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Al the Glukkon 11-28-2004 10:15 AM

No pictures of Skillya.

Xavier 11-29-2004 11:13 AM

A friend ordered the hardcover for me (she knew I only got the limited edition and gave me the hard cover version so I should have to wait, isn't she wonderfull :D)

This book is a piece of art in itself! You can feel the magic, the dedication and the love while reading it!

I took 4h30 to go trough the book the first time I read it, and even now I often open it and focus on a specific image or theme.

This is absolutly a must have for every oddworld fan, it contains excellent info about how the characters were created, how the plots were fixed, and how the subtext emmerged. You can understand while reading this book how important the feeling of one culture is.

You can read a part about the importance of the oddworld music!!!

And now the Art! Tons and tons of pictures even I never saw:
Lots of sketches that make you see how the creatures were created and where they came from, each single sketch is a piece of art, a story in itself!
A huge amount of paintings: wonderfull and pure art, makes me want to have each item in poster side to put in my room! All those images gives you the mood and the sensation to understand even more of the Oddworld cultures, parts you'ld never have suspected!
Several Screenshots and CG captures: to show the final result

There also many many informations about creatures (seen and unseen)

If you want art, If you like CG, or If you like both (Oddworld): Buy it!

Software Bug 11-30-2004 06:51 AM

how many info is there about the Slig-Corp??

Xavier 11-30-2004 08:44 AM

well a couple of lines, but is sure do look awesome :p

Software Bug 11-30-2004 09:47 AM

i have recieved the softcover but i dont open it:p
i will open it at 5 december ("sinterklaas" party in holland) :p:p
it is for the small kids:)
im sure Xavier will know it!

Oddish 11-30-2004 10:14 AM

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A friend ordered the hardcover for me (she knew I only got the limited edition and gave me the hard cover version so I should have to wait, isn't she wonderfull :D)

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i have recieved the softcover but i dont open it
Mine should come aaaanny day now. :|

*wait infront of the door*

Wil 11-30-2004 10:47 AM

I'm hanging on for my hardcover copy. It was delivered, but there was no one at home, so they took it back to the Delivery Office. Grrrness.

Xavier 11-30-2004 11:27 AM

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i have recieved the softcover but i dont open it:p
i will open it at 5 december ("sinterklaas" party in holland) :p:p
it is for the small kids:)
im sure Xavier will know it!

Yeah I know that :p

personnally I couldn't wait 5 extra days to open it if I have it in front of me

Odd Trusting 11-30-2004 01:21 PM

It...is...beatiful...I'm sorry I getting all teary eyed just looking at the my limited edition on the internet and staring at the hardcover version I have in my hand. Anyone with a second mind to buy this book I got to tell you something...go get it. Plus I got a major spolier that I am having to think if I should tell. It is the name of the land where all the Stranger business is going on. If you watch your Stranger's Wrath trailer listen to the the disimbodied people that sound like ghosts in the background, they say the name twice. I am hoping that is a big enough clue for you all

Alcar 11-30-2004 09:35 PM

Bah. This makes me want to go an order the Soft Cover just so I don't have to open the Limited Edition when it arrives. Can someone give us a transcript of the Slig Corps information? Sounds interesting.

Alcar...

oddguy 11-30-2004 10:46 PM

I paid a good deal of money on the Limited Edition, so I'm opening it...since I could only afford to get one book. I couldn't get all three editions as I would've liked. But...to make sure the Limited Edition stays beautiful, I'll probably get one of those "safe-boxes" to keep my book in a germ-free environment. ;)

http://store1.yimg.com/I/citizensafe_1774_7735066

http://www.citizensafe.com/lib/citizensafe/path2.jpg

http://www.citizensafe.com/lib/citizensafe/path7.jpg

-oddguy

Software Bug 12-01-2004 04:55 AM

wow!
where can you get them:p
well they wont get dirty in their...

