Petopia releases a 2008 calendar
by Mike Schramm 
Dec 10th 2007 at 3:30PM
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.
Filed under: Hunter, Fan stuff, Odds and ends, Fan art
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
arizonadotnetprogrammer Dec 10th 2007 3:47PM
WIN!
Rihlsul Dec 10th 2007 4:04PM
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.
Jeni Dec 10th 2007 4:10PM
Ouch, yeah. Using copywritted stuff is baaaad new. Esspecially if you're turning a profit.
Woo Dec 10th 2007 7:16PM
And the profit is £10 per calendar :O
Callandra Dec 10th 2007 4:36PM
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
Perderedeus Dec 10th 2007 8:30PM
I would HOPE this fun product doesn't get whacked by Blizzard's ban-stick, but... :/
Candina@WH Dec 10th 2007 5:02PM
at $25, I'd hope that Blizz is getting a cut. :-)
Smurk Dec 10th 2007 5:20PM
Feign bankruptcy!
Teni Dec 10th 2007 6:33PM
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.
Teni Dec 10th 2007 6:35PM
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...
Ed Dec 11th 2007 12:32AM
Am I the only one who thinks that Ghost Saber has a "come hither" look to it? It's creeping me out.
Paw Dec 11th 2007 10:04AM
That picture up there...it just doesn't look "right". It's actually a little disturbing.