Neil, I have Photoshop and can do basically any editing needed. Place a link here of where it is located and I can do the job for you
Ok, all the issues Chris brought up should be sorted out now. I also added the information on the Thunder Warrior comic strip adverts as well. I just need those 2 adverts resizing as thumbnails (I think Manny already watermarked them for me?)
Can you guys let me know if Card Backs and Mail-Away Offers are ok now? (aside from needing to add the 2 ads of course at the bottom of the page)
I’ll get the html ready now on the main page for Dealer catalogues, so we can slot Kyle’s 2 icons he has made me straight in! ![]()
Manny, I need these editing, resizing (main pic and thumbnail) and then watermarking:
http://www.thundercatslair.org/staff/neil/cardback%20scans/
The following 4 images need resizing as thumbnails only! (they are already watermarked)
http://www.thundercatslair.org/staff/neil/Chris%20scans/
Can you resize the 2 comic strips as thumbs to the same size as the Thunder Warrior club Lion-o fact file? Then the 2 printed toy ads need resizing as thumbs to the same size as the old versions are on the current Toy Adverts page.
Once done, can you send ALL these edited pics (even the card back pics) into my staff sub-folder named Chris scans? I can then rename them myself so they will load on their respective pages. Putting everything in one folder makes it easier for me to find. Thanks again Manny!
Email re-sent to that address Neil…not sure what happened then ![]()
Thanks Kyle, just off to check my email.
I’ll try and get Mail-Away Offers and Dealer Catalogues completed fully tonight after Lost.
Manny, could you edit the 2 comic strip adverts first?
EDIT: Got them! Thanks Kyle they look excellent!
Chris here…
Yep, that card backs article is all rectified with the sub-menu looking as it should - fantastic stuff! ![]()
However (here comes “Chris the Nit-Picker” again! ;)), the one thing I did notice just now that was missing from the cardbacks article is the little piece of text along the bottom that says “[SIZE=1]© 2005-2006 Thundercatslair.org. All Rights Reserved.[/SIZE][SIZE=2]” Otherwise, the article is perfect IMO! :)[/SIZE]
I’m so excited to see the adverts text inserted into the Mail Away Offers article, thank you so much Neil!
Once again I’d make just the one comment, that being the Stinger possibly appeared in one more story, from the third UK ThunderCats Annual - I realise now that I neglected to send you a scan from that for you to see for yourself! I’m absolutely shattered tonight, but I will do my absolute best to get that scan to you this evening so that you can judge for yourself!! ![]()
Take care… ![]()
I’m relieved to hear that. It was simply a
being missing that caused it.
That isn’t a problem I can add that easily.
I’d love to see this Chris, but as I said to you when we spoke before, unless this character is referred to in name somewhere in the story then I don’t regard it as definately being Stinger. I also remember you saying the character in the annual being female? Well Stinger was 100% male in the toyline so it isn’t the same character as with the toys. I could add a note to that article at a later date mentioning this annual appearance, but I feel the statements I made are true since that still seems to be the only appearance of the toy version of Stinger.
Chris here…
OK, I looked the Annual up last night and there are a couple of interesting things - first of all, contrary to my memory, the Stinger is named, and there is a male version that’s named!
I won’t break the whole storyline down for you, but the long and the short of it is that these two kids are attacked by “a Stinger”, which Cheetara defeats, but which attracts the attention of a giant Stinger who is the original Stinger’s mother! ![]()
So, IMO you could have a debate about whether the Stinger’s mother qualifies, but the first Stinger that Cheetara defeats is referred to by name and is probably male! ![]()
OK, here are those two pages for you to see, my friend! ![]()
http://www.thundercatslair.org/staff/chris/Stinger%20pages%20for%20Neil/
Take care… ![]()
Thanks for the scans
I’ll amend the text to mention this appearance as well
Yep, that’s definately Stinger. They seem to have used the exact same design as the toy and in hindsight this is most likely the UK comic appearance that people have told me about.
Hopefully we can also mention both the appearances, on The Stinger toy guide page as well.
Chris, will you be putting these pages up in the comic section? The reason I ask is because I’d like to link to them on The Stingers toy guide page. Obviously I can’t host them in the toy section though because they won’t fit. Could you make a mini feature out of them with it being Stingers only appearance?
Chris here…
That sounds like an excellent suggestion - I had no idea when I was reading that UK Annual back in the late 1980s that I was witnessing a rare appearance from such a rare character! ![]()
I hadn’t been planning to, but I suppose I could - I get a bit nervous about reproducing actual whole interior comic pages from published comics in case it gets this site into trouble. Technically under copyright law we’re only allowed to show the covers of comics but need permission to display their interiors. Original comic art doesn’t count because the copyright belongs to the person who owns (i.e., has purchased) the piece, and I don’t count things like those two ads I scanned for you, given that although they take comic strip form they are technically advertisements… ![]()
What I might do is cut out the panel off the bottom of that first page and just show that in such a feature, and also show the other whole page - hopefully the “powers that be” would be cool with that, given that it’s not like someone would be able to read the whole story (or even a decent proportion of it) on our site! ![]()
Take care… ![]()
Yes, I agree that seems like the best thing to do to avoid any copyright hassles.
This pertains to the 1986 catalog. I dont know if he has it or not, and I dont know if anyone wants to deal with him after what happened with Jaga. But I bought my 85 catalog from aewsmith and I think MannyC got his 87 catalog from him, and he has had other unique stuff along those lines also. Maybe we could email him and see (I think I have his email address still or his ebay name). It’s just a thought but it could also be a hassle.
To be honest I think we are best not relying on Adam. Besides, I’m not sure he has it anymore. He did offer it to me, but as usual I couldn’t afford it at the time. I think he then sold it on Ebay, though I’m not 100% certain that was the case.