Odd Trusting 12-01-2004 02:42 PM

Did anyone do investigation on my clue yet? Anyway is it available in clear screen too instead of blue screen (this one looks like it may be for marketing cause its got the company title on the front). How much are these Oddguy anyway cause getting one of these for the limited edition is that icing on the cake to show your a true Oddworld freak (thats a good thing)

oddguy 12-01-2004 04:27 PM

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Anyway is it available in clear screen too instead of blue screen (this one looks like it may be for marketing cause its got the company title on the front). How much are these Oddguy anyway cause getting one of these for the limited edition is that icing on the cake to show your a true Oddworld freak (thats a good thing)

That particular box is $2,100.00!

http://www.citizensafe.com/patmailsorco.html

I thought the ;) would have told you I was joking. :p

-oddguy

Software Bug 12-01-2004 08:53 PM

maby i can buy the box but then i have to cancel the order of the book:p
Joking:p
That is a lot of money for such a box,
cant we make one with OWI logo on it??
Just use the shiny plastic for the sides,
I will ask my technic Teacher if i can make one:)
we are currently making a lamp...
Mine is an Stranger's Wrath Lamp:p

Oddish 12-02-2004 10:59 AM

LOL!lol Oddguy. Now that's a fan:p

Odd Trusting 12-02-2004 12:13 PM

Humm...make one you say...you could always use a giant glad tubaware container

Wil 12-05-2004 03:56 AM

I got my hardback copy! It's so fantastic to read, and even more spectacular to look at! There's information on the creation of the games and universe, information on the creatures and characters nobody could have known before, and not forgeting the art! The art! Beautiful colour studies, twisted conceptual sketches, unseen creatures, buildings and vehicles - it's an Oddworld fan's dream. You absolutely have to have this book.

Oddsville 12-05-2004 06:24 AM

Unbelivable! The whole frickken world is getting the book and whenever I go online to see the status of my orders it say still waiting to deliver! Why has Odd cursed me!
*curles up into fedal position and crys*

odd chick 12-05-2004 11:44 AM

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Unbelivable! The whole frickken world is getting the book and whenever I go online to see the status of my orders it say still waiting to deliver! Why has Odd cursed me!
*curles up into fedal position and crys*


*cries with you* Can you believe that out of all the credit cards that are accepted at Ballistic, Discover isn't? So that I can actually receive the book sometime, my family and I had to go through with a credit card transfer (we are getting a Visa now) and who knows when I'll get the book now! Maybe I'll get it before March :(

T-nex 12-06-2004 08:00 AM

When will Limited edition ome out? :(

Odd Trusting 12-06-2004 08:18 AM

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*cries with you* Can you believe that out of all the credit cards that are accepted at Ballistic, Discover isn't? So that I can actually receive the book sometime, my family and I had to go through with a credit card transfer (we are getting a Visa now) and who knows when I'll get the book now! Maybe I'll get it before March :(

Cry not my fellow Oddworldians Odd will never abandon you. Trust in Odd and good things will come to you. Don't worry you will have it before Christmas! as for the limited editions I belive they ship about Dec 17th-ish. Hey can anyone give some more on the Mugs. In all my days in Oddworld I have never seen one *wink* ....or have I. Anyway someone got anymore info than the basics.
-Odd Trusting

Oddish 12-06-2004 09:37 AM

Odd trusting, I belevie the Limited Editions come in early january.

Odd Trusting 12-06-2004 11:18 AM

Yeah that sounds about right

Wil 12-06-2004 11:44 AM

There's nothing on Mugs, though there are a couple of pictures of Meetles - in their 1%er design. The description of Luskans also mentions them as if they're sentient species, rather than their more lowly beetle-like design. Hmmm.

Nate 12-06-2004 12:37 PM

No, the description of Luskans differentiates them from Mugs as even Mugs will work together for the betterment of the species while Lusks are too distrustful even for that.

Oddish 12-06-2004 01:11 PM

http://oddworldjunkie.com/imgs/b.jpg
A much larger image from the book.

Nate 12-06-2004 01:22 PM

Dude, don't post pictures from the book. Thats against this thread's rules

*smacks*

Rich 12-06-2004 01:35 PM

Why is there a fetus on the cover?

Nate 12-06-2004 03:10 PM

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Q: What is the story or meaning behind the two little fetuses in the OW logo? -Xavier

Alf: The twin fetuses have long since been absorbed into Oddworld lore. The caliper and test-tube motif for the Oddworld logo was created for a brochure for the 1999 E3 convention. At the time, we were working on two games simultaneously; Munch's Oddysee and Hand of Odd. As time went on and the gears of corporate commerce kept turning, Hand of Odd faded away and Munch's Oddysee became the sole focus of production. In the end, Oddworld gave birth to a kicking and screaming Munch's Oddysee only. This is the history of the twin fetuses.

[this sentence is here to make my post long enough]