Technabob » ratchet & clank http://technabob.com/blog Cool Gadgets, Gizmos, Games and Geek Stuff Sun, 27 May 2012 20:00:08 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 Ratchet & Clank Vinyl Figures: Toys of Adorableness http://technabob.com/blog/2010/01/23/ratchet-clank-vinyl-figures/ http://technabob.com/blog/2010/01/23/ratchet-clank-vinyl-figures/#comments Sat, 23 Jan 2010 14:43:53 +0000 chris h. http://technabob.com/blog/?p=26867 Ratchet & Clank… vinyl figures created by two of Insomniac Games’ employees. Unfortunately, they were made exclusively for the good folks at Insomniac. Only a few sets managed to get into public hands, and those were through auctions. I was very, very,]]> Months ago, I posted about a set of Ratchet & Clank vinyl figures created by two of Insomniac Games’ employees. Unfortunately, they were made exclusively for the good folks at Insomniac. Only a few sets managed to get into public hands, and those were through auctions.

I was very, very, jealous.

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But the toy gods pitied me, it seems, and commanded Insomniac Games to sanction Ratchet & Clank figures for the masses. And while they aren’t quite as stylish as those in-house vinyl figures, DC Unlimited’s line is still charming. According to Sony’s PlayStation blog, the figures are already being sold at various comic book retailers. Now if only I had any clue where the closest comic book store to me was…

There are four sets in total for the series 1 Ratchet & Clank figures: armored Ratchet and Mr. Zurkon, Captain Qwark and Scrunch, Dr. Nefarious and Zoni, and of course, Ratchet and Clank themselves. Considering all the variations of Ratchet & Clank (armor, weapons, upgrades, etc.) more series lines are to come. I hope.

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[via Kotaku]

]]> http://technabob.com/blog/2010/01/23/ratchet-clank-vinyl-figures/feed/ 1 The Only Thing Cuter Than a Lombax is a Lombax Toy http://technabob.com/blog/2009/11/02/ratchet-and-clank-toys/ http://technabob.com/blog/2009/11/02/ratchet-and-clank-toys/#comments Tue, 03 Nov 2009 03:39:00 +0000 chris h. http://technabob.com/blog/?p=22210 Ratchet & Clank Future: Tools of Destruction – a game that (besides Uncharted 2: Among Thieves…) pretty much justified my PS3 purchase. So you can well imagine the]]> A week ago, I finally purchased a PS3 Slim. Along with the console, one of the games I picked up was Ratchet & Clank Future: Tools of Destruction – a game that (besides Uncharted 2: Among Thieves) pretty much justified my PS3 purchase.

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So you can well imagine the raging jealousy I experienced after discovering these kick-ass Ratchet & Clank vinyl toys exist, but are not yet (and possibly won’t ever be) available to the public.

These vinyl renditions of Captain Quark, Ratchet, and Clank were made by Insomniac Games character artists Dave Guertin and Greg Baldwin, who also run a little website called “Creature Box” where they post various character and comic art they create – presumably off company time.

Recently, in the spirit of looming holidays and employee gift giving, they decided to take their artwork three-dimensional and collaborated with Gentle Giant to make a series of a number of these Ratchet & Clank vinyl sculptures for the good folks at Insomniac Games. Color me jealous!

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Unfortunately, according to their blog post Dave and Greg are “Not sure if these will ever be released to the public, for now they are just for employees.”

Insert frowny face.

[via Kotaku]

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