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Welcome to the first Emails to the Toy Makers segment. We will take all your letters in and pull a few every now and then. If you would like to write us please use the contact us page at Symbiote Studios web site. 

Our first email comes from Jake in Australia.

Jake: Dear Symbiote Studios. Why do you jerks take so long to put out your toys? I have been waiting over a year for the Sam and Max Symbiotes. If I wasn't in love with the Sam and Max statue, I would have already cancelled. Nothing personal, but this has been a long wait.

Joseph: Thanks Jake for liking and hating us at the same time. It's great to know that you loved our statue. We put a lot of love in its creation. The answer to your question comes down to two main reasons. First, we are a small company. Small companies take longer to make products due to smaller resources. The second reason is that we are perfectionists. We will never put out quick mass market junk. We would rather have the product never hit the shelves than not be the best it can be. I do have good news, as the Sam and Max Symbiotes are coming in September. All those who preordered will receive an email with a $50 coupon towards their next purchase. 

Next up is Paul in New York.

Paul: Hey guys. Why do you show images of Star Wars products, but never sell them on your site? 

Joseph: Although we are lucky (we feel like we landed a super model) that we can make Star Wars products, we are not allowed to sell them direct. We encourage you to buy them from  Star Wars Shop directly. If you, the consumer, buys our stuff, Lucas is happy. When Lucas is happy, we get the privilege to make more stuff for them. Us making more stuff allows us to feed our pet goldfish premium fish food. Mr. Goldfish doesn't like generic and may kill the office if not fed. 

Our final email comes from Maggy G in Toronto.

Maggy G: Yo. Are there any news on fraggles?

Joseph: Yo? Is that a Canadian dialect? Just messing with you Maggy. We are sculpting the Fraggle Rock gang right now and will have it out by December or else a giant corporation will smash us into tiny bits. In short we have to, we want to, we got to!

That's it for the first batch of emails. Make sure to submit your emails to us and you might see them up here next time.

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Our manufacturing submission form has been updated with an email and name field. We kept wondering why we received a ton of submissions with no contact info. It turns out we never added a contact field. That's our bad. If you submitted a request for a manufacturing quote and have not been contacted please resubmit.

The guys at Figures.com have reviewed our soon to be released Sam and Max Symbiotes. Here is a few of their quotes.

"Paint on these suckers are great. I found no issues with either toy. Of course Max is pretty much white but at least his facial features are clean, as are Sam. No complaints here."

"Getting to the sculpts, what can I say? They're cute! I understand that "Symbiotes" usually have a general body type but they're not all conformed to the same mold. Both Sam AND Max are completely different size and different sculpts completely so they are rather unique among themselves, Sam of course being of a smaller body but about the same height as Max from head to toe (sans hat)."

You can check out the entire review at Figures.com.

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Symbiote Studios will be attending PAX Prime 2010 in Seattle Washington. We will be at booth #TCC20 in the Conference Center. If you are going to be attending the show this year we would love to have you stop by and meet us. On sale will be Sam and Max merchandise, Monkey Island items, Jessica Chobot statues and more. Check out the official PAX Prime Site.

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One of the most talented vinyl customizers, Matthew Stephens from California gave us two custom Symbiotes to display at our trade show booth. The customs, show how much you can do with the Symbiote blank canvas. For more information check out Vinyl Toy Freaks.

 

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Symbiote Studios will again be at this year's San Diego Comic Con. We will be at booth #4533 and will be showing awesome Star Wars products that you can buy at the official Star Wars Shop. We will also be showing our new Sam and Max figures.

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We are always making revisions to our products. This is why it takes so long for us to get stuff available for order. Below is an early image of Sam and the revisions we made to him. See if you can tell which one is more accurate. Hint: There are mistakes on both figures.

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As mentioned before we have taken our time on our Sam and Max Symbiotes. We changed the color, shape, added new hands, material and even made the packaging more sturdy. We hope you see that the wait was worth it.

Below is a picture of the rough sculpt for Max. Please note that we are showing this to you in its earliest form. The materials have not been smoothed and no paint has been added. We are showing it to you now so you will be part of the creative process. When you have your Max figure at home you can feel like you knew him every step of the way.

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At Symbiote Studios we are always trying to innovate. We knew that customizers and collectors loved polyresin because it held paint better than vinyl and it allowed a higher amount of detail. The downside was that polyresin did not allow for articulation. Vinyl, on the other hand, allowed for articulation, but did not hold paint as well and had a lower threshold for allowing the sculptor to make accurate designs. Luckily we have come up with a way to keep the articulated nature of vinyl in a durable polyresin toy. Our next wave of products will use this and allow customizers and collectors a new unique experience.

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It’s been a while, but we are ready to give everyone an update on our Sam and Max Symbiotes. We have spent the last two years working hard on adding detail and refining material for this release. We are happy to say that we will be showing the sculpts for Sam and Max at this year’s San Diego Comic Con. Then shortly after we will place the items up for order again.

We would like to thank everyone who has been patient. We will be giving everyone who pre-ordered Sam and Max Symbiotes when they first were announced a $50 gift certificate at our store. If anyone would like to cancel their pre-order and wait until they are posted again all they need to do is email us and request it.

Thanks again and sorry for the wait. I know we take longer than many toy companies, but what we put out is top rate. Every moment you have been waiting has allowed us to make the figures even better.

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