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> I am a collector of swag from large companies that have collapsed due to anything from mismanagement to outright fraud That's a really cool collection! I alw

> I am a collector of swag from large companies that have collapsed due to anything from mismanagement to outright fraud That's a really cool collection! I always find it interesting to learn what obscure things folks collect. > any authentic Theranos gear How do you tell if it's authentic? If I was a collector in this area, my big concern would be that especially given that the market is hot, someone could just look on ebay for images of branded products, and then make replicas of them by passing the same logo onto promotional printers.

bombcar 5y ago
Promo freebies change so often that you can often work out what company and what year made a particular squeeze toy or similar. And rip offs will often have subpar artwork obviously not using original AI/EPS files.
- dannyw 5y ago
  You underestimate the lengths people go to make knockoffs.
dylan604 5y ago
>I always find it interesting to learn what obscure things folks collect. A buddy of mine has a similar fascination with picking things up from defunct companies, specializing in film/video post production companies. One of the items he picked up was a standard banker's box. Inside were a pile of CD-Rs which turned out to be the entire digital back up of an unfinished 3D animated feature. The entire recordings of the actor's lines. The 3D objects, scenes, etc to an unknown level of completeness. Even though the work product was purchased from the bankruptcy auction, the copyright was still owned by the creators and could not be rendered/released just because they bought a box in auction for $20.
- Ansil849 5y ago
  Wow, that's so fun to stumble upon a veritable treasure chest like that. Were there any big names involved in the unfinished film?
  - dylan604 5y ago
    There were actors you'd recognize the names of, but not sure they would qualify as A-list (at least at the time it was recorded). I'm just not able to recall who they were. That was 15-ish years ago, and it was only a story told over a lunch. Not something that made it to long term memory.
- barneygale 5y ago
  > Even though the work product was purchased from the bankruptcy auction, the copyright was still owned by the creators and could not be rendered/released just because they bought a box in auction for $20. Does the first-sale doctrine not apply here? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First-sale_doctrine https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First-sale_doctrine
0xdeadbeefbabe 5y ago
Authenticity aside, I'd still buy that voice lowering vocoder.

bombcar 5y ago

Promo freebies change so often that you can often work out what company and what year made a particular squeeze toy or similar. And rip offs will often have subpar artwork obviously not using original AI/EPS files.

dannyw 5y ago
You underestimate the lengths people go to make knockoffs.

dylan604 5y ago

>I always find it interesting to learn what obscure things folks collect. A buddy of mine has a similar fascination with picking things up from defunct companies, specializing in film/video post production companies. One of the items he picked up was a standard banker's box. Inside were a pile of CD-Rs which turned out to be the entire digital back up of an unfinished 3D animated feature. The entire recordings of the actor's lines. The 3D objects, scenes, etc to an unknown level of completeness. Even though the work product was purchased from the bankruptcy auction, the copyright was still owned by the creators and could not be rendered/released just because they bought a box in auction for $20.

Ansil849 5y ago
Wow, that's so fun to stumble upon a veritable treasure chest like that. Were there any big names involved in the unfinished film?
- dylan604 5y ago
  There were actors you'd recognize the names of, but not sure they would qualify as A-list (at least at the time it was recorded). I'm just not able to recall who they were. That was 15-ish years ago, and it was only a story told over a lunch. Not something that made it to long term memory.
barneygale 5y ago
> Even though the work product was purchased from the bankruptcy auction, the copyright was still owned by the creators and could not be rendered/released just because they bought a box in auction for $20. Does the first-sale doctrine not apply here? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First-sale_doctrine https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First-sale_doctrine

0xdeadbeefbabe 5y ago

Authenticity aside, I'd still buy that voice lowering vocoder.