Plants! They're like babies for millennials with no money, which is... most of us, to be honest! Why not give your plants the very best — by which we don't mean fertiliser or plenty of sun, but these gorgeous Animal Crossing planters?
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Made as a collaboration between Sailor Mercury (the artist who made Froggy Computer) and Alice Lee, each one of these limited-edition plant pots features a character from Animal Crossing, including the main NPCs like Blathers and Leif, but also some of the best* villagers, like Ketchup, Lily, and Tangy.
There are 18 planters planned for exhibition in an San Francisco art show this Autumn, and so far, the pair are up to eight with the addition of Ketchup. You can follow Sailor Mercury and Alice Lee on their Twitters!
*highly subjective, of course.
[source twitter.com]
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Cease and Desist in 3… 2… 1…
I vote that whenever anyone does a 3… 2… 1… comment then their account explodes. These are adorable. Let us have our fun.
Love to get these for my mom.
Millenials no money? I don't believe it.
Why'd Tangy get different eyes? Now she doesn't look like herself.
@Snow-Dust I thought the exact same thing. I'm a little surprised Nintendo's lawyers haven't burned all existing models yet.
@Jadamson929 that is indeed odd. Maybe Nintendo will intervene at a later date? I remember some guy selling playstation face plates that got sued when he was already taking orders.
@Snow-Dust LOOK GUYS HE MADE A TOTALLY ORIGINAL CEASE AND DESIST COMMENT, HAHAHA SO FUNNY GUYS
@Snow-Dust let people enjoy things
I have multiple people in my life that would love these! I hope they'll make a good few for sale 😊
@Gumbo1995 Thank you for the recognition.
@CharlieGirl If one comment by a random stranger ruins your fun completely, I’m not sure you’re having that much fun in the first place.
Still more interactive than villagers in ACNH!
I used to make stuff like this. It sold great online. It was really fun to make. Then I found out that I was breaking the law. It's called copyright and trademark infringement, and it's real. With enough publicity, including from well-meaning sites like NintendoLife, companies whose rights are being infringed upon may simply issue a crease and desist. Or, they may choose to make an example out of you and sue, and it will take you a lifetime to recover from something like that. Either stop and come up with original work, or hire a lawyer and protect yourself so you don't end up like the other examples they've exploited. While this publicity is super exciting and I'm happy for you, it's actually a very bad thing for the type of business you're in. Either stay under the radar or be original. And, remember, Nintendo is fully within their right; you, whether it seems fair or not, are not. Be careful. I'm telling you this from personal experience, not just blowing smoke.
Best of luck.
JUST started a Horticulture class, will 100% use these
EDIT: Oh, just read it's not for sale... hahaaa....
Another pots with Animal Crossing theme.
More Etsy tat!!!
(with free advertising by Kate, again!)
@Snow-Dust It's a limited, hand-made run. Should be fine under fair-use. Now if they un-limit the run or get it made in a factory, yeah, then they're in trouble.
@Ogbert while I’m not sure about the intricacies of fair use, I’m pretty sure that doesn’t fall under fair use.
http://www.publiccounsel.org/tools/publications/files/0071.pdf
Reading on this regarding fair use, it doesn’t fall under news, commentary, parody, satire or for educational purposes so it already falls outside the clear-cut fair use. There is one part that talks about selling under fair use which can vary case-to-case.
@Snow-Dust it's individual pots for an art show, it's comfortably fair use. The "maybe sold in limited quantities later" is borderline and it's now becoming a production, but they'll likely be ok if it's a small run and all hand made.
It's the difference between "I made a Tom Nook, I'll give it to you for $50" and "I'm making Tom Nooks for $50 a piece".
@dew12333 they're for an art show, come on.
Where are the 3d print files? lol
Aww those are presh. Now if only I didn't have a thumb of doom.
@KateGray
I just really like fan depictions, and much prefer all my products to have an 'official Nintendo' logo on then for authenticity. But I will stick to liking the articles about the official and keep my negativity to myself for the other stuff in future.
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