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As some of you will already know, I am currently a very busy man. In between painting sonics, putting my 11th sonic into production and other shenanigans, it doesn't leave much time for anything else hence the lack of bloggage in recent times. 

Last night, a customer of mine, Asp9mm, put up a rather splendid review of my Ultimate Edition David Tennant Sonic Screwdriver on The RPF. It was a rather glowing and totally impartial review from a demanding customer who has previously been a harsh critic of my work. I admit, I got a bit choked up by it as for the first time, a customer has truly 'got' the feeling of familiarity I want my replicas to convey.

Anyway, after less than 12 hours the review got pulled without warning. The review was perfectly innocuous in that it discussed the product and the product ONLY. I was never mentioned, my site was never mentioned and the thread did not stray from the product in any way. It was factual, informative and totally non promotional. I don't want promotion. I don't give a flying fuck about promoting myself. What I do care about is my products represented honestly and with integrity. This review did. You can read it HERE.

Whilst an explanation for the current censorship is not forthcoming, several RPF members got this PM from that donkey cock sucker Art Andrews last year which set out The RPF's official stance towards me:

"Guys,

I am writing to make sure that there is no lack of clarity regarding my recent post which can be read here:

http://www.thereplicapropforum.com/f...ml#post2104793

For some of you, this "bash anyone who isn't CT and doesn't worship at the CT altar" campaign has been going on for at least two years and we have had enough.

We are 100% for discussing props and getting to the bottom of things. We also believe respectful debate is a healthy thing. If you think Nick or QMx is wrong, we have no issue with you respectfully debating it, but that is NOT what some of you are doing.

Given CT's extreme Anti-RPF sentiments and attacks, we are ABSOLUTELY UNWILLING to allow him or his products to be promoted here and anyone doing so will be considered to be shilling for him. We banned CT for a reason and having some of you here, essentially acting as a proxy for him, negates the point of banning him and gives him a "voice" through you.

To be clear:

• DO NOT post CT's comments here.
• DO NOT promote CT's products here.
• DO NOT promote CT here.
• DO NOT link to CT's site, social media pages, etc.

Does this mean CT can't be mentioned at all? No, but just know that if the staff feels your mentioning of CT or his products is in any way doing one of the four above or shilling for CT in any way, you will be giving up your membership here.

On a final note, do not be disrespectful to members with a POV that differs from yours. Some of the posts and comments made in the latest thread are absolutely unacceptable and any additional activity of that type will result in you losing your membership.

Art"

Sooooo....let's see, were my comments posted? Er, no.

Were my products promoted? From what I can see, no. The review was factual, had no sales slant at all. Maybe if the review was negative, it would have been allowed to remain? 

Was I being promoted? No, here was absolutely no mention of me.

Was I being linked to? Nope, not at all.

BIG FAT ZERO to all of the above. So why was the review removed? Maybe because Art is a cocksucking little prick who has to compensate for his lack of grey matter and his own inadequacies as a human being by stifling the very tenets of free speech that western democracy is based upon whilst flagrantly ignoring his OWN rules that he so thoughtfully and comprehensively laid out HIMSELF! Well Art, if you are reading this, you 24 carat CUNT, I hope you are proud of yourself. Because you thoroughly deserve a good ass reaming from the dildo of karma. How does it feel being publicly exposed as a dishonourable, two faced, hypocritical douchebag? Because what you did is utterly reprehensible and that sort of act never goes unpunished. Believe it.

UPDATE: Since I blogged about this the thread was reinstated, then due to some rather pointless shit stirring from 'Frosty', a talentless scouse fucker called Ian Frost, the thread was locked and now appears to have disappeared again. All this indecision and constant u-turning has made a mockery of The RPF's thin veneer of 'free speech' and it's entire raison d'etre. It would appear that far from being a place to discuss replica props, it appears that you can discuss any props except mine. Indeed, it appears you cannot even allude to the existence of my props without some kind of censure. Kind of makes Fight Club look like an open house. Well Art, you prick, you have just made my replicas the most sought after Doctor Who replicas on the planet. Why? Because despite what you think, The RPF is not the centre of the prop world. In fact, many of my customers have found me well before they found the RPF. Stick in the words 'metal sonic screwdriver' into Google and my site comes up 3rd. 1st is a review from one of my customers on another site. What are you going to do about that? You dumb fucker. Just because you refuse to acknowledge my existence doesn't mean I don't exist. The cachet I gain from your actions have given me and my props a certain legendary collectibility. What does annoy me is that my customers are being prevented from using the RPF in the same way as other users. That is petty, it is low and it is fucking cheap. I've always stated, if you have a problem with me, you take it up with me directly. You do NOT involve those that have nothing to do with it. Well, you want to make a war out of this, you got one. And I never lose. I will fuck you up.