The Ultimate Vehicle...

[Game Show Man]

...has been released to stores!!!

Which of course gives me a good look at the dumpster, in which I have found:

-an original 8-bit Nintendo Entertainment System, and various games
-an X-Men comic
-a magazine I don't quit recognize
-a deflated basketball
-the aforementioned Sentinel action figure
-a busted Cabbage Patch Kids doll

Did I miss anything?

(Oh, yes...GREAT book.)

[Monolith]

I hate you for getting your hands on the book so quickly!

I have sent a 10d6 Transformation attack giving you 3d6 Gamer Unluck triggered by you reading this message. Hopefully that will make me feel better, but I doubt it. :)

[zornwil]

Originally posted by Monolith
I hate you for getting your hands on the book so quickly!

I have sent a 10d6 Transformation attack giving you 3d6 Gamer Unluck triggered by you reading this message. Hopefully that will make me feel better, but I doubt it. :)

Vengeance won't make you happy. Stay with me.

[Mutant for Hire]

Originally posted by Monolith
I hate you for getting your hands on the book so quickly!

I have sent a 10d6 Transformation attack giving you 3d6 Gamer Unluck triggered by you reading this message. Hopefully that will make me feel better, but I doubt it. :)

I'm sorry, but your power exceeds the AP limit of this campaign.

[Agent 537]

Forget the CAMPAIGN, you FOOLS!

Gimme a REVIEW!

[MisterVimes]

Originally posted by Mutant for Hire
I'm sorry, but your power exceeds the AP limit of this campaign.

Beat me to it! Curses!

[Agent X]

Well, that means it should be a month before it gets to my area. :mad:

[MisterVimes]

Originally posted by Agent X
Well, that means it should be a month before it gets to my area. :mad:

I feel your pain... that's why I usually order it from RPG Shop (http://enworld.rpgshop.com/)

They usually ship in 24 hours and I get it in two days.
They'll probably have it up monday.

[StarGirl]

Vengeance won't make you happy. Stay with me.

Vengance always makes me happy.

[Agent X]

Originally posted by MisterVimes
I feel your pain... that's why I usually order it from RPG Shop (http://enworld.rpgshop.com/)

They usually ship in 24 hours and I get it in two days.
They'll probably have it up monday.

I am E-Commerce Impaired. It's a superstition of mine, I think.

[Monolith]

Originally posted by Mutant for Hire
I'm sorry, but your power exceeds the AP limit of this campaign.
Gee! Active Point limits always screw-up all the good character concepts! :)

[MisterVimes]

Originally posted by Agent X
I am E-Commerce Impaired. It's a superstition of mine, I think.

It's always wise to be cautious, but their site is wonderfully secure... and the alternative is to find it online, call them and order over the phone.

[MisterVimes]

Originally posted by StarGirl
Vengance always makes me happy.

Now that's MY kind of woman!

[StarGirl]

Like father like daughter eh?

[MisterVimes]

Originally posted by StarGirl
Like father like daughter eh?

Exactly!

[Nato]

Originally posted by Game Show Man
...has been released to stores!!!

Which of course gives me a good look at the dumpster, in which I have found:

-an original 8-bit Nintendo Entertainment System, and various games
-an X-Men comic
-a magazine I don't quit recognize
-a deflated basketball
-the aforementioned Sentinel action figure
-a busted Cabbage Patch Kids doll

Did I miss anything?

(Oh, yes...GREAT book.)

Great eyes, especially since the cover somehow got slightly pixelated somewhere in the printing process. I mean, the cover still looks OK, just if you look really close some of the minute details get fuzzy. Which is wierd, because the interior black and white copy is fine.

Anyway, the magazine got a little obscured. IT's a copy of every guy's favorite magazine - Maxim.

Yes, that is an action figure. Not Sentinel though. It's actually an action figure version of a OC in my campaign name Thunderhawk. Pattern Ghost was always asking me to put Thunderhawk in a book since I started working for Hero. So I threw him in there to get him to stop bugging me. :)

The X-Men book is actually The Essential X-Men Vol. 2, which contains the Death of Pheonix story arc.

Well, I hope the dumpster keeps people entertained for a little bit. I know dumpsters are always very entertaining to me.

