2009 Petopia Calendar on sale now
by Mike Schramm 
Dec 1st 2008 at 1:00PM
Mania has released the 2009 Petopia calendar, featuring 12 beautiful images of some of the best pets in the game -- pretty much the perfect gift for the Hunter in your life. The pictures were put together by Aaron Perez, and each one was commissioned by Mania herself, so the calendar features all pets picked by her, including many of the new pet types: there's my current pet, a Rhino, in there for December and of course the Spirit Beast makes an appearance as well. It's available right now over on her Cafepress page for $19.99.Which may seem a little expensive, but Mania breaks the price down on her site: of the $20, a full $15 goes right back to Cafepress for printing costs and their profit. And of the $5 she gets, Mania sends it back to the artist for his work, so she doesn't even really expect to break even. Which is too bad -- there's certainly interest in these, I think, and it would be nice if we could set it up so the money goes somewhere besides Cafepress (but of course, then Mania would have to find a different printer and a different way to sell it, and who knows how much that all costs).
At any rate, it'll definitely turn out to be a nice calendar, so if you know any pet tamers who need help keeping track of the date, there's your holiday gift.
Filed under: Hunter, Items, Analysis / Opinion, Fan stuff, Odds and ends
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
hENNIFER pANTALON Dec 1st 2008 1:21PM
and with 75% of the profit going to the corporation, why would this girl do this? lol.
Yeng Dec 1st 2008 1:28PM
Additionally, since it doesn't seem to be endorsed by Blizzard. One has to wonder about the legal ramifications.
Beatphreek Dec 1st 2008 3:09PM
I'd imagine she does it because she really likes the pets... the same reason she pays out of pocket to host her website.
I'm not sure of the legal part either. But since this is original artwork inspired by the game maybe Blizz doesn't have legal rights regarding it.
Jaye Dec 1st 2008 4:06PM
I'm a hunter and I don't want this lol.
silverdreams Dec 1st 2008 5:42PM
No, it's not legal. As stated on their Legal FAQ page (http://www.blizzard.com/us/legalfaq.html), "Blizzard Entertainment® does not enter into licensing agreements with individuals." The fact that it's made up of third-party artwork doesn't excuse it, though some of the creatures could be passed off as generic animals. However, since the calendar is being sold as a "World of Warcraft" calendar and does contain a couple critters specific to WoW, the whole thing is illegal.
ian Dec 1st 2008 5:53PM
that art might be the worst WoW inspired imagery I have ever seen.
Margot Dec 1st 2008 11:31PM
I'm not sure if it would work out to be less expensive/more profitable, but she should give Lulu.com a try. They do on-demand publishing, and make no minimum requirements or anything. There's still a base charge to cover printing costs and such, so again, don't know if it would work out to her benefit, but it's worth looking into.
haircute Dec 3rd 2008 12:43AM
God Bless the Internet because otherwise I would be without hope that she might see this:
This idea is stupid, always has been in fact, and you are wasting your time and money. Get A Life.
Raya Dec 3rd 2008 7:52PM
Wow some people are simply mean.
But I agree she should look around more. Cafepress is a rip off and I know for sure there are much cheaper places out there that go as low as $9.99 per calendar for printing costs.
I'm not a hunter so I have no interest in getting one but its a cute idea for someone who loves their pets.
^_^ holiday cheer to everyone and Ba humbug to those who don't want it.