kenner palitoy classic 5 point super hero figures

[libby 1957dog]

a talented guy over on the sideshow boards has this project on the go ,thought a few over here may be interested in them ,





above cards with placeholder figures
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Here is the finished render of the Chris Reeve Superman figure. This will stand at 10.7cm (4.22 inches) tall when printed. The yellow emblem on the back of the cape will be added as a die-cut sticker. The original cape emblem was sewn on top of the red cape fabric, so there didn't seem to be any point sculpting the emblem into the cape model. I think the die-cut sticker will be a perfect representation of how it looked on the full size costume.






hes getting superman printed out before going forward with the proposed articulation

here a link to the full thread should any want more information or possible contact details

http://www.sideshowcollectors.com/forums/showthread.php?t=234619

[libby 1957dog]

printed test shot without articulation

[PNGwynne]

Your link works, but no pictures are showing.

[libby 1957dog]

hey thanks for the heads up scott ,no idea why that should be the case ,ill try to reload them again

[PNGwynne]

You're welcome, I like the backer cards and am interested in the printed figure.

[libby 1957dog]

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okay tried a couple more times ,hopefully these work ,failing that the pictures ,progress and his contact details are all in this thread ,link below

http://www.sideshowcollectors.com/forums/showthread.php?t=234619

scott ive reached out to him as to buying these but as you can see in the thread above hes pretty discouraged by the lack of interest shown over there

ill keep you posted if i get a response

[Earth 2 Chris]

Wow, those look really nice! Someone hire this guy to do these for real!

Chris

[libby 1957dog]

yeah i agree, i get the feeling these were a real labour of love for him

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[PNGwynne]

Great-looking figure, and I love the era/variety of the cards--well-designed. And thanks for the pix.

[hedrap]

Wow, those look really nice! Someone hire this guy to do these for real!

Chris

Once, I had a toy guy tell me the Kenner packaging designs are overrated, as they're just black matte with still shots. Funny how that overrated design has had only real design rival since 78, (GI Joe RAH).

[palitoy]

While I think there is more to add than those two, there are plenty of winning 80s concepts like Super Powers, I would surrender that the days of winning action figure card art are probably long dead due to style guides becoming more and more stringent and well, flavourless.

Nobody sets out to design a toy package anymore but a "brand look" that makes everything look boutique and revel in it's dull sameness. My product manager days in the early 2000s were full of managed expectations and an education on how bad it really can get.

I can't get into it to due to NDA but I recently saw a brilliant, shiny toy package made incredibly bland thanks to style guide mantras. It went from sexy to frumpy in one email. The company will get blamed and won't say anything and well, that's really gonna suck because their design was glorious.

[thunderbolt]

While I think there is more to add than those two, there are plenty of winning 80s concepts like Super Powers, I would surrender that the days of winning action figure card art are probably long dead due to style guides becoming more and more stringent and well, flavourless.

Nobody sets out to design a toy package anymore but a "brand look" that makes everything look boutique and revel in it's dull sameness. My product manager days in the early 2000s were full of managed expectations and an education on how bad it really can get.

I can't get into it to due to NDA but I recently saw a brilliant, shiny toy package made incredibly bland thanks to style guide mantras. It went from sexy to frumpy in one email. The company will get blamed and won't say anything and well, that's really gonna suck because their design was glorious.

The first couple waves of Toybiz Marvel was a good look too. Maybe a little Superpowers influenced

[hedrap]

^ I was going to add Super Powers, but it wasn't around long enough. The design lasted the test of time, though.

Weird to think how long-term lines like MOTU and Transformers really had meh packaging. MOTU was always confusing. The cards were total generic, while the boxes and mini-comics were some of the greatest original work, ever. Even Alcala's original cardback work was outstanding, then slowly replaced by production illutrations.

And am I the only one who couldn't read the Transformer boxes?

[Werewolf]

Nobody sets out to design a toy package anymore but a "brand look" that makes everything look boutique and revel in it's dull sameness.

Gi Joe Classified is kind of going against that trend. Every character is done by a different artist in a different style.

[palitoy]

^ I was going to add Super Powers, but it wasn't around long enough. The design lasted the test of time, though.

Weird to think how long-term lines like MOTU and Transformers really had meh packaging. MOTU was always confusing. The cards were total generic, while the boxes and mini-comics were some of the greatest original work, ever. Even Alcala's original cardback work was outstanding, then slowly replaced by production illutrations.

I didn't find a place to say it here but yeah, the MOTU cardbacks are boring. The art on the playsets and vehicles is gorgeous tho.