The RetroBook Project: Phase I

[vhal_x]

There are already 2 steelbooks for DS games, well 3DS games to be exact. Mario Kart and Mario Land 3D - and they hold the game case inside the steelbook too xx

[DoctorX]

This sounds really genious business idea, but i havent yet read the whole read but what about licences and copyrights ? Perhaps you could submit this great idea to big Gaming Companies and do some co-operative work ? Looking forward to this project.

[Kelekin]

Originally Posted by DoctorX

This sounds really genious business idea, but i havent yet read the whole read but what about licences and copyrights ? Perhaps you could submit this great idea to big Gaming Companies and do some co-operative work ? Looking forward to this project.

That's a fair question and has been asked by others elsewhere. Basically, it's hard to get meetings with big companies. I'm just the little guy. But effectively, we're not mass-producing these and they are made for collectors like you. We may be using the likenesses of characters, but that makes us no different from a fan artist at a convention. That being said I will be meeting with an IP lawyer. But this is the main reason for not allowing people to buy 50 of them to sell at their store. That's not what we're about. This is an expensive project, and we're doing it for the fun of it.

[Kelekin]

Also we decided today that we are going to do the project for charity basically. We are going to pay the artists and everyone involved for their time, and the rest will be used to establish a local charity that we've wanted to do for years, and hopefully use it to help fund the charity.

[Cosmic_Link]

Sounds awesome! Love the whole idea. Looking forward to seeing how it all pans out!

[Kelekin]

Thank you. I'm contacting all the different companies today to see if they'd be willing to support the project since we are making it into a non-profit.

[Madigan]

Nice, I can't wait to help with the FFs steelbooks. Just give me the template and I'll make the designs.

[Kelekin]

Can you private message me your e-mail address?

[Lemur]

Some really nagging questions:
1) Steelbooks don't have runs of 1000. MOQ 4000 would most likely be stickerbooks. And if you want numbered, stickerbook is the only way
2) Official artwork will need license from the game companies
3) If you're including the game inside you'll need a production run for the old games
4) The cert would be printed by you
5) The sealing also done by you
6) Registered charity just means you donate after costs. It's not surprising that some charities donate only $0.10 for every dollar collected after paying all their costs which usually include inflated staff salaries for the founders

Not meaning to be a wet blanket but based on what I've read, these are the big question marks.

[Kelekin]

Originally Posted by Lemur

Some really nagging questions:
1) Steelbooks don't have runs of 1000. MOQ 4000 would most likely be stickerbooks. And if you want numbered, stickerbook is the only way
2) Official artwork will need license from the game companies
3) If you're including the game inside you'll need a production run for the old games
4) The cert would be printed by you
5) The sealing also done by you
6) Registered charity just means you donate after costs. It's not surprising that some charities donate only $0.10 for every dollar collected after paying all their costs which usually include inflated staff salaries for the founders

Not meaning to be a wet blanket but based on what I've read, these are the big question marks.

Some of these are questions and some of these are just random comments, so let me get to them.

1) What determines a 'Stickerbook'? Because from my meetings with Steelbook, I can't imagine anything called a 'Stickerbook' would have the ability to use different finishes etc. Let me know though.

2) No official artwork will be used, though we are currently attempting to get licensing or permission from companies. The project is meant to have personality and be artistic - the one artist I have currently interested is actually a known local street artist.

3) I'm not including the games inside. This is a steelbook project and I can't try getting a thousand copies of the games.

4) And? I spent three years working at a printing company. I have access to high quality paper to make certificates. Why is this bad? They are not going to be made on my LaserJet. Please explain.

5) Not necessarily. And again, not sure why this matters. Please explain.

6) I never said registered charity. I said that we wish to use a bunch of the funds to establish a charity. This is also irrelevant.

4, 5, and 6, are irrelevant questions because you haven't established an actual question. If you have actual questions, I am more than happy to answer them as I have with other members. But this is moreso you just scribbling some thoughts down. Please understand I am not attempting to be rude in saying this - just that you have not formed actual questions and have mostly told me things you either believe to be fact or just comments.