All right, I'll tell you my idea! I give you the Oddworld monorail! I've sold monorails to Zynga, Insomniac, Naughty Dog and Rareware! And by gum, it put them on the map! Well sir, there's nothing on Oddworld like a genuine-bona-fide-electrified-six car monorail! What'd I say?

Monorail!



As much as this amuses me, and gives me pleasurable flashbacks to Disneyland, let's get back on topic.

Recently I've been a massive nerd and bought a couple little figurines from various games to sit on my desk.

I wouldn't mind seeing some little Oddworld figurines for such a purpose. Hell, JAW could probably make them themselves with a cheap 3D printer.

Initiate Operation Cheap Stuff!

Hey Wil, how much would it be in breach of your contract if you were to send me the CG models of all the characters so that I could 3d print them myself?

Second question: How much would it be worth it?!

Damnit! There was a musical number and everything!

Don't the people who make mods have access to the source character models? A website such as www.shapeways.com could print them if they were uploaded I'd imagine, fully coloured from the game textures and in whatever pose you wanted.

I have no idea if that would be legal or not :p

The people who make the AO mods only have access to the game's sprites.

Now that you mention it, there was someone who ripped some of the character models from MO. Using them would probably be breach of copyright and would definitely be grounds for suing me if I sold the models. But for my private usage it would be a legal grey area.


Also, bugger Shapeways. I have direct access to 3d printers I can use.

Throwable Oddworld rock aint lookin to bad now huh!


However, if it were a real thing, i'd love to see it come in either a sack I can hang from my ceiling, or in a glass box that says "Break in case of Elum eating honey. -Strictly for bee hive purposes only."

also, happy birthday Nate, Hope you had a good one :)

Isn't there a EULA that says you can't use parts of the software, only the whole?

Yeah, who cares about quality anyway?

That's what I was thinking of. Usually if it's for personal use, it'd be fine (the same as making fan art I'd imagine), it's the distribution and profiting that's the issue as you said.

If a company like shapeways printed the models, perhaps they would get sued since they are the ones profiting and distributing?

If you have direct access to a 3D printer (which is awesome), I can't see it being a problem for purely personal use.

Alf wacky wobblers please.

Yeah, but there are EULAs that say that consoles can't be modded and the various courts in Australia have not supported that rule either.

Like I said, a grey area. And even if it was a legal black area, they're not likely to sue one man who used the models for his own purposes and didn't sell them.

And even less if you are pals with LL.

i have one remote control paramite or scrab real size and attacks

Yeah sure, I'll believe that when... OH GOD OH GOD IT GOT ME! HELP! HELP ME!

I'd like to see some OW merchandise containing lead... It would symbolize the contamination and molestation of the pristine natural world and be true to the message that Lorne intends to communicate. Hopefully something small enough for a youngster to ingest.

When can I get China on the horn?

Lead stuffed with asbestos right?

I would like a life sized, fully operational version of the Clakker fortune teller machine.

In a limited collector's case made entirely from Anthrax.

I don't know about you but I want one...

Wouldn't it be awesome to have a Slig/Glukkon voicelock for your door?! Program it to recognise your voice, so when others try it, access is denied :P

That would be hilarious but I don't know how it would work.

You better not get a cold or any other disease that messes up or voice then.

A chant suppressor. For all your chant suppressing needs.

Actually, that would be a nice idea.

That is actually a rad idea. A floating suppressor with a fading in and out red LED. Genius!

It can be done right.

A zappfly nightlight.