Petopia releases a 2008 calendar

Posted Dec 10th 2007 3:30PM by Mike Schramm
Filed under: Hunter, Fan stuff, Odds and ends, Fan art

Speaking of great WoW-related gifts for the holidays, Petopia's creator has broken out a Cafepress site, complete with official Petopia goods for the Hunter on your gift list. There are the standard items-- t-shirts, cups, and a Mazzaranche tote bag.

But the kicker is this: a 2008 Petopia wall calendar. Featuring fun screenshots (and even some original art) of the best and most favorite pets in the game. I love it. Echeyakee, Humar, Takk the Leaper-- all the greats are here to count down 2008 with you. At $25 it's a little pricey, but on the other hand, any Hunter would love to have that as a gift this holiday season. Very cool idea to put that together, and totally fun to see your favorite virtual pets show up in a setting like that.

Tags: 2008, calendar, fan-stuff, fanmade, gifts, merchandise, petopia

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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)

12-10-2007 @ 3:47PM

arizonadotnetprogrammer said...

WIN!

12-10-2007 @ 4:04PM

Rihlsul said...

Cool and all, but any product with screenshots is likely to get thwacked by Blizzard. If it was all fan art, it'd be legal, but if you use game art, it's not legal to sell it without permission. Since I'm sure folks will enjoy this, I sure hope they GET (or have gotten) permission. Otherwise you'll have an article to write soon on how this was shutdown by CafePress & Blizzard.

12-10-2007 @ 4:10PM

Jeni said...

Ouch, yeah. Using copywritted stuff is baaaad new. Esspecially if you're turning a profit.

12-10-2007 @ 7:16PM

Woo said...

And the profit is £10 per calendar :O

12-10-2007 @ 4:36PM

Callandra said...

Unless there is a special deal worked out with Blizz (which there certainly might be) I would expect this calendar is going to be a REALLY limited edition....

GG Lawyers

12-10-2007 @ 5:02PM

Candina@WH said...

at $25, I'd hope that Blizz is getting a cut. :-)

12-10-2007 @ 5:20PM

Smurk said...

Feign bankruptcy!

12-10-2007 @ 6:33PM

Teni said...

I would've suggested going with fan art/illustrations. Screenshots are gonna be bad news, I'm afraid. Someone at Petopia needed to consult a copyright/trademark lawyer first, I'm afraid. This is likely to get dinged by Blizzard.

12-10-2007 @ 6:35PM

Teni said...

OK I'm gonna revise my previous comment. It looks like SOME of the illustrations are highly stylized fan art, which I think may be OK. But a few of them look like Photoshopped screenshot from the WoW Modeler. Those may still be problematic...

12-10-2007 @ 8:30PM

Perderedeus said...

I would HOPE this fun product doesn't get whacked by Blizzard's ban-stick, but... :/

12-11-2007 @ 12:32AM

Ed said...

Am I the only one who thinks that Ghost Saber has a "come hither" look to it? It's creeping me out.

12-11-2007 @ 10:04AM

Paw said...

That picture up there...it just doesn't look "right". It's actually a little disturbing.

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