Oh, to anyone who gets the book, please let me know what you think of my artwork inside. Since I've been posting to theses boards since before I started doing art for the books, I'm curious to know whether you guys like it. Most of the pieces are digital paintings and are near the back of the book.

Hope you guys like the book. I got mine the other day and have been reading through it slowy. It seems like an excellent resource for anyone who uses vehicles heavily in their games. It's even got giant robot stuff in it. There's even odd stuff like flying carpets and skateboards.

There's some cool artwork in it too. Brad Nault has some good stuff in it, as does K-Ski and Chris Stevens. Chris has some beautiful line-art this time around. His inking is superb on those. High-contrast straight black and white line drawings. Kind of reminds me of some classics like Tarzan or Prince Valiant. Great work to all the Vehicle artists!

[Nato]

There's still more stuff in the dumpster. If anyone can name the video tape near the action figure on the front color - I'll sketch their character for them. Or the book that's next to the Maxim and the X-Men.

[Game Show Man]

Oooh. I missed that one. I thought it was one of the video game cartridges. Any clues?

(And as a wild guess, I'd say the book is the "Big Blue Book," the 4th edition core book for Champions. BTW, which cover did you do for the Maxim mag?)

[Nato]

Originally posted by Game Show Man
Oooh. I missed that one. I thought it was one of the video game cartridges. Any clues?

(And as a wild guess, I'd say the book is the "Big Blue Book," the 4th edition core book for Champions. BTW, which cover did you do for the Maxim mag?)

Ah, the cover is one with Shannon Elizabeth on it.

Hmmm, not the BBB. Not too far off really.

When Andy, Hero's Art director saw this piece he e-mailed me back...

"Have you and my wife been conspiring to throw out all my favorite things?"

Cracked me up.

[Game Show Man]

Hmmm, not the BBB. Not too far off really.

Interesting. How about the FREd core book?

[Nato]

I will only say that the other book in the garbage is not a Hero product.

[Game Show Man]

I will only say that the other book in the garbage is not a Hero product.

The man gives good clues. The only other possibility I can come up with is the core book for Green Ronin's d20 supers game, Mutants and Masterminds. The book is clearly hardcover, and I recognize the gathering magical attack of (I think his name is) Krystak the Mystic.

[BobGreenwade]

Originally posted by Game Show Man
(Oh, yes...GREAT book.) So much for discussing the cover (which is as nice as advertised, by the way)... are there any further comments than this about the interior? Or has anyone gotten that far yet? ;)

[Nato]

I'm glad you like the cover Bob! Since it's mainly your baby, that means a lot. I haven't been able to read much of it yet, but I enjoyed your intro so far. Good writing style. What did you think of how the book came out?

BTW, I hear the book sold quite well at the DDC this weekend. I'm not sure how many copies were sold, but there was definite interest in the book!

[Game Show Man]

are there any further comments than this about the interior?

Oh. Sorry.

Good stuff...great art, and great content. I'm looking forward to being able to build a few capital ships (and maybe even KITT from Knight Rider) with a bit more ease.

Hey Nato, am I right about the book being
Mutants and Masterminds?

[BobGreenwade]

Originally posted by Nato
I'm glad you like the cover Bob! Since it's mainly your baby, that means a lot. I haven't been able to read much of it yet, but I enjoyed your intro so far. Good writing style. What did you think of how the book came out? Mostly great. There were a couple of things that Steve changed or cut from my material for reasons that escape me entirely (I would've included them in DH7, but when I sent the article in to Dave I figured Steve would change them). Chief among this is the mention of volantors, which have a mention in FREd (see the Transport Familiarity table) but not in TUV. They'll probably show up in a near-future DH.

That aside, I think this will be a great resource for gamers of any system. I'm giving one of my author's copies to my sister-in-law, a D20 diehard, and I'll just see if she comes up with a way to use it in her games. BTW, I hear the book sold quite well at the DDC this weekend. I'm not sure how many copies were sold, but there was definite interest in the book! I heard that as well. I do know that TUV was one of the most-anticipated all-new books of the Hero line, so it doesn't much surprise me. How well it's written will be reflected in how quickly it sells out.