Beholder in Seattle

[Tewligan]

It's about the price of a nice new car.

Yow! What's it made of? Is it solid? Does it actually turn people to stone and/or hover?

 

[The_Baldman]

I have some nice pictures of it, the troll, and the life-size dungeon tiles at home if nobody else tosses them up I will tonight when I get the kids to bed.

 

[Brown Jenkin]

It is a life size statue made by sculptor Kim Graham. It weighs a few hundred pounds and is made to disassemble for transport in large crates.

It is indeed the same beholder from GenCon.

We are filming a TV commercial and it is the star.

Another one? I don't see why you can't just keep using the one you already have.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bK3m67tpCAI

 

[Baron Opal]

Jenkin, bite your tongue. Err, fingers....

I guess it's time to pay a visit to my daughter in college. "nice to see you too, sweetee. Say, let's get a cup of coffee. No, way across town. Why? No reason. Just herd they had good coffee at Occidental."

Followed by much sighing and eye-rolling as I giggle at the beholder.

 

[OgreBane99]

He came up for the shoot, but also to attend the Seattle Game Day event on June 7. If you want to play a life-sized game against the beholder, you'll get the chance if you're in Seattle.

There's D&D fans in SoCal too!!! Man, we get nothing down here. They even took away our GenCon SoCal.... Why do people hate CA so much?

 

[Transit]

Wow! The stat card that goes with that must be HUGE!



Seriously though, this is a great marketing stunt. They should tour it all over the country, putting it out in unexpected public places. This is the sort of thing local news channels love to send reporters out to cover and get people's reactions.

And every time a group of people walks by and someone in the group asks "What the heck is that thing ?" chances are someone else in the group will answer "a Beholder" and then be forced to admit/reveal/proudly proclaim that they play or used to play D&D.

Bingo! Now you've got people talking about the game with someone who is able to answer their questions about it, maybe discuss the new edition, maybe offer to run a game if anyone wants to try it...

Brilliant! The Beholder has just hooked some new players who didn't realize they had a DM in their midst all along.

The roaming Beholder. Coming soon to a town near you!

 

[copyrite]

Beholder invades the Seattle Public Library, and asks for bus fare.

More photos are on the Adamantine Dragon facebook page.

 

[Thornir Alekeg]

Guy in picture: Sorry I was late, Boss. I was waiting for the bus when a Beholder turned me to stone.

 

[johnnype]

I think it's a great idea and all but as the father of a 3 year old I'll say that this is the type of thing some parents are scared will frighten the daylights of their little one(s). My son doesn't even know what a gun is and thinks monsters are overgrown frogs only seen in storybooks.

Cool but I wouldn't want my kid seeing it.

 

[Tewligan]

Why do people hate CA so much?

Let's see...the traffic, the cost of living, the a-holes, the sprawl, the smog, the lack of seasons...

Sorry, sorry...left there last year, and STILL getting it out of my system!