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Post by Radar on Jul 26, 2010 13:35:32 GMT -5
I went, I came back, I was mildly, yet unsurprisingly disappointed by the new of Attacktix.
Attacktix status has not changed dramatically. It has changed hands. It is now back in control of one of the guys who originated the product before Brian. David is a cool guy and I have seen him wear an Attacktix hat even a year or two into the Hiatus at the SD Comic Con. So, if there is a guy to try to get the product pushed through to development, while making it a quality product, David is a fine choice. He is passionate about the product (see Attacktix hat above) and if/when we get it back he will be a great asset to that.
Aside from that, no news is no news.
I will give you guys a full update soon on other non tix elated stuff, and maybe a tix thing, but nothing major to report.
But for now I have to go catch up on 5 days of stuff that I missed while at the convention.
-Radar
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Post by greyelephant on Jul 27, 2010 14:18:53 GMT -5
The problem is that they've pretty much got to start from scratch at this point. It's been too long.
They really screwed the game with the power creep issue. Hopefully with a revamp, they can fix that. Would've loved to of seen Brett get his figures produced. It's such a shame.
So, who exactly is David? Is he one of the creators of Attacktix? What's his position in Hasbro?
Thanks Radar.
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Post by ionicdesign on Jul 27, 2010 17:21:12 GMT -5
Sounds good, thanks for the update.
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Post by Radar on Jul 27, 2010 20:47:23 GMT -5
I'm not sure of Davids full name. But I believe he is a director of Boys Toys and was in on the original testing for a game where Children were grouped into random sample groups. Children of each group were asked to play one of 3 different games, the third group was a given a game like Attacktix. The study showed that kids like our game and style of play. I have posted about David before, or at least the top half of his head. His super cool hat is the reason I had some custom made. attacktix.proboards.com/index.cgi?board=cons&action=display&thread=1414&page=2
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Post by Radar on Jul 31, 2010 3:51:17 GMT -5
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Post by attacktixman on Aug 3, 2010 11:37:43 GMT -5
I still think LadyB's Ventress would top them all... and she's not going after the eye candy aspect of it...
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Post by ionicdesign on Aug 6, 2010 9:28:45 GMT -5
I still think LadyB's Ventress would top them all... and she's not going after the eye candy aspect of it... No disagreements here.
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Post by attacktixman on Aug 6, 2010 12:52:27 GMT -5
Fantastic!!! It is especially heartwarming to see the charity efforts and bringing a smile to a youngster's face. Ok , Vader & Ventress, great!(Uh, tell Vader that Dooku is Ventress' Master ) And the last pic with a Sith cloak, awesome! Ionic, what did you make the saber hilts with? PVC tubing? Did it already come curved or did you have to bend it?
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Post by ionicdesign on Aug 6, 2010 17:50:39 GMT -5
Ok , Vader & Ventress, great!(Uh, tell Vader that Dooku is Ventress' Master ) Yup, I hadn't quite got Dooku done at that Cancer fundraiser. Vader pointed and said, "I need to talk to your latter about my right eye." to LadyB. He was great, he is the one who lead the Rose Parade march a couple years back with George Lucas was the grandmaster and they had the 501st come. Ionic, what did you make the saber hilts with? PVC tubing? Did it already come curved or did you have to bend it? The image with Vader those are ultrasabers ( www.ultrasabers.com/) That I've since painted silver and detailed with some new emitters and leather straps. The nice looking detaileds hilts I made from scratch with a little help from her father. On those I used some copper tubes that were wound in a circle and I reshaped just a little, some carefully painted and detailed electrical flex line, some chrome rings I cut, some plastic tubing cut and painted, some screws for the buttons, the emitters were custom lathed and then carefully painted, and some quick release hose parts for the end so they can be joined or released quickly.
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