Terms of Service

MP3Pdb - The Archive ("MP3Pdb", "we", "us") is a fan-run, non-commercial hobby archive. By creating an account or using the site you agree to these Terms of Service and to our Privacy Policy. You must be at least 13 years old to create an account. If you do not agree to these terms, please do not use the site.

You agree to provide a working email address, keep your credentials secure, and accept responsibility for activity under your account. We may suspend or terminate accounts that violate these terms. You can delete your account at any time from your settings page; see Account termination and deletion below for what that does.

You keep ownership of everything you submit — photos, captions, convention and collector-group listings, store suggestions, and other contributions ("your content"). By submitting it, you grant MP3Pdb a non-exclusive, worldwide, royalty-free license to host, store, display, resize, and distribute your content on the site for as long as it remains posted.

You represent that you have the rights to everything you submit. Your username is shown as the credit on your photos and scans only if you opt in via the "credit my username" setting in your profile, and then only to signed-in members; otherwise, and always to visitors who are not signed in, the credit reads "a community member".

Contributions. When you contribute a photo of a figure's box or bio card, or a scan of its instructions, you confirm that you took the photo or made the scan yourself, of a copy you own. Every contribution is reviewed before it appears, and we may decline any of them. The packaging artwork and instructions remain the copyright of their manufacturer: instructions are archived for owner reference, shown only to signed-in members, and rights holders may ask for them to be removed through our copyright policy.

Photos by others. A photo you share may be someone else's — of a figure, a comparison, a shelf, a QC issue, or a store or convention booth. When it is, you confirm that its photographer agreed to it being shared on MP3Pdb, and you name them as its credit; the credit, and the link to where it was posted if you give one, are shown with the photo, and your own name is not. Every such photo is reviewed before it appears. A photographer who did not agree can have it removed through the Report button on the photo or our copyright policy.

If you enable "Permanently delete my photos if I delete my account" in your privacy settings, this license ends for your submitted photos when your account is deleted and they are permanently removed from the site.

You agree not to:

• upload content that infringes someone else's copyright or other rights, or that is unlawful, obscene, or hateful;
• impersonate another person or misrepresent an affiliation;
• scrape, harvest, or bulk-download site data, or access the site by automated means beyond ordinary browsing;
• attempt to disrupt, overload, or gain unauthorized access to the service.

The public API is the exception. Reading catalog data through the API described on the Developers page is welcome, on these terms: credit MP3Pdb as the source and link back to the page each record came from; don't copy the catalog wholesale to republish or resell it; keep the credit that comes with any photo; and stay within the published rate limits. We may change the API, and slow or block traffic that ignores these terms. The data comes with the same "as is" disclaimer as the rest of the site (sections 6 and 13).

Community submissions are held for review before publishing and may be edited or removed at our discretion. Photos can be reported by anyone; reported photos may be removed after review. We are not obligated to publish, retain, or restore any submission.

The catalog is community- and curator-maintained and is provided as-is; we don't guarantee its accuracy or completeness. Some images are sourced from cited third-party pages, with a source link displayed alongside them. Every source the archive draws on is listed on the Sources page.

TRANSFORMERS and related characters, names, and marks are trademarks of Hasbro and/or Takara Tomy. MP3Pdb is an unofficial fan site and is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or sponsored by Hasbro, Takara Tomy, or any figure manufacturer. Third-party figure and company names belong to their respective owners and are used for identification only.

Prices, listings, and market data shown on the site are informational only — they are not offers, appraisals, or financial advice, and may be outdated or wrong. Outbound links to retailers and marketplaces are plain links: MP3Pdb is not paid for them and earns no commission on anything you buy through them.

Donations are voluntary gifts toward hosting costs. They are non-refundable, are not tax-deductible, and do not purchase goods, services, or account privileges.

This section covers our own Merch store only. Purchases from ROC Merch, our partner storefront, are governed by section 9 instead.

