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Play With This Too Company Launch And Upcoming Kickstarter Campaign!
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10-10-2014, 10:41 AM
Scaleface
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Shattered Cast Uncut interviewed Rik Alvarez about Play With This Too.
Some adult content in the rest of the show. Interview starts at about 18 minutes in.
Rik talks about his hire and leaving of Hasbro, mentioning the events of the Hub channel and the Battleship movie, how his whole Haslab department was let go after Botcon 2012. They were responsible for making story bibles, art work and pitches for things like the Fall of Cybertron game, Dark of the Moon, Age of Extinction and TFPrime.
He then talks about how the retail stores are pushing the toy companies to make very cheap, simple, kid friendly toys, which is nice for kids, but then teen and adult collectors are left with no one developing for them... which is where small independent companies can fill the void.
Rik briefly talks about IP. He mentions that Hasbro isn't giving him any special scrutiny. While his companies designs are original, that there are no 100% original ideas, everything is somewhat derivative. He says since his people worked at Hasbro, they know just where IP lines need to be drawn and not crossed with their own designs.
He talks briefly about the Head Shots. He says he named Vol 1. Mad Wing is named after Rik's daughter.
There will be fiction for this series, and they will announce who is writing it at TFcon. There will be bio cards, and possibly more fiction depending on what they can afford.
The Kickstarter will be making two initial figures, and those figures will be in Kickstarter exclusive colors. You can probably get the same figures later in retail in different colors, but if you want the exclusives, contribute to the Kickstarter. When the Kickstarter launches they will have about 10 characters designed, plus repaints and Head Shots.
Some talk about why GI Joe has nearly disappeared (blame it on Halo and Call of Duty being more realistic, and Hasbro not willing to go there with GI Joe).
PWTT has hired one fan artist, will be announced later.
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