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Post by Lightflame on Oct 20, 2016 16:05:28 GMT -5
I plan to do some digging about the Chinese Warriors fanbase, but unfortunately, I don't speak Chinese. I'm not really expecting anyone here to, but I'm posting just in case anyone knows anything about the Chinese fanbase.
Anyway, the movie will probably be based around the early books in the series, but Alibaba may want to add in some popular characters to it. So if we find out about the Chinese fanbase, we might get some ideas about what Alibaba includes in the movie.
Maybe. Or maybe they won't even look at the fanbase at all, but they might look at the sales numbers for the books. (Then again, a movie needs to make way more money than a book.)
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Post by 𝕡𝕖𝕡𝕡𝕖𝕣𝕞𝕚𝕟𝕥 on Oct 20, 2016 16:09:39 GMT -5
Correct me if I'm wrong, but don't they make Warriors trading cards in China? I don't know anything aside from that.
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Post by Dawnrose on Oct 20, 2016 16:12:45 GMT -5
Correct me if I'm wrong, but don't they make Warriors trading cards in China? I don't know anything aside from that. I was just about to post this. On Wikipedia it says this: ![]() ![]()  It looks like there are lots of cats on the trading cards. Maybe the company will aim to use some of the ones on the trading cards? It also mentions that there are Warriors puzzles and cups. |
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Post by Frozen on Oct 20, 2016 16:15:47 GMT -5
I have Warriors stuff from China! Most people know that already, but the thread that I made when I got the stuff was lost to the old forums  I have some bookmarks. Keep in mind this is during the POT era: Now that I think about it... what if the character designs are based off of these? That'd be pretty sweet. |
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Post by Dawnrose on Oct 20, 2016 16:18:47 GMT -5
FrozenMaybe, that sounds like a really good guess! Also an offtopic question: Where did you get the bookmarks (did you order them offline or actually go to china)
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Post by Frozen on Oct 20, 2016 16:22:34 GMT -5
I got them as a gift from a work client in China. They send my family stuff every year during Christmas, and I'm guessing my parents told them to find something Warriors related for me because I put it on my list.
I have more stuff, too, not just the bookmarks. I've got some pins with other characters as well as some laminated cards.
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Post by Willowheart on Oct 20, 2016 16:28:50 GMT -5
I have Warriors stuff from China! Most people know that already, but the thread that I made when I got the stuff was lost to the old forums I have some bookmarks. Keep in mind this is during the POT era: Now that I think about it... what if the character designs are based off of these? That'd be pretty sweet. Those designs are pretty neat! But why is Spottedleaf a tabby? And where did Squirrelflight's bushy tail go? |
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Post by Frozen on Oct 20, 2016 16:31:23 GMT -5
I have Warriors stuff from China! Most people know that already, but the thread that I made when I got the stuff was lost to the old forums I have some bookmarks. Keep in mind this is during the POT era: Now that I think about it... what if the character designs are based off of these? That'd be pretty sweet. Those designs are pretty neat! But why is Spottedleaf a tabby? And where did Squirrelflight's bushy tail go? Squirrelflight doesn't have her one white paw either. I guess they have inconsistencies too. Also, Brightheart still has both eyes. I'll see if I can post more cats too. I like these designs though. Crowfeather's really slim, Graystripe's super fluffy looking, and Blackstar looks plain awesome. |
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Post by Frozen on Oct 20, 2016 16:33:34 GMT -5
Cloudtail, Brightheart, Silverstream, Tawnypelt, Stormfur, Hollypaw, Jaypaw, and Lionpaw are on these. |
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Post by 𝓣𝓲𝓷𝓾𝓿𝓲𝓮𝓵 on Oct 20, 2016 16:45:42 GMT -5
Speaking of China, I'm not surprised that the series seems to be more popular there than in the West, given all the merchandise.
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Post by Jaysnow on Oct 20, 2016 16:50:50 GMT -5
I just hope the movie isn't in Chinese. Or German.
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Post by *Faith* on Oct 20, 2016 17:44:38 GMT -5
I just hope the movie isn't in Chinese. Or German. Same. |
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Post by Mᴏᴏɴ - - on Oct 20, 2016 18:01:34 GMT -5
They have trading cards, I think. Overall, I think the Chinese merch is beautiful, including the character designs and covers. (I can see that Spottedleaf has a vague "rose-shaped" marking in her fur, which is pretty cool.)
I have a link to the official Chinese site, if anyone wants it.
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Post by Jaysnow on Oct 20, 2016 18:03:04 GMT -5
They have trading cards, I think. Overall, I think the Chinese merch is beautiful, including the character designs and covers. (I can see that Spottedleaf has a vague "rose-shaped" marking in her fur, which is pretty cool.)
I have a link to the official Chinese site, if anyone wants it. I would like it, thanks. |
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Post by Lightflame on Oct 20, 2016 18:06:48 GMT -5
I just hope the movie isn't in Chinese. Or German. Same. Unless it's a live action movie about Firestar's owners trying to find him, I'm going to assume that it will be animated, and can be easily dubbed. If the theatrical release here is a wide release, it will probably be in English. I'd still go to see a Chinese limited release, though. |
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Post by Frozen on Oct 20, 2016 18:44:29 GMT -5
Looking at the website, the Bramblestar's Storm cover is really pretty. Never seen it before.
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Post by Dawnrose on Oct 20, 2016 18:45:54 GMT -5
(goes to the website) Well, this is hard to navigate. It looks cool but I know like no Chinese at all so I'm just looking at the link names. Here's this one page with hilarious illustrations: clickAlso, here's a page with all the cards we were talking about earlier. clickIt seems like there are online magazines??? These must be really popular in the chinese fanbase. click |
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Post by Turin not Torino on Oct 21, 2016 5:59:25 GMT -5
The website with the 3-D cards is Taiwan's version of the books. China has their own separate covers and merchandise. I collect all of it. Here is some of the Chinese merchandise (that hasn't been posted on this thread yet) Chinese Trading Cards  Buttons and Keychains  Playing Cards  Journals  Notebooks  Classmates Book (basically a school day planner)  Pencil Cases   |
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Post by Frozen on Oct 21, 2016 10:45:28 GMT -5
The website with the 3-D cards is Taiwan's version of the books. China has their own separate covers and merchandise. I collect all of it. Here is some of the Chinese merchandise (that hasn't been posted on this thread yet) Chinese Trading Cards Buttons and Keychains Playing Cards Journals Notebooks Classmates Book (basically a school day planner) Pencil Cases Thanks for posting this! I have two of the notebooks, the playing cards, the trading cards, and some of the pins/keychains. Where did you get the other merchandise? All of mine came in a box set. I like those pencil cases. Also, some more merch that I have are envelopes and a notepad. |