plaseebo custom's nite gamer @ sdcc 2007
"Once upon a time....... in a parallel universe, 30 seconds ahead us, a life form achieved the ability to travel at 186,000 miles per second. With increasing speed the pinkish skin color of their small stumpish bodies went transparent as they became smaller and smaller till disappearing with a flash of blue light. Having traveled for 30 seconds the creatures, who are always in pairs, arrive in OUR universe..."
so goes the origin story of PLASEEBO CUSTOM's brand new figure:The NIGHT GAMER - scheduled for a preview at the SDCC!
the 7"-er tall Night Gamer will be roto-cast in a clear pink vinyl with transparent sprays and have a glow in the dark vinyl brain inside the see-thru head, with the eyes an inset cast plastic = *schweet* - hand painted vinyl test samples of Wilber and Orvil (names of the Nite Gamers - read here) will be on display at the SDCC in the TOY TOKYO booth#5331.the "NIGHT GAMER" figure was conceived by Bill Hand and co-designed and sculpted by Bill Hand and Bob Conge (Plaseebo Mummy). the package illustration was done by third Plaseebo artist; John Kastner.
the Night Gamer is currently in production now and is slated for a late August or early September-drop on the Plaseebo website - as with all of Plaseebo Customs releases, the color-way editions will be strictly limited ... (stay tuned for more details, ie quantity and prices) ... meanwhile, have a read at the exciting back-story / synopsis of The Night Gamers (as written by Bob Conge) HERE
(copyright 2006 Bob Conge)
Once upon a time....... in a parallel universe, 30 seconds ahead us, a life form achieved the ability to travel at 186,000 miles per second. With increasing speed the pinkish skin color of their small stumpish bodies went transparent as they became smaller and smaller till disappearing with a flash of blue light. Having traveled for 30 seconds the creatures, who are always in pairs, arrive in OUR universe.
As night fell, the Night Gamers stopped to drink from a garden of morning glories that had been coaxed open by the full moon.Nectar was their only food source and being free of a need to consume living plants or animals served to support their Buddhist view of life. They moved through their environment disturbing as little as possible with the belief they should encounter all things in the order that life experience would present them.
Later that night the pair came upon a Teddy Bear factory where they found two un-stuffed bear suits. The fit was perfect and would allow them to move about undetected in this new world. They fell asleep in a shipping box and the next morning find themselves in a truck on its way to a toy store in New York City.
The following morning our Night Gamers are purchased in a 2 for 1 sale and taken home by two young brothers. That night, as the boys lie sleeping, the Night Gamers slip out of their bear ware in the darkness of the small room and hover on either side of the head of the boy closest to the window. .................THEY ARE READY TO PLAY !
This is the one and only reason they have risked their lives traversing an unknown passage to our universe................ GAMING !
Think of the sleeping boys brain as a kind of X-box and the boys memory, thoughts, feelings, etc., as the software with which the Night Gamers will construct a game to play each other.
The game begins as the Night Gamers slowly extend their probes and gently insert them into the ears of the sleeping boy. Once a Gamer is in, he has access to Everything contained within that given brain.
Searching thru the data, past the boys favorite colors and ice cream flavor, they came upon a school report he just finished writing about the Wright brothers flight of the Kitty Hawk. The game that emerged from the data would require the player to build a virtual working model of the plane, learn to fly, and stay aloft for five minutes. The first one to do so wins.
It ended in a draw, but the Night Gamers took their names from that first game in our universe, Wilber and Orvil.
Stay tuned for more adventures to come as Wilber and Orvil explore our universe, gaming the brains of the famous and not so as they travel.
(cheers for the headsup, Bob!)
