A few years ago at the Ransart show, a guy was happily displaying and selling recasts of busts from a wide range of manufacturers (Alexandros, Young etc) amidst other trade stands. Not one of the attendants of the organizing club was alarmed by the diversity and ridiculous low prices! After I told Gilles of Atelier Maket, the organizers looked into the matter, but IMO all in a rather nonchalant way. The guy had come with a friend who was an honest trader etc. He was not evicted forcefully anyway. If the people who organize a show lack a decent knowledge of the figure world and are mostly interested in their fancy tee-shirts or the success of their show in the local press, depending on their place in the club's hierarchy not much will be done about it, especially in the smaller venues where all are chummy or friends of friends! If the problem isn't taken serious, there isn't a problem, is it?
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). I fall under the category of feeling that they are out of business and are no longer selling originals, so no harm, no foul. If they or someone else started selling originals again, I would be all over them. But when it comes down to it, when you look at 2 figures, one a recast and one an original, that have a difference in price that can be 4-500%, I can see why people are tempted. An original Young bust goes for between $60-$80. I see recasts of them all the time on E-bay for $25. And I will tell you this. The recast S&T figures I got were excellent, better than some originals by other manufacturers. No bubbles, excellent resin, and very minimal shrinkage. Would I rather pay more for originals? Of course, but thats no an option in this case. 
