Advent Calendar (split #5)

Thu Dec 28, 2006 12:42 pm

eilu wrote:the ogrin looked like the rainbow-colored mascot of this brand of striped chewing gum I can't remember what it's called...

Do you mean Fruit Stripe Gum? Loved it as a kid...

Thu Dec 28, 2006 1:09 pm

Why oh why did we have to have antlers "pop" out of the side of the Ogrin's head?

For those who dont know what I'm talking about, watch todays animation.

Thu Dec 28, 2006 4:01 pm

I know it's the holiday season and all, but there's no excuse for artwork that badly done.

I mean, look at it, if you can stand to. The head is way too large and looks like it's just stuck onto the body. The ruff or whatever is oozing off to one side, and that's not a good thing for something that's not supposed to ooze. There's no stuffing or stitches or chibi-propotions or any indication whatsoever that this is a plushie, and not some unfortunately deformed petpet. Poor thing. And poor Ogrins, for getting a mediocre day and then getting a god-awful plushie representation on top of that.

Take it back. Do. It. Over. All the other Ogrin plushies don't look this hideous.

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Thu Dec 28, 2006 4:13 pm

It looks like it was drawn in proportion, then squashed to fit into the tiny square size all items are

Thu Dec 28, 2006 4:28 pm

I thought the animation was rather cute, until the antlers. Too much going on the Ogrin's head. And like I said yesterday, that plushie is a disgrace to Ogrins and plushies everywhere.

Today's advent was not good, not good at all.

Thu Dec 28, 2006 4:50 pm

A furniture item (and a tree at that) plus a plushie? I'm satisfied, even if the art isn't quite up to their normal standard.

At least it wasn't more clothing

Thu Dec 28, 2006 4:55 pm

I agree the tree is lame

However, I love the plushie! I think is really cute!

*cuddles*

I also liked the animation...guess I'm in the minority today!

Thu Dec 28, 2006 5:00 pm

I liked it. The wee ogrin was cute, in an oldskool way.

Thu Dec 28, 2006 5:10 pm

Mnemosyne wrote:At least it wasn't more clothing

....this is very true. Good point!

And I know I really shouldn't complain about free stuff. But it's just that I've seen Neopets do much better artwork, even under pressure, and anything that just looks lazy and thrown together like that just kind of irritates me. Even a colorfill of one of the existing Ogrin plushies would've been much cuter, IMHO.

I did like the tree and today's animation, though. Forgot to mention that in my last post.

Thu Dec 28, 2006 5:36 pm

Mnemosyne wrote:A furniture item (and a tree at that) plus a plushie? I'm satisfied, even if the art isn't quite up to their normal standard.

At least it wasn't more clothing

And at least we got Neopoints

Thu Dec 28, 2006 6:43 pm

Wierd i never knew christmas was the 28th...

Thu Dec 28, 2006 8:50 pm

adampate06 wrote:Wierd i never knew christmas was the 28th...

Umm... what? o__O

Thu Dec 28, 2006 9:13 pm

I think TNT gave out a Christmas Ogrin Plushie because you can paint an Ogrin Christmas now... o_O

Thu Dec 28, 2006 9:47 pm

When you put the tree in your house it looks like a table..

...

And its a holiday tree. I better get out my Valentines day tree then, too!

Thu Dec 28, 2006 10:26 pm

Ugh, worst prizes yet this year I think. The tree is ugly, and that plushie... what were they thinking, who drew that, and why weren't they fired?

I don't care that it's a plushie and it was free, I'm not keeping it for my collection.

Also, my book disapeared just as I was about to put it in my SDB. >.> Grr, I hope it comes back!