Sherlock Holmes. It's public domain, so there's no licensing. What's the crossover between modelers and Sherlock Holmes fans, I wonder?

Wheres those keys?:lol:

Correction: Even though The Greatest Detective Who Never Lived is certainly still to this day a "household word", I can assure you that the character of Sherlock Holmes is NOT "Public Domain".

To quote from the on-line Sherlock Holmes Society webpage:
"The American copyrights are owned by the Estate of Dame Jean Conan Doyle. The American agent for administering them, and related rights in the Sherlock Holmes character, is Jon Lellenberg (Hazelbaker & Lellenberg, 211 East Delaware Place suite 605, Chicago, Illinois 60611)."

While I heartily agree with you that both he and the good Dr. Jonathan Hamish Watson would be excellent choices for a 1/6 scale figure kit, I doubt strongly that it would be in keeping with the overall theme of Moebius' line of kits.
You may want to contact a Garage Kit manufacturer who specializes in figures, tho, and see if any of them would be willing to tackle it (as well as licensing fees). :cool:

Sherlock Holmes. It's public domain, so there's no licensing. What's the crossover between modelers and Sherlock Holmes fans, I wonder?

Definately not public domain. This great charactor is about to be brought to life once again by Robert Downey Jr., due to hit theater's very soon. Still would make a great kit though!:thumbsup:

Kitz' :wave:

Stronger than a bullet...Master Lock!

That's so odd. I know there is a veritable industry of 'new Sherlock Holmes books not written by A. Conan Doyle - I collect them. I wonder if they all have to be approved? (The most famous of course being 'The Seven Per Cent Solution' by Nick Meyer, director of Treks II and VI).

I didn't know copyrights could hold for over a hundred years!!!!!

this thread is going nowhere........should be closed.

How about Daffy Duck as Dorlock Holmes? Along with the Shropshire Slasher! And his Mum!

To quote another fictional detective, Insp. Chan of Honolulu,
"Conversation at present like dog chasing own tail; get no place!"
Agreed, close the thread. Come on, folks, nothin' to see here...

Assuming that such a kit were possible, there might be difficulty in getting an appropriate likeness. I imagine that Basil Rathbone would definitely be out of the running.

I do think that it would be fun to have some figures based on literature - Poe, Lovecraft, HG Wells, etc. Would they sell well enough to make it worthwhile? Who knows, but it's fun to speculate among friends.

Is that a bottle of Loctite I see on the horizon?.....

Chris.:)

ps: I propose a series of hyperdetailed kits based on that great cinematic triumph H R Pufnstuff..... Maybe photoetched parts and internal detail....

Sherlock Holmes is only one af many famous fictional characters that are on the list of kit suggestions that have been offered over the years.
Sherlock Holmes is probably not the worst suggestion on the list (BTW charlie Chan is on the list too!)
Once more we have limited resources and significant number of projects that offer better opportunities than Shelock holmes.
As has been suggested here before - best idea is to go find a resin kit producer who wants to do Sherlock holmes..
Now I'm going to follow several suggestions above and close this thread.