The MP3Pdb store sells merchandise to support the site. All prices are in U.S. dollars. Your order total — including flat-rate shipping, or free shipping above the threshold shown — is displayed before you pay. Checkout requires accepting these terms, and we record the version you accepted with your order.

Payment. Payments are processed by PayPal; a PayPal account is not required to pay by card. We never receive or store your card number or other payment credentials. Your shipping address is collected by PayPal during checkout and shared with us solely to fulfill your order.

Shipping. We currently ship to United States addresses only, to the address you confirm at PayPal. Product photos are representative; minor variations (print placement, color rendering) can occur.

Order acceptance. Your order is an offer to purchase. We may cancel any order before or after payment — for example due to a stock or pricing error — in which case you receive a full refund (or are never charged). Guest checkout order-status links are private; anyone with the link can view that order's status.

Returns & refunds. If your order arrives damaged, defective, or wrong, email legal@mp3pdb.com with your order number within 30 days of delivery and we will replace it or refund you in full. For other returns, contact us within 30 days — unused items returned in original condition are refunded minus shipping. Refunds always go to the original PayPal payment method.

ROC Merch is not our store. It shows a selection of products sold by Realm of Collectors, an independent partner. When you check out you leave MP3Pdb for their store, and your purchase is a contract between you and them — we are not a party to the sale.

Realm of Collectors takes the payment, holds the stock, ships the order, and handles cancellations, returns and refunds under their own terms, privacy and returns policies, which apply to that transaction instead of ours. Section 8 (our Merch store), including its 30-day returns commitment, does not apply to ROC Merch orders. For anything to do with a ROC order — where it is, a damaged item, a refund — contact Realm of Collectors directly; we cannot access, change or refund their orders. If you can't reach them, write to legal@mp3pdb.com and we'll help you make contact.

Product details, prices and availability on our ROC Merch pages are copied from their store and refreshed periodically, so they can be out of date; the price and stock shown at their checkout are the real ones. We don't guarantee any item is still available, and either party may stop listing a product at any time.

We earn a share of sales made through ROC Merch, which helps fund the archive. That arrangement doesn't change your price. To make it work we attach a referral reference to the cart we hand over, so Realm of Collectors can tell the order came from MP3Pdb — see the Privacy Policy for exactly what is shared.

The site links out to retailers, marketplaces, video platforms, forums, and other external sites we don't control. Their content and policies are their own; we are not responsible for them.

If you believe content on the site infringes your copyright, see our DMCA / Copyright Policy for how to file a takedown notice.

We may suspend or terminate accounts that violate these terms. When you delete your account, your profile is anonymized and your private data (collection, wishlist, and feedback) is permanently deleted, as described in the Privacy Policy. Community content you submitted remains on the site without attribution — unless you have enabled photo deletion in your privacy settings, in which case your submitted photos are permanently removed as well.

The site is provided "AS IS" and "AS AVAILABLE", without warranties of any kind, express or implied, including fitness for a particular purpose, accuracy, and non-infringement. We don't warrant that the site will be uninterrupted, secure, or error-free.

To the maximum extent permitted by law, MP3Pdb and its operator are not liable for any indirect, incidental, special, consequential, or punitive damages, or for lost profits, data, or goodwill, arising from your use of the site. For claims relating to a store purchase, our total liability is limited to the amount you paid for the order in question. For everything else, our total liability is limited to the amount you paid us to use the site — which, for this free service, is zero.

You agree to indemnify and hold harmless MP3Pdb and its operator from claims arising out of content you submit or your violation of these terms.

These terms are governed by the laws of the State of Ohio, United States, without regard to conflict-of-law rules. Any dispute will be resolved in the state or federal courts located in Ohio.

We may update these terms from time to time. Changes are posted on this page with an updated date and listed under What changed below, and material changes will be called out on the site. Continued use of the site after a change means you accept the updated terms.

Questions about these terms: legal@mp3pdb.com