Steve Gerstman Services, Inc., the licensing agent for the Freddie Mercury estate and Queen Productions Limited, has issued a cease and desist order to NECA, its distributors, and retailers for NECA's 7' Leather Era Freddie Mercury Figure.  According to a spokesperson for Steve Gerstman Services, NECA moved to manufacturing and distribution without approval of the figure; it is not a sanctioned product.  The company is asking that the figures be taken off sale and returned to NECA, where they will be destroyed. 

 

NECA had previously produced and distributed other Freddie Mercury figures, an 18' and a 7' Magic Tour Freddie, which were approved and licensed.