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Nathan: (from forum admin Wil) In the 1999 E3 pamphlet there was a quote from you saying “Just wait until you see what we drop on the world of action figures!” Are you able to reveal what that was about?

Lorne: Well, we had a thing called ‘OddWar’ and it was an action figure game that you could play anywhere. The action figures had certain moves and then – do you remember what Whiz Kids did with keeping count on the bases? Whiz Kids was founded by Jordan Weisman, a brilliant guy, who created the MechWarrior series and FASA, all these different companies. But, at the base there was a scorekeeper. So, we wanted to take all the Oddworld action figures, make them really quality action figures, but make that playable as an action figure game. And we have it, we still have it, so we can still do it.

http://oddworldlibrary.net/blog/nath...lanning-again/

1. Does someone has new informations about this ?

2. Would you like to see this "action figure game" ?

3. How do you expect "OddWar" to be, exactly ?

I don't know anything about Whiz Kids or MechWarrior or whatever, but judging by Lorne's quote, I'm guessing it would have been something like a roleplaying action figure game? Reminds me of those sets that come with small figurines on a stand and maps you can lay out and play on.

I think 5 year old me would have been blown out of this world to see something like this.

I think RPG figures is kind of a strech. I think he means something more like Power Rangers figures for very young pre-puberty boys. Remember, it's the '90s.

That's true, yeah. I can't believe we missed out on Mighty Morphin Abe who would have been able to transform into a Shrykull robot.

That's Transformers, not Power Rangers.