I totally forgot that I took some notes on this panel. It’s a little late, but for historical reasons here’s my write up.
- Eric did a hand sketch of the Stunticon logo
- Stunticon boxset art was based on a circus/event poster as opposed to an illustration
- Artwork specifically patterned after The Italian Job
- Early versions of Ironfist’s head looked like a frog
- Shattered Glass Thundercracker was done completely by photos, no physical reference
- 2012 club figure is Runamuck
- 2 exclusives are Runabout and SG Drift (tricky to make the two that go together separate purchases)
- Club grew 40% in the last year
- Shirts don’t have day and date to make them more universally appealing
- No movie toys (i.e. no licensed vehicles)
- Stunticons was not the first set considered, but Animated + Stunticons was a no-brainer
- With G.I. Joe they work directly with the factory
- For Transformers they have to go through Hasbro then Takara then the factory and back resulting in the higher costs and more errors