This started as a crazy idea and then maybe it wasn't so crazy. [We are always busy and no matter how cool this idea is we just might never have time.] The idea was to print a small book (32 pages) of "kid stuff" like coloring pages, puzzles, connect the dots, and so forth. SFB players then buy it and give it to their small children to "get them into the hobby early".

This topic is a place for comments and suggestions on such a project. We have already had two artists send in stuff for it and Leanna is doing research.

By Mike Raper (Raperm) on Saturday, August 21, 2004 - 01:11 pm: Edit

Sounds cool to me! Some coloring books follow a vague "story" line; you know, "Mickey and Donald Go to the Fair" or something, with the pictures all about that little story. Not sure if that'd work here. But IMHO, to sell it, you need pics of creatures and people more than ships.

By Les LeBlanc (Lessss) on Saturday, August 21, 2004 - 02:32 pm: Edit

This is definatley a trek in general crossover possibility.

By John Sickels (Johnsickels) on Saturday, August 21, 2004 - 07:59 pm: Edit

My kid would definitely be interested in this. The other day he came home from school having drawn pictures of starships, including a D7 and a C8...not that I could tell the difference in his drawing, but in his mind he was trying to draw SFB ships.

You have a future customer there, Steve.

By Phil Shanton (Mxslade) on Saturday, August 21, 2004 - 08:03 pm: Edit

Connect the dots???

All I can think of when I read that was a picture of a Tholian PC and a Klingon D7 with dots around the D7.

By Loren Knight (Loren) on Saturday, August 21, 2004 - 08:23 pm: Edit

Ya, my kid too. This will be great for the kids and the adult SFBers.

I wonder, has anyone ever had their kid color in the art in their rule books?

By Tos Crawford (Tos) on Saturday, August 21, 2004 - 11:30 pm: Edit

Naah, to have a connect the dots ship the ship has to have a cloak.

By R. Brodie Nyboer (Radiocyborg) on Sunday, August 22, 2004 - 12:23 am: Edit

"Ketrick and Kosnett Go to War" complete with color-by-number references for blood and phaser beams. Heh heh heh . . . get 'em while they're young.

By Loren Knight (Loren) on Sunday, August 22, 2004 - 01:20 am: Edit

Hay Tos that's a good one: "Uncloak the War Eagle" (or Orion).

By Phil Shanton (Mxslade) on Sunday, August 22, 2004 - 01:30 am: Edit

Or connect the dots to find out which seeking weapon your labs identified.

Picture of a viewscreen with a seeking weapon heading toward the ship.

or connect the dots to find out which satallite ship was transported out the hanger.

By michael john campbell (Michaelcampbell) on Sunday, August 22, 2004 - 02:49 am: Edit

Speaking of Weird Ideas...did the master rule book ever get a gag add for Leanna's Fight Starships??

By Loren Knight (Loren) on Sunday, August 22, 2004 - 10:58 am: Edit

Shouldn't that go in the MRB thread?

By Aaron M. Staley (Aaron_Staley) on Saturday, September 11, 2004 - 08:59 pm: Edit

I would buy some of these as they are produced.

By David Slatter (Davidas) on Monday, September 13, 2004 - 10:38 am: Edit

I don't know about this... You would presumably have to breach into an entirely different market. Where are you planning to sell it? Would gaming stores that stock SFB stuff really want to stock this? Maybe a big toy chain?

I just can't see where the outlet would be. It would need to be seen as disirable on a completely different basis, and you would have a major problem plugging it to a presumably already saturated market for kiddies colouring books.

Now, SFB geeks with families may buy it, but would the stores stock it?

By Loren Knight (Loren) on Monday, September 13, 2004 - 12:10 pm: Edit

Mail order and Origins to start and would be enough. With the new printer it's an easy project to print on demend.

By Steve Cole (Stevecole) on Monday, September 13, 2004 - 01:19 pm: Edit

David: It's for SFB players who have kids, not for general retail release, for the problems you cited. It's not a big enough product to bother breaking into those markets.

By Aaron M. Staley (Aaron_Staley) on Monday, September 13, 2004 - 02:58 pm: Edit

And it may help in some ways while trying to introduce the game to new players:

"Well, I have to watch my 4 year old while my spouse is at work."
"It's no problem, I've got some coloring books he/she can use while we play."

By Stanley Kolakowski (Eurthr) on Monday, January 03, 2005 - 10:48 pm: Edit

Loren Knight wrote:

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Ya, my kid too. This will be great for the kids and the adult SFBers.

I wonder, has anyone ever had their kid color in the art in their rule books?

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By Loren Knight (Loren) on Wednesday, August 31, 2005 - 11:11 pm: Edit

I was looking into this old file today and there is a good chunk of work done but I need the other SFU line artists to contact me so we can get more of this done.

The hope was to get this done for last Origin '05 but PD Tholians and other stuff took priority.

Still, I think this is quite doable for Origins '06 if I could get some commitments.

The art needs to be clean coloring book style art so not too much detail. Action shots of Gorns and other races and even Feds would be great. Heavy clean lines please.

Space action would be good but not too complex.

By John Swift (Sirbroadsword) on Friday, May 28, 2010 - 01:21 am: Edit

Well, seems this project curled up and died... Oh well, I'll make my joke anyway...

"Or connect the dots to find out which seeking weapon your labs identified.

Picture of a viewscreen with a seeking weapon heading toward the ship."

Dun der dun...

WHAT'S THAT INCOMING!?

*Pause*

IT'S... A TYPE FOUR DRONE!

[Fiddle-dee-dee!]

Dun der dun...

Edited by J.Sexton to remove Anglo-Saxon "bad" word

By Loren Knight (Loren) on Friday, May 28, 2010 - 01:34 am: Edit

It's not dead, there's just not much to say. Just need to do more art.

By Terry O'Carroll (Terryoc) on Friday, May 28, 2010 - 06:51 am: Edit

A saboted, enveloping type-R would be funnier.

By Jean Sexton (Jsexton) on Friday, May 28, 2010 - 07:50 am: Edit

Guys, no bad words should be on the BBS and especially not in a topic discussing products that could appeal to children.

Jean
WebMom

By Thomas LaMaster (Tdlamaster) on Thursday, October 14, 2010 - 01:10 pm: Edit

I would definantly buy this when you guys release it. One of the ways I got my four year old cousin into superheroes was by buying him a coloring book.

The other day he came over and was playing with some of my superhero action figures, but when he saw my Trek ships on my shelf, he put the figures down and said, "I want to play with those!"

I think he would get a real kick out of coloring space ships.

-Thomas

By jim howard (Noseybonk) on Tuesday, August 05, 2014 - 06:24 pm: Edit

so come on steve/loren you've had 10 years on this now :P
get a move on

By jim howard (Noseybonk) on Tuesday, August 05, 2014 - 06:26 pm: Edit

and include some gasbags (hydrans) please