jeff
