TheDancingFool Posted October 9, 2006 Share Posted October 9, 2006 Heya folks, I'm a masssssssive Grim Fandango fan, and I was trying to find anything along the lines of Grim Fandango figurines, t-shirts, any kind of other merchandise basically, but there doesn't seem to be any (except for the original tiny skeleton figure that went out with the first edition of the game which 1) doesn't look like anyone from the game and 2) goes for over £20 on Ebay...). I know there aren't any official products, so I was wondering if anyone knows of any unofficial or fan-made stuff? If not then I'll just have to take a little more bread to honour the dead... Cheers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
James Isaac Posted October 9, 2006 Share Posted October 9, 2006 Unfortunately you'll find it pretty hard to find any official merchandise, and if you do it is likely to cost a lot of money (I got one of the collector's editions a while back for £45 which believe it or not is a very low price for that item). You could of course get the high resolution box art and get a poster custom printed, but apart from that I can't think of any other fan made merchandise. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheDancingFool Posted October 10, 2006 Author Share Posted October 10, 2006 Unfortunately you'll find it pretty hard to find any official merchandise, and if you do it is likely to cost a lot of money (I got one of the collector's editions a while back for £45 which believe it or not is a very low price for that item). You could of course get the high resolution box art and get a poster custom printed, but apart from that I can't think of any other fan made merchandise. That's a real shame, cheers for the high-res scans though! Damn, wish they did some good figurines, that'd be awesome Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baja Posted October 22, 2006 Share Posted October 22, 2006 I printed the Grim box art along with some other games, I'll put up some pictures after I frame them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Millymoo_22 Posted October 28, 2006 Share Posted October 28, 2006 I've found this picture, I want one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
James Isaac Posted October 28, 2006 Share Posted October 28, 2006 Here's a large (and animated) photo of one of those figures: http://www.grim-fandango.com/image.php?image=/unseen/manny_toy_ani.gif I must say... it looks a lot more appealing from that imageshack photo than the official one Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Millymoo_22 Posted October 28, 2006 Share Posted October 28, 2006 Oh I can't find any of them on Ebay Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VivaLaZak Posted June 1, 2007 Share Posted June 1, 2007 Well, Grim Fandango characters are modeled after figurines from the real Day of the Dead, so you could collect those. (some of 'em look strait out of the game!) There's also a Grim Fandango T-Shirt out there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
laura102 Posted August 17, 2007 Share Posted August 17, 2007 Does anyone know where to get these little guys? ebay hasn't turned up anything and searching google is kinda a dead end too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
urluckyday Posted August 17, 2007 Share Posted August 17, 2007 I couldn't find any either, but I wouldn't trust myself in one of those searches. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CikMatt Posted August 21, 2007 Share Posted August 21, 2007 Merchandise does/did exist at one point. Aside from the Little Manny toy there were the Prima Guides and a t-shirt that was made by LucasArts. My collection includes those three items, the toy, the guide, and the shirt. Sadly I wore my shirt too much. It began to fade and fade and was finally killed when I washed a pen in my laundry. Considering I've NEVER found another one like it on eBay I feel like I messed up royally. The toy was around 50 bucks to get on eBay a few years ago, and the guide was about 20. Pictures: On the shirt, you can just barely see the LucasArts logo on the edge of the left sleeve. The ink spots are worse there than anywhere else. The shirt was comfortable, and is sorely missed in my wardrobe. No one ever recognized the shirt in the four years I owned or wore it, sadly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Du Man Posted August 21, 2007 Share Posted August 21, 2007 that's classic, and a sad tale. maybe you can get someone to copy down the art on it? It's still visible. Maybe you can remake your shirt and sell copies of it on cafe press : D, assuming lucas dosn't come down on the copyright. Thanks for the pics! What's the guide like? Any cool art or supplementary information? