Ojobenito
Well-Known Member
Hi guys!
I'm the one who made the image/guide that was posted on the mattycollector forums (and now here).
I just wanted to write a couple of things. First, I want to thank everyone who took a look at my image and made comments about it.
Second, I want to clarify a couple of things. It has been said that I got some errors on the guide because I just compared some things with the stunt board and not the hero board (the Hover and Board words' spacing, for example), but I have a reason for it.
Bob Gale showed Mattel people a couple of hoverboards. One of them was a stunt board for long shots. No velcro, less detail, and even no bottom part with the magnets and all of that. The other board may be a stunt-type board, but it was used for close shots. It's much more detailed, with velcro on the green and red/pink stripes, the bottom part was complete, etc.
In my opinion THAT is the hoverboard that must be "valid" for Mattel. They may or may not know about the existence of the hero board and its differences with the stunt board. But Bob Gale show them a very detailed original hoverboard (stunt type), and that is what should have been the reference for Mattel. Bob Gale showed them that hoverboard and Marttel people measure it and took notes about how it is made (with velcro, the battery pack, the spacings, etc)
So, in my opinion, the hoverboard that must be made is the hoverboard like the one Bob Gale showed them. So, the spacings in the letters should be there, the honeycomb pattern must be scaled down, the velcro applied, etc), even if the hero board was different. Mattel shouldn't even know about those boards.
What I can't understand is how they screwed up things that were properly done on the prototype version, it was the same on the originals, and after seeing the originals, Mattel changed it, like the holes in the battery pack. It has no explanation to change it if it was ok on their prototype.
Well, I won't put my hopes on Mattel delaying the product to fix it. I really think that the sdcc version under the display was the final model (yes, even with the non-holographic sticker that they promised on the video) and all of this we've done is useless, but.... Hope is the last thing to lose.
Thanks for reading!
I'm the one who made the image/guide that was posted on the mattycollector forums (and now here).
I just wanted to write a couple of things. First, I want to thank everyone who took a look at my image and made comments about it.
Second, I want to clarify a couple of things. It has been said that I got some errors on the guide because I just compared some things with the stunt board and not the hero board (the Hover and Board words' spacing, for example), but I have a reason for it.
Bob Gale showed Mattel people a couple of hoverboards. One of them was a stunt board for long shots. No velcro, less detail, and even no bottom part with the magnets and all of that. The other board may be a stunt-type board, but it was used for close shots. It's much more detailed, with velcro on the green and red/pink stripes, the bottom part was complete, etc.
In my opinion THAT is the hoverboard that must be "valid" for Mattel. They may or may not know about the existence of the hero board and its differences with the stunt board. But Bob Gale show them a very detailed original hoverboard (stunt type), and that is what should have been the reference for Mattel. Bob Gale showed them that hoverboard and Marttel people measure it and took notes about how it is made (with velcro, the battery pack, the spacings, etc)
So, in my opinion, the hoverboard that must be made is the hoverboard like the one Bob Gale showed them. So, the spacings in the letters should be there, the honeycomb pattern must be scaled down, the velcro applied, etc), even if the hero board was different. Mattel shouldn't even know about those boards.
What I can't understand is how they screwed up things that were properly done on the prototype version, it was the same on the originals, and after seeing the originals, Mattel changed it, like the holes in the battery pack. It has no explanation to change it if it was ok on their prototype.
Well, I won't put my hopes on Mattel delaying the product to fix it. I really think that the sdcc version under the display was the final model (yes, even with the non-holographic sticker that they promised on the video) and all of this we've done is useless, but.... Hope is the last thing to lose.
Thanks for reading!