Laserschwert Posted August 31, 2023 Share Posted August 31, 2023 (edited) I've got a similar one as a gift from a German LucasArts fan with a knack for designing custom big boxes (he offered one to me, since he used my restoration). I think he came up with the design first and the guy above just expanded on the idea (by, well, stealing it). This is the one I have: He also designed this one: They are both empty though (and he only ever sold them at cost, not to make money off of them). Is it presumptuous to assume that our mini-run of MI SE boxes (as seen above left) kicked off several more of these kinds of projects? At least I can't say I've seen many custom big boxes including goodies appear online before that. Edited August 31, 2023 by Laserschwert 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jake Posted September 7, 2023 Share Posted September 7, 2023 That fake DOTT box is fantastic. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sopabuena Posted September 29, 2023 Share Posted September 29, 2023 Uncute, the company behind the Max plushie is now teasing Sam: 4 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThunderPeel2001 Posted September 30, 2023 Share Posted September 30, 2023 (edited) On 9/7/2023 at 3:52 PM, Jake said: That fake DOTT box is fantastic. I just needed to write and say... holy shit, I totally concur. Fans can create some amazing stuff sometimes. (And frankly, I don't see why we as a community should give any more reverence to "official" reproductions -- all the money is going to Disney, not Ron, Tim or Dave.) Edited September 30, 2023 by ThunderPeel2001 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scummbuddy Posted October 1, 2023 Share Posted October 1, 2023 But we are buying the official ReMI soundtrack to encourage Disney to consider adding other official LucasArts soundtracks... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThunderPeel2001 Posted October 2, 2023 Share Posted October 2, 2023 On 10/1/2023 at 4:55 PM, Scummbuddy said: But we are buying the official ReMI soundtrack to encourage Disney to consider adding other official LucasArts soundtracks... Yes, you're right. I should have said the money is mainly going to third-parties like LimitedRun. I definitely agree with supporting Disney released MI things... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scummbuddy Posted October 12, 2023 Share Posted October 12, 2023 That Sam plushie is now available for preorder! https://www.uncute.com/products/sam-plushie 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TimeGentleman Posted October 13, 2023 Share Posted October 13, 2023 I wasn't that impressed by it, then I saw the photo of the person hugging it and I was like "okay, that's a great plushie". 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LuigiHann Posted October 13, 2023 Share Posted October 13, 2023 It looks pretty good. I'm a little surprised they gave him the same sort of toothy grin as Max, though. I know Purcell tends to draw him with a similar smile but I still picture him with a somewhat sterner expression to better contrast against Max. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scummbuddy Posted October 13, 2023 Share Posted October 13, 2023 I need an old, internet sound board of their Hit the Road voices to press as I squeeze them. Actually, now I hope that Neil will do a "Potter Puppet Pal" of his Sam and Max Disco song with these plushies. @Trapezoid Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jake Posted October 14, 2023 Share Posted October 14, 2023 7 hours ago, LuigiHann said: It looks pretty good. I'm a little surprised they gave him the same sort of toothy grin as Max, though. I know Purcell tends to draw him with a similar smile but I still picture him with a somewhat sterner expression to better contrast against Max. The sterner expression was mostly a telltale era thing. Sam with his mouth closed existed in a lot of Steve drawings around that time. But usually he’s more like 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LuigiHann Posted October 14, 2023 Share Posted October 14, 2023 Yeah, I was definitely mostly picturing Telltale-era art, though I'm also thinking that art is pretty consistent with their "default" expressions in their Hit the Road sprites. And just from scrolling through images it seems like Max is presented either with the gritted-teeth grin or the wide-open grin pretty interchangeably, if Sam is smiling with his teeth showing, it's usually with his jaw wide open. Very rare to see his teeth but not his tongue. Found one exception but it's a very different look for Sam. I'm sure I'm overthinking it now but the expression on the plush continues to puzzle me. Still pretty cute regardless. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lagomorph01 Posted October 16, 2023 Share Posted October 16, 2023 I've wanted the Max plushie ever since I first saw it, but alas, the shipping costs were too much for me... Now Uncute has given me two wanna-but-never-will-have's to gawk my eyes out at while pretending to work. Oh, life, you can be so cruel... cuddly but cruel*. *Come to think of it, Cuddly but Cruel is a great album title! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sopabuena Posted October 18, 2023 Share Posted October 18, 2023 I recently commissioned this Grim Fandango statue and I wanted to share it with you guys The idea was to capture the scene as close to it’s original polygon glory as possible Artist: Rising 7 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LuigiHann Posted October 18, 2023 Share Posted October 18, 2023 That's fantastic! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thrik Posted October 18, 2023 Share Posted October 18, 2023 God, I love it. (Also gave it a share.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scummbuddy Posted October 30, 2023 Share Posted October 30, 2023 Following up with the main news page about Grim Fandango celebrating it's 25th anniversary (oh my oldness), IAm8Bit just brought back their 20th Anniversary vinyl printing of the Grim Fandango soundtrack. In other related schwag news, you can get yourself this very fine Double Fine hat. But also, a life-sized Psychonauts brain-door (hinged, lenticular pin). 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scummbuddy Posted March 19, 2024 Share Posted March 19, 2024 Prepare your Sam and Max plushies for combat. iAm8Bit is back with new plushies of Raz and Lili from Psychonauts 2. 18” Talking Raz Plush 18” Talking Lili Plush 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LuigiHann Posted March 20, 2024 Share Posted March 20, 2024 (edited) Lili looks great. I find their interpretation of Raz's facial expression somewhat puzzling. His eyes are almost... upside-down. Almost every expression Raz makes, outside of the stylized box art, involves his bottom eyelids being nearly flat and the top of his eyes a half-circle - they've done the exact opposite here, and it makes him look sleepy or eerily calm in a way that doesn't match his whole vibe. Edited March 20, 2024 by LuigiHann Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Laserschwert Posted March 20, 2024 Share Posted March 20, 2024 (edited) Fixed it for you. Edited March 20, 2024 by Laserschwert 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LuigiHann Posted March 20, 2024 Share Posted March 20, 2024 Haha I do not have the photoshop skills so I appreciate you following through. Doesn't that look so much more like Raz? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Laserschwert Posted March 20, 2024 Share Posted March 20, 2024 Absolutely. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LuigiHann Posted March 20, 2024 Share Posted March 20, 2024 Come to think of it, Lili's eyes are a little off in a similar but subtler way, with the rotation and eyeshadow not quite placed right. Wonder what happened there. Maybe they just wanted the plushies to look cheery compared to the kids' usual serious or sassy expressions. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Laserschwert Posted April 9, 2024 Share Posted April 9, 2024 Does anybody here have any material from Herc's Adventures they could scan for me? Somehow there's nearly zero high quality material of it to be found online. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MichaelSon Posted April 9, 2024 Share Posted April 9, 2024 (edited) 2 hours ago, Laserschwert said: Does anybody here have any material from Herc's Adventures they could scan for me? Somehow there's nearly zero high quality material of it to be found online. https://ia800909.us.archive.org/0/items/SLES00645_Covers_JPG/000 SLES-00645-Preview.jpg There are 4 JPGs included. https://archive.org/details/SLES00645_Manual_JPG There are 15 JPGs included. Edited April 9, 2024 by MichaelSon Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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