First and foremost, this isn't an AMA issue. This affects everyone, because it opens the door for other industries to charge exhorbitant licensing/royalty fees for any sort of scale replica. Imagine paying $23.99 for a simple $3.99 Matchbox replica of a classic 1969 Dodge Charger, for example, because Daimler-Chrysler is demanding a $20 royalty for each and every replica sold. That is what is going on here.

Secondly, I'm not personally aware of any of the other postings regarding this issue by E-challenged. I've even gone as far as checking his profile, and his last posting before this was March 23rd. It had nothing to do with royalties.