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CikMatt Posted August 21, 2007 Share Posted August 21, 2007 Thanks for the pics! What's the guide like? Any cool art or supplementary information? It's pretty intresting. It's got all the regular stuff, a character list, plot synopsis, hint style walkthrough that's pretty clever. One example is: "How can Manny convince Velasco that Naranja is not coming back? 1. If Velasco gets a call from the morgue, he might believe it. 2. Manny must fool Membrillo into thinking one of his corpses is Naranja and then under all that, number 3 is upside down and says: The first step is to steal the sleeping Naranja's dog tags." This way you can look at the first two hints and not completely ruin the puzzle. Aside from all that the guide has some room layouts drawn pretty simply with just lines. What's really cool is chapter 6 of the guide, entitled "Don't feel the Reaper." It's the story of the game told in third person. One of the most intresting parts being that it says Manny was a regular person who -choose- to be a Reaper, as opposed to being stuck with it like the game implys. Now I think Prima may have made an error concerning this, but the rest of the story is full of other such little plot changes. The guide also has Tim Schafer's design diaries from during the production of the game, (which if anyone has read can attest to the fact that they have little to do with the game) and a concept art gallery. Most of the concept art can all ready be found on the regular Grim sites. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CikMatt Posted August 22, 2007 Share Posted August 22, 2007 And wouldnt you know it, I jinxed the world. eBay has one of the shirts right now with half an hour left. I tried to put money down on it but 50 bucks my limit. The guy who outbid me is named thriftweed, so I guess it'll be going to a good home. T-shirt on eBay Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lipton Posted August 24, 2007 Share Posted August 24, 2007 why dont ya make yer own? think ill do just that Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CHAOSMAN Posted August 26, 2007 Share Posted August 26, 2007 wow, that guy def overpaid. I got my shirt on ebay for like $10 last year, the guy had a hard time selling it too. i think he listed it like 4 or 5 times. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elemily Posted September 16, 2007 Share Posted September 16, 2007 I am an art student (starting my third year at uni this october) and was thinking of making some manny models using clay and rock I will have to post my progress as I think the end result will be quite authentic with those materials Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gingersonny Posted September 16, 2007 Share Posted September 16, 2007 I am an art student (starting my third year at uni this october) and was thinking of making some manny models using clay and rock I will have to post my progress as I think the end result will be quite authentic with those materials Hey that sounds wicked, I would definitely pay for some of them, you could be onto a nice little earner, assuming Lucasarts' legal system doesn't grind into action against you Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elemily Posted September 16, 2007 Share Posted September 16, 2007 Hey that sounds wicked, I would definitely pay for some of them, you could be onto a nice little earner, assuming Lucasarts' legal system doesn't grind into action against you Yes I'm not sure it would be a good idea to sell them hehe! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gingersonny Posted September 16, 2007 Share Posted September 16, 2007 Yeah probably right! But then again, they might really not be bothered, I'm not sure Lucasarts are that bothered about GF anymore, and all they can do to start with is ask you to stop. To paraphrase Duffman's quote in the Simpsons episode i watched earlier "What would Jesus do?" = "what would Tim Schafer do?" lol i wish i was even slightly artistic to be able to make some myself, I can't even draw *sigh* Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZaXeriaw Posted September 16, 2007 Share Posted September 16, 2007 I'll be the first in the row with my visa card Btw screw LA. They haven't made anything good since..... well, since MI4. I am an art student (starting my third year at uni this october) and was thinking of making some manny models using clay and rock I will have to post my progress as I think the end result will be quite authentic with those materials Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gingersonny Posted September 17, 2007 Share Posted September 17, 2007 They haven't made anything good since..... well, since MI4. Hmm MI4...the jury's out on that one I think Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lipton Posted September 21, 2007 Share Posted September 21, 2007 let's not discuss MI4, people have been known to have killed eachother in such discussions...Grim figures sounds cool, go for it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Du Man Posted September 21, 2007 Share Posted September 21, 2007 they made Mission Impossible 4 already? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lipton Posted September 22, 2007 Share Posted September 22, 2007 with sylvestre himself Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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