ParaNorman Foamposite Nike Contest

Contest alert, on the ParaNorman website, there is a link for a contest to win limited edition Nike Shoes. Go to Here for details. First, you need a twitter account. Second, FOLLOW @PARANORMAN. Last tweet a photo of yourself as a kid showing how weird of a kid you where with the caption #WEIRDWINS PARANORMAN FOAMPOSITES. I'm going to have to start digging through my old photos. Missed out on the Nike Dunks during the Coraline release, hopefully I can get a pair of these.

ParaNorman Trailer Review

I saw this trailer in theaters and was excited to see a longer trailer than the teaser. It got me really excited to see it, however I over heard a little boy some rows behind me say something like "Let's not see that one, too scary." The parents laughed, and said "OK, we wont see that one" Now I know that the writer was trying to make a zombie film for kids:
 
but since hearing that response from a kid, I got to thinking, are parents going to take their children to see ParaNorman?
Personally, I love Coraline, read the book maybe three or four times back to back, and I am a huge sucker for all things stop-motion, so I am definitely going to see this film, in 3D and will probably love it too. I can see lots of other stop-motion animation nuts seeing it as well. But this film is kind of geared towards kids, and like so many films that are, they always seem to have a few adult themes that are too intense for young kids to handle. For instance my sister who has young children, felt Coraline was too scary for her kids to watch. She also has an edited version of Wall-E 'cause of some scenes where too emotional for the kids (aka they couldn't watch the scene without crying). Having a child cry in emotional pain cause they are too sad, or 'cause they are too scared isn't what a parent wants in a film they show to their kids. I think I had this same feeling about the movie Rango, while I enjoyed the film, I felt it too scary for kids.
All that said, parents should always screen shows and movies before letting their kids see it so they know what to expect, and can judge weather the show is appropriate for their kid or not.

More ParaNorman

The movie comes out this Friday, and I am getting more and more excited about it. In my search for all things ParaNorman I have come across some fun little collectibles. First, is the set of 8 figures that were sold at Comic-Con, that you may be able to get now on eBay. It looks like the also handed out a pumper sticker, buttons, and other little odds and ends.
The second set of stuff are the Free Promo posters that where put up around town. I assume that if you found them, you could take a poster for yourself. These too are popping up on eBay.
Third is the Promotional Contest Giveaways that come with various cool odds and ends. Then there are the little miscellaneous things such as a Hotel Door key, Movie film cells, Theater cups and carriers,

ParaNorman Commercials

I just saw these commercials online and love them. Check out ParaNorman's youtube page for more videos, Here

49 ParaNorman Mystery Boxes

Crates are starting to be shipped out to Laika's favorite bloggers to promote the new upcoming ParaNorman film. I gotta say, as the date creeps nearer and nearer I am getting more excited to see this movie. This marketing campaign is being done by Wieden+Kennedy, the same company that did the marketing for Coraline.

I think I figured out the numbers, there are seven pilgrims, so there are seven coffins for each, that's seven x seven for 49 total crates. That said, crates 1-7 should be Eban Hardwick, crates 8-14 would be Blackton, crates 15-21 are Lemuel Spalding, crates 22-28 are Amelia, crates 29-35 are Goodie Temper, crates 36-42 are Wile London, crates 43-49 are Judge Hopkins.

Mystery Boxes that Have popped up online:
? 1 of 49 Eben Hardwick
Neil Gaiman 2 of 49 Eben Hardwick
Super Punch 3 of 49 Eben Hardwick
Jonathan Coulton 4 of 49 Eben Hardwick
? 5 of 49 Eben Hardwick
? 6 of 49 Eben Hardwick
? 7 of 49 Eben Hardwick
Kevin Smith 8 of 49 Thaddeus Blackton
? 9 of 49 Thaddeus Blackton
? 10 of 49 Thaddeus Blackton
Bonnie Burton 11 of 49 Thaddeus Blackton
Tomopop 12 of 49 Thaddeus Blackton
? 13 of 49 Thaddeus Blackton
? 14 of 49 Thaddeus Blackton (at 48 min. mark)
Feliciaday 15 of 49 Lemuel Spalding
? 16 of 49 Lemuel Spalding
Gareth Branwyn 17 of 49 Lemuel Spalding
NotCot 18 of 49 Lemuel Spalding
Justine iJ Live  19 of 49 Lemuel Spalding
BoingBoing 20 of 49 Lemuel Spalding
? 21 of 49 Lemuel Spalding
Revision3 22 of 49 Amelia Wilcot
? 23 of 49 Amelia Wilcot
? 24 of 49 Amelia Wilcot
Neatorama 25 of 49 Amelia Wilcot
? 26 of 49 Amelia Wilcot
Beatonna 27 of 49 Amelia Wilcot
? 28 of 49 Amelia Wilcot
? 29 of 49 Goodie Temper
Amy Knitty 30 of 49 Goodie Temper
Skottie Young 31 of 49 Goodie Temper
The Mary Sue 32 of 49 Goodie Temper
Geek Femme 33 of 49 Goodie Temper
? 34 of 49 Goodie Temper
? 35 of 49 Goodie Temper
? 36 of 49 Will London
Jane 37 of 49 Will London
? 38 of 49 Will London
? 39 of 49 Will London
Jessica Zollman 40 of 49 Will London
? 41 of 49 Will London
? 42 of 49 Will London
? 43 of 49 Judge Hopkins
? 44 of 49 Judge Hopkins
? 45 of 49 Judge Hopkins
? 46 of 49 Judge Hopkins
Ryan North 47 of 49 Judge Hopkins
? 48 of 49 Judge Hopkins
? 49 of 49 Judge Hopkins

Going to keep my eye on Ebay in case W+K sells a crate for the Starlight Foundation again

3D printing at Shapeways.com

I am drafting up some droids and other items that I am going to use for my Diorama in solid 3D. I came across Shapeways.com that will print out or model. I just uploaded an .stl file that was quickly added to My Models section, with a price quote on how much it would be to print in the material that I selected. Well, to give it a go, I had a few things printed out. First are the Landing lights


Now I have some 3D droids

ESB Star Wars Stage Diorama

Apart from Stopmotion, another obsession of mine is the Original Unaltered Trilogy of Star Wars. I came across a blueprint of Echo Base's Hangar that was constructed on the Star Wars Stage for The Empire Strikes Back, and was inspired to create a diorama. I have been working on it off and on since March of this year. The amount of detail that I hope to incorporate into this diorama is going to make the build a long and slow process. I will be using a variety of methods to construct it, from pattern making, cutting wood, scratch building, model making, and 3D printing. I look forward to seeing it completed but am also enjoying the journey. It is my first diorama, and has its fair share of flaws and imperfections, but when all said an done I think it will really shine. You can follow the progress on The Replica Prop Forum Here.