Resisting the impulse to just merchandise the hell out of the show from day
one, particularly in questionable areas, has certainly been ironic (and costly)
since the ONLY area I get an actual, real (if small) percentage of the show
(the studio will always work the books so it never shows a profit on paper) is
in merchandising.

>And has there been any fake B5
>merchandise spotted?

Plenty. If you've bought a link or an EA insignia at a con, it's a fake. All
patches sold other than through the B5 fan club are fake. There's a huge
amount of fake 4th season posters that flooded in from Germany (you can tell
the fakes by checking the poster: if it's unusually heavy photoreproduction
paper, and the B5 logo is blurry...it's a fake). The White Star models that
are out there are unlicensed...it goes on and on....

jms

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