Author Topic: little blue boxes... (Read 10744 times)

socrates · « **on:** November 22, 2005, 23:23:56 »

Hi my friends...

I thought about presenting some of my projects as well...

I decided to start with my little blue boxes project...
It has been inspired by the playmo miniatures that have been
with the christmas sets resp. with the vedes birthday truck...

I disliked them because they were in a inappropriate scale and
only printed on the front side...

So, I decided to do some by myself...

They are in a scale of 1:20 to the original, what makes them a
little oversized in a klicky-world but they are much more handy
to make and I love that you can see all the neat details on each
side of the box...

Enough words... here we go:
1. You have to do a lot of cutting and scraping, but once you are done...
2. ...you did make your klickies nice new toys in a highly german quality standard.

socrates · « **Reply #1 on:** November 22, 2005, 23:30:26 »

This is, how the cards look like before cutting...

I already made some sets...

Namely:
3019
3977
3200
3716
3268
3327
5737
3269
5732
3665
5736
3750
3938
3940
4067
4034
5301
5360
and a little set of specials...

And there are about ten in the queue...

socrates · « **Reply #2 on:** November 22, 2005, 23:32:39 »

Finally, a little cartoon featuring my little friends...
Called: "capture of a new vessel"

socrates · « **Reply #3 on:** November 22, 2005, 23:34:30 »

I am right now try to get good images of all the framework houses...
They are definitely missing in my collection...

So, see you around then...
socrates

Meg · « **Reply #4 on:** November 23, 2005, 17:04:32 »

Thank you for sharing.
I can verify that the little boxes are very cool

Can people contact you if they would like copies of your little boxes?

M

socrates · « **Reply #5 on:** November 23, 2005, 20:02:56 »

Quote from: Meg on November 23, 2005, 17:04:32

Can people contact you if they would like copies of your little boxes?

Of course they can! I even have printer-ready pdf's for download...
I once planned with sylvia to place them onto j4k, but I never found
time to setup a download page as I would like to have it...

But, Sylvia, I still like this idea!!!

Hey! Just a thought:
What about a members download site for things like that?

Till then, I'd be glad to support anyone interested with the blind links
for download... The only condition is that I would like to see pictures
posted here of any toy shop or mansion equipped with these boxes,
as this is what gives me the motivation to continue this project...

best regards,
socrates

Sylvia · « **Reply #6 on:** November 23, 2005, 20:23:44 »

Quote from: socrates on November 23, 2005, 20:02:56

Of course they can! I even have printer-ready pdf's for download...
I once planned with sylvia to place them onto j4k, but I never found
time to setup a download page as I would like to have it...

But, Sylvia, I still like this idea!!!

Hey! Just a thought:
What about a members download site for things like that?

Another thing we never found enough time to do.

But it is possible to attach pdf's to posts at PlaymoFriends!

Are your files below 100kb each?

If you post the box art as attachments on this topic, then at least you will know that only members of the forum have access to them. Hopefully, that will make it a little more secure then uploading them to an unprotected webspace.

socrates · « **Reply #7 on:** November 23, 2005, 22:33:00 »

Quote from: Sylvia on November 23, 2005, 20:23:44

But it is possible to attach pdf's to posts at PlaymoFriends! Are your files below 100kb each?

As the pdf's are whole side 300dpi images, they unfortunately exceed the
100 kb by far. The file size ranges from 500 to 1.800 kb...

But I like the idea in general... Any other suggestions?

socrates

Little Jo · « **Reply #8 on:** November 23, 2005, 23:17:34 »

Quote from: socrates on November 23, 2005, 22:33:00

But I like the idea in general... Any other suggestions?

Hm, I can imagine a workaround, but I'm not sure, if this will not be to "complicated" for usage ... anyway, I try to explain my sudden idea:

You can host the files on somebodys Web site in a protected directory/folder (this simply can be done by adding an access file interpreted by the Web server); for accessing this folder respectively the corresponding URL you have to enter a user ID and a password. Those both information can be shown in a thread within an attached picture, so the information only will be visibile to members; the URL can be public available.

Ok, not the best solution, but a possible one

jr.

Little Jo · « **Reply #9 on:** November 23, 2005, 23:27:35 »

BTW, I would also be interested in your boxes/PDF files. Actually I have/had an "project" idea for which I need several of these boxes. So far I just used the ones that are circulating in the forums (I think, some must have been yours). And I made some for myself, but only some few ones (cf. e.g. here). The few ones had been just enough for this photo, but the other idea I have in mind requires some more boxes -- best a lot of different ones. So maybe there is the possibility to receive some from you. (BTW, if somebody wants, I can make my ones available too.)

jr.