Interest Tobin's Spirit Guide by Magnoli Props!

[LeoCor Replicas]

Ghostbusters: Spirits Unleashed has a recent update that features Samhain as an antagonist, introduced by the Tobin's Spirit Guide NPC, with some cutscenes that have some interesting illustrations if that's any help.

 

[Indy Magnoli]

Ghostbusters: Spirits Unleashed has a recent update that features Samhain as an antagonist, introduced by the Tobin's Spirit Guide NPC, with some cutscenes that have some interesting illustrations if that's any help.

We've got a Samhain entry, so if you could post some screengrabs, I could possibly incorporate a little of this into that article.

 

[LeoCor Replicas]

We've got a Samhain entry, so if you could post some screengrabs, I could possibly incorporate a little of this into that article.

These are what I could grab that didn't have any added FX.

1. The early Celtic village that brought about Samhain with celebrations intending to bring about bountiful harvests.
2. An example of the Celtic farmers.
3. Some villagers performing the ritual which inadvertently conjured Samhain.
4. The illustration of Samhain in the Spirit Guide.

Not sure if these help, but just figured I'd mention them just in case.

 

[Kylash]

Would be nice if they could keep the image border consistent across different media lol

 

[mizzouguy1981]

I’m all in! And may get a second as a gift.

 

[Magicmind]

why not an option 1 but sized for the hardcover guide you can buy off of Amazon? then we get option 2 for a waaaay better price!

 

[Indy Magnoli]

why not an option 1 but sized for the hardcover guide you can buy off of Amazon? then we get option 2 for a waaaay better price!

That was something we explored... so I purchased one of those and they are WAY undersized (about 1/5 of the thickness it should be). I guess you could buy five copies then wrap them all up in the cover... but that seems silly. Not to mention that TSG is not accurate in the internals (it's a "Ghostbusters Edition" so it has all the 1985-era updates to the old entries).

 

[shpider]

I’m in for 2 copies of the book, please.

 

[Indy Magnoli]

Cover teaser:

 

[mizzouguy1981]

Cover teaser:

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Ready for two copies please! One for me and one for my boys!

 

[abaka9]

With the preview of the cover does this mean you’re close to being ready to release?

Really excited to have this in my collection!

 

[Indy Magnoli]

Not quite... the cover still needs a bit of tweaking, then we'll make the final blank mock-up. Once we've confirmed the exact thickness, we'll get the page count... then we finish the actual text of the book. Next, off to our editors for proof-reading. Finally, we send the finished text to the printers, print and THEN we get to make the book. So we're still a couple of months away from final release, realistically... maybe January with a bit of luck.

 

[Opus Penguin]

I would be interested in Option #2

 

[Indy Magnoli]

At this point we're only planning on offering the full completed prop (option #3 in the original post).

 

[Astyanax]

Any chance there might be a page in there for the "Death Chill"? There are several quotes in the trailer that could be put to print...Anyone working on the GB5 set who can help with content?

 

[Indy Magnoli]

Yeah, I would LOVE to include something... but not sure if we can garnish enough information before the text goes to print. If anyone can dig up some insider info, let me know!

 

[Astyanax]

Here are a couple photos I made from the trailer by playing with Photoshop filters. The idea is to produce a sketch or grainy photo that doesn't show much, adding to the mystery...zoom in to see the texture. No offense taken if these don't work very well.



Of course if there are any decent PENCIL or PEN ARTISTS viewing this thread right now...

 

[Scoob66]

UPDATES:

This post discusses article contributions: Interest - Tobin's Spirit Guide by Magnoli Props!

We are going forward with Option 3, a full-on replica with complete text and illustrations, though hoping the price point will be half what was originally estimated. Stay tuned!

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We're looking into doing a limited run of Tobin's Spirit Guide based on the version seen in Afterlife. We've got a few ways of doing this, so I thought we could get your input as to how you'd like to see this offered. At the moment, we've got the following ideas:

1) A finished cover (embossed leather with gold accents on hardcover cardstock). This would be a DIY project where you would have to find a matching sized book and add the cover yourself. We could make a tutorial as to how to do this, but it would certainly be the most affordable option. At a rough guess price would be $50-$100.

2) A finished "fake" book... basically same as above, but we do the work for you to add it to an existing random second-hand book. We could age the exterior of the pages so it looks like a realistically finished old book. Price would be around $150-$200.

3) A full-on replica of the guide full of text, illustrations, etc. This would change this "simple" project to a HUGE undertaking. We could open this up to community contributions to lighten the work load, but the sheer amount of work to get this done would push this verison into the $600-$800 price range. Because of the thickness of the book, I think we'd still only do a limited number of unique pages, then repeat them several times (but perhaps have the page numbering continue correctly).

So... post your interest, your thoughts, your preference and we'll see what eventuates. If you're happy with version 1 or 2, we could actually start this immediately as the cover graphics are finished and ready to go to press.

Kind regards,
Indy
Magnoli Props

definitely interested in version 1 or 3.

 

[Pagz]

Yeah, I would LOVE to include something... but not sure if we can garnish enough information before the text goes to print. If anyone can dig up some insider info, let me know!

If there isn't enough information by the time you go to print, perhaps it could be included as a "torn" page, like a page that has been ripped out, only leaving a partial. Dunno how feasible that is, but would be kind of a fun, cheeky way to include it without having to actually include it.

 

[Kylash]

Wanted to check if you have the inner cover graphic from the video game Tobin’s guide that came out recently? If not I can scan it.