That reminds me the old story that for years there were no Bergpanther kits because Italeri had the copyright… As long as they do it from scratch, it is perfectly legal to do a similar figure. You can not reproduce Alpine’s figure, but nothing prevents you to make your own. See the dozens of similar German or US figures.
A different thing is if you create an original, fictional, character like Chewbacca, Harry Potter or Lara Croft.
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