I know the seller has a good relationship with Jeff Shiu Miniatures so i am confident it's a legit copy.. As you know i won't tolerate recasts in my collection..

I totally agree, if the kit proves popular and it's sensibly priced the manufacturer should expect most of the sales. I'm sure those who buy recasts do it because A.) they cannot afford originals or B.) the figure is no longer available.

In the case of the S&T line the original owners must have missed out on a small fortune as that line must be the most heavily re-casted line ever, each and every time an original pops up it's snapped up straight away so that would sort of suggest theres still demand for them..

If the owners of the masters are reading this i'll buy them..

The rumor I heard is the owner threw them out as he was tired of people pestering him about them