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2nd March 2011, 07:00 PM
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Project Shockwave
Hi guys,
I have a project for anyone willing to be part of.
History:
Out of all the releases of toys in the past 10 years, the TFC collection for me has been the best so far. Classics/Henkei/United/Generations... has been excellent also, but the presentation of how the TFC was done was second to none. It wasnt just the bookstyle boxes
I decided a few months back to design the boxes to match the TFC collection but for classics et al. I felt that the different boxes, different set ups have made the series confused and not complete as G1 was. Also, it doesnt encourage new collectors to buy a line if it cancels within 1 year and then gets re-released as another name.
After speaking to other third party manufacturers (FP/TFF), I realise they do this for love and for very little money. I am doing this for love and for the need to do something that hasnt been done before.
I investigated further to find that a licence to use "Transformers" would cost about $500k USD/AUD to do this. Now from a collectors perspective this is alot of money and you need to sell THOUSANDS of items to at least break even (something that I believe hasnt been done before).
I realised that the dream wouldnt be complete unless I had some helpers (which i am prepared to pay for!)
What I need:
- Anyone who knows how to kitbash/design toys
- Artist who loves drawing
- Writers, to write a series of comics to be included in each box.
- Anyone familiar with the manufacturing process.
- Suggestions
Well even though this is a collectors item and I probably could pay someone in HK to do it, I would prefer passionate TF fans to be part of it. If this is financially successful then yes you will be paid for your services.
Projects that willl be getting done
- Reimage of Classics boxes for ALL classics released toys
- Integration of Classics and fanmade toys into one box (i.e. Ultra Magnus plus Fansproject trailer and add-on set)
Creation of new toys for:
- Shockwave
- Dinobots (Yes all the others besides grimlock!)
Im keen to hear your thoughts, is this something you would buy? If so how much? Or would you prefer to buy the box, toy and accessories (and licence it from Hasbro/Takara) and make it official?
I will probably still do this for myself anyway, but if i put all this effort, I want to share it with many fans also.
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