brandvstoy

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Brands belongs to the Corp. They can drstribute them and all that...but once you buy the item, it belongs to you right?
Half half. It belongs to you in that you can do anything you want with it, but you're limited. Lego is the exception, you can buy the toy and make a toy from it.
But here's what you can't do; I love Vanilla cola, but they don't sell them in UK so can't buy Cola make vanilla they'd sue me. Similar to games. Buy an Xbox and get your account suspeneded if you try being funny. Its possible to make (sew/knit) your own clothes but how long would that take...
then the answer is time.
I don't even make my blogs most of the time!!!
So there, as much as I want the pride and the joy and the creativity and effort and anticipation of making a toy: whether it be Vanilla drink, a game, a blog, an anime, even a lego; I'd much prefer the brand; the complete package ready made; becuase I can't. And thats just useless. Hopefully I can get back to making my own blogs, creating my own stuff...but I think I've been on that road before: to make something good you'd need more than one person. So as a single unit the most effecient way of doing things is getting brands, not making your own brands, call them ideas, call them whatever