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Starbound Merchandising?

Discussion in 'Starbound Discussion' started by Catoosie, Jun 25, 2014.

  1. Catoosie

    Catoosie Heliosphere

    Is ChuckleFish ever going to sell any Starbound-related merchandise?
    I would do anything for this poster of Big Ape.

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    Glorious Leader

    I have money lined up for this poster.
    I need it.
    If anyone could make this...

    Anyway besides the Big Ape posters, there could be Dreadwing figurines and stuff.
    I think people would love to buy some extra Starbound things. Thoughts?
     
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  2. Kattanos

    Kattanos Pangalactic Porcupine

    You should buy Bender dolls/figurines due to him being a Glitch and all.. >.>

    On a slightly more serious and somewhat related note...

     
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  3. The | Suit

    The | Suit Agent S. Forum Moderator

    He was talking to a few merchandise distributors a while back. Even Tiy was interested in a Floran statue if I remember right.
    Though if it was me, I would personally wait before selling them. Wait for the game to be in at least "content complete state".
    The problem really comes with Merchandise design - you really need to hire an artist to license the work. Or you have to sell the license to 3rd party company in which you get smaller chunk of the returns.

    Its a pretty tiring affair, with a lot of contract negotiations and work put into it.
     
  4. Lora Grim

    Lora Grim Guest

    Gotta go underground with it! Like movie villains...
    Sell the Starbound stuff illegally as if it was drugs.
     
  5. All I want for christmas are Floran Plushies. Chucklefish PLS
     
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  6. LordQ

    LordQ Scruffy Nerf-Herder

    We probably won't get merchandise for a while yet. I would hazard a guess that we won't for at least an update or two.

    That said, considering most of what I do ingame is mixing and matching dresses for my characters, it might be fun someday to get a figurine of my character and dress her up with clothes I find ingame.
     
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  7. I still believe that starbound should have DLC.
    Like anime reskins for certain objects, Armor for the Glitch AI, also instant access to all the best items. if i may make a suggestion on the price, i would set it as 4.99 each
     
  8. linkthegamer

    linkthegamer Master Astronaut

    I would not be shocked to see some later, Likely post release, you know, so the angry people don't murder them in the face. D8

    But yeah, I think that if the game shapes up to be anything like they plan for it to be I would get a little Dreadwing plush to keep my Tux one company.

    This is why we can't have nice [To view the rest of this message purchase the Starbound Forum Favorites DLC from steam and enter the CD-key it displays on boot-up into your settings to activate SB Forums Plus]
     
  9. Dyskord

    Dyskord Scruffy Nerf-Herder

    Please, no DLC. DLC nowadays is totally going out of hand.
    Wouldnt mind expansions, like in the good old days, where you bought another CD for Command and Conquer, and got a (nearly) full game as addon.
    But the practice i see for every single bit of stuff to be sold as DLC somewhat p*sses me off ;D

    As for merchandise: Is there any "iconic" monster, race, thing for Starbound? (As the Creeper for example was for Minecraft).

    Wouldnt mind a Floran plushy though, if i had money ;D (and it wont sssstab me), or a Glitch figure-thing :)
     
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  10. EchoesOfRain

    EchoesOfRain Big Damn Hero

    Soldier Penguins plz

    also, I believe there is a planned monster called a Poptop
     
  11. extremist

    extremist Existential Complex

    1. make a vector graphic of the background
    2. search google images for a random ape in bigass dimensions
    3. combine
    there you have it
     
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  12. Disco2

    Disco2 Existential Complex

    Defiantly would love some huge posters!
     
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  13. LordQ

    LordQ Scruffy Nerf-Herder

    Would you be against purely cosmetic 'useless' DLC for Starbound, like TF2 hats?
     
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  14. Grimmli

    Grimmli Big Damn Hero

    I would totally buy warehouses full of Starbound merch.

    Then again, for some Floran merch, you could probably just go to a gardening center.
    Calm down there, John Riccitiello.

    Good thing Starbound isn't backed by EA.
     
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  15. Melissia

    Melissia Ketchup Robot

    +1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1
     
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  16. extremist

    extremist Existential Complex

    EA used to be good until sims 3 came out
    on topic:
    I want totally a floran to cuddle with.
     
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  17. Melissia

    Melissia Ketchup Robot

    We already know they're going to release DLC. They'll just call them "content patches" and probably won't charge for them.
     
  18. Dyskord

    Dyskord Scruffy Nerf-Herder

    Imho, this wouldnt fit for a game like Starbound. There are some games, where purely cosmetic stuff may fit, like League of Legends back when i played it.
    Besides, a game as moddable as SB, nothing would keep people from distributing these cosmetic changes via more.. err.. shady.. means, so i would somewhat doubt the financial success of said cosmetic DLC.
    (Not that i would encourage something like this.)
    If on the other hand, there were meaningful expansions, as for example, ship-combat with added progression means, or space stations with research, this might be a whole different story. (Even though i would hope that this would be free upgrades for everyone, because, well, who doesnt like free addons?)
     
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  19. No i will not "Calm down". i am Excite for the prospect of having to pay soo much money for pixel hats, animes, and horse armor (AGAIN). Chucklefish i ask, NEIGH, I demand you impliment this!
     
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