_dodger opened this issue on Jan 11, 2003 ยท 61 posts
_dodger posted Sun, 12 January 2003 at 1:59 PM
Bikermouse: Nah, don't worry 'bout it, I'm just ranting against the Hollywood vesion of Aussie. Just, if I did one, I'd make it as real as possible and in no way prone to repping, and I'd have a big rant on my site alongside the listing vehemently against such movies -- if I could find a way I'd even include it in the license agreement that it could be used for any comemrcial purposes except bad Crocodile Dundee/Rapping Roo/Pet Detective II/Steve Irwin/Fosters-ish/Outback Steakhouse representations of Aussie L Jobcontrol: I was actually looking at some Star Wars toys sites online (mostly hunting for a pic of a Blastech rifle) and flirted with the idea of actually making one of my free back-sets by making a virtual duplicate of the Kenner Creature Cantina action figure playset. The interesting thing: apparently during the late 80s when SW toys interest was waning, Kenner recycled lots of the SW toys for new things. The Gammorean Guard action figure mould was modified to make the Robin Hood Prince of Thieves Friar Tuck action figure, the Ewok Battle Wagon and Ewok Crossbow (ballista) was combined and modified into the Robin Hood Battle Wagon, the Imperial Blaster had a thingy slapped on the front and colours changed to make it the Batman Sonic Neutraliser, and finally, strangely, the Creature Cantina received a new cardboard piece, new colours, and different stickers to become the Real West Saloon. So should I take that as a saloon vote? L What's the Manifest Destiny? Everyone, thanks for your input and suggestions. I've tallied everything up to post 40, one per person, and come up the following 'average' response by applying -10 to 10 values on responses (with No Comment being a '0', I'd Buy being a 10, and Recommend Abandoning Project as a -10). I then aded 10, averaged against the number of responses, and then reduced to arrive at a -10 to 10 range again, then converted into the relative responses closest to those numbers. The following sums up what you all would have said if you were all multiple personalities in one head and came to an agreement: Ghul: I'd buy that. Saloon: I think others would buy that. Red Dragon: I'm not interested. Dungeon Geomorphs: I'm not Interested. Space Knight: I think others would buy that. Working Cameras: I would buy that. Boids and Colubrids for Noggin's Python: Not interested. Ferret: I'd totally buy that and if you don't make it I'm gonna come beat you with a stick, Dodger! Baboon: Not interested. Dodger's Wife: Dunno. No opinion, no comment. DertyAngel's Sword Set: Skip this. Ankheg: I'm interested. Kangaroo: Maybe. Basilisk: I'm interested. Based on this response, I should definitely do the ferret. That's obvious and clean above the rest. The Ghul and Working Cameras Prop Set I should also do, followed by the Saloon and Space Knight. the Anhkheg and Basilisk are possibilities, and maybe the Kangaroo. The Boas, Baboon, Red Dragon, Dungeon Geomorphs, and especially Derty Angel's sword set can be crapped or relegated to Free Stuff, most likely (not the dragon, no way, nohow can I give away a dragon free... well, okay, I would be the most loved Poser hacker ever, I suppose.... and DAZ and Bloodsong and Curio would all hate me.... Hmm.... Did you guys rig this to get a free Red Dragon? L) Of course, if I take the POV that the public's statistical opinion of what it will buy is always wrong (which believe it or not, some marketing firms do, and they do well at it), then I should definitely do Derty's Swords and the Dungeons and the Dragons. Strangely, or perhaps not, that does seem to be what sort of things people use the most in their renders -- but basing thigns on that means that Vicki clothes would never sell, because she prefers to be Nekkid in those temples. However, if I take the POV that you guys are statistically representative of what will be bought and correct in that, then compound it with what I have finished on things and how long it would take to finish those things, this is the order in which it seems things sit, as far as bang-for-buck goes: