darkSpyro

here is some interesting videos of the skylanders. you will see the people behind the skylanders, the work place, prototypes of the figurines, drawings etc... a lot of cool stuff


family gamer tv goto san francisco to try out skylanders....


a german reportage about 'toys for bob'....


spyro creator speed drawings...


hans zimmer the composer of the main theme song for skylanders...



some skylanders prototypes...









more pictures..
http://www.neogaf.com/forum/sh...7&postcount=473


some more pictures of prototypes...



read and watch more here..
http://www.sketchbooknews.com/news/skylanders.html

I really enjoyed watching all of the vids and admiring the pics. I especially liked the speed drawing vid, i was waiting the whole time just to watch Warnado get drawn, and of course he was the last one, but when he did I was like "OH MY GOD ITS HIM ITS FINALLY HAPPENING!!!" it was a great experience. thank-you

That was amazing, thank you for sharing!
If you look at those pictures and even the video its crazy how "adult oriented" they originally designed those characters and then you see them re-designed to become a little more kid friendly. You can tell they are Dungeons and Dragons/WoW fans at heart and are hoping to spread this love to the masses.

Also, hearing their description of Wrecking Ball was so cute =)

I've not had time to watch the videos yet (although have seen the speed painting before), but I find it interesting to see screenshots of non-playable characters. Are they perhaps going to make a figure line of those?

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That was amazing, thank you for sharing!
If you look at those pictures and even the video its crazy how "adult oriented" they originally designed those characters and then you see them re-designed to become a little more kid friendly. You can tell they are Dungeons and Dragons/WoW fans at heart and are hoping to spread this love to the masses.

Also, hearing their description of Wrecking Ball was so cute =)

i love behind the scene stuff, this is a great video. here you get to know the history behind 'stump smash' and that he is inspired by the talking trees in 'lord of the ring' movie, little info like this is great. you also see a short scene when one of the makers of the portal show you a prototype of it... will post more of this stuff here if i find it...

I love behind the scenes vids. of course, I'd like to know some of the others' concept history

wow this was so cool thank you for posting it

some of the older spyro's in the picture look quite like the classic spyro i think

added some new stuff to the first post, had trouble adding that german youtube video... copy & paste, then remove the spaces...

i just stumbled over some pre-productions of the 'empire of ice' level.. if anyone want to have a look, go to this link and see some very interesting pictures of the level...

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screenshots of the Ice Level. This was originally built by Josh Lindman, but half way through the project, the design changed and it turned into a snow and ice level.

http://www.motenai.com/3d.html

concept art etc...

http://www.weslouie.com/pblog/...ry111119-124929
http://blog.humbleego.com/2011...g-our-children/

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here is some interesting videos of the skylanders. you will see the people behind the skylanders, the work place, prototypes of the figurines, drawings etc... a lot of cool stuff


some skylanders prototypes...

I prefer the early beta boomer...

Those are some awesome concept artworks!

found some more interesting stuff, look first post...

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I-Wei Huang, aka “Crabfu,” sculpting project he did. It depicts a taxidermied “Leviathan” fish found in the wonderful Skylanders game. I-Wei was the character designer for the game and his designs are amazing. He created this real world, wall-mounted Leviathan out of Sculpey and Shapelock (for the teeth). It hangs over his desk at work.

read more..
http://crabfuartworks.blogspot...skylanders.html

Hnngh. That's totally rad. I'm terrible at sculpting! haha

Do...do we have an mp3 of that battle music?

Also, the Empire of Ice screenies look sweet. I can't wait to play that.

Very cool Thanks for sharing Kappapopm I love things like this. Boy he's moving fast huh looks funny.Don't you wish you could move like that for real? What speed did they put this in?

I WOULD KILL FOR THE ARBO ONE! I SOOOOOOO WISH HE WAS PLAYABLE!

I have a feeling all those Trigger Happy's must've been for the stop-motion Toys for Bob logo at the start of the game.

Interview with the story writers...


Toys for Bob president and founder Paul Reiche...

E3 2011: Skylanders Spyro's Adventure developer Jeff Poffenbarger from Toys For Bob.


ScrewAttack's E3 Interview on Skylanders: Spyro's Adventure with Jeff Poffenbarger


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Gamereactor's Gillen McAllister interview Toys for Bob president and founder Paul Reiche and discuss the marriage of plastic figurines and video games

Matt Chat's Interview with Toys for Bob CEOs on Skylanders

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A interview with the game industry luminaries Paul Reiche III and Fred Ford of Toys for Bob. Paul and Fred are responsible for the PC DOS-era classic, Star Control, and Paul is known for many classics including Archon and Mail Order Monsters. In this segment, the three of us talk about their latest project, Skylanders: Spyro's Adventures, the relationship between toys and games, Dungeons & Dragons, game narratives, and much more.....

here is more with Paul Reiche III and Fred Ford of Toys for Bob and back story with their other games etc...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MuLGjRuaCC4
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mJwUO--Hwmk

Wow! Wish we would have gotten Arbo instead of Stump Smash and they were switched. Arbo is a heck of a lot cooler than Stump Smash

I just took a closer look at that second protype picture up there. I spy a basic Troll and Spyro sitting down I guess. Curiously, he has a more lighter yellow painted scale rather than the more dark orange/gold colored ones.

Pretty cool to see. I'd love to have figures of them that were just plain pose able action figures. And actually, that's what they should do in a sequel, have the same sort of bases but have them removable and stuff.

more prototypes here....

Wrecking Ball


Stealth Elf


Prism Break


Flameslinger


Dino-Rang

^ Dino Rang jr.! Thats so adorable.

I actually really want the Spyro prototype figures. Those would be crazy expensive on Ebay though....