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An Engadget reader and others who backed Master Replicas Group’s functional HAL 9000 prop on Indiegogo has receive a notice from the company indicating that it converted its Chapter 11 bankruptcy ( filed in July) to Chapter 7 on October 16th - that is, from reorganization to liquidation. Another high-profile crowdfunding project appears to have imploded, and supporters are paying the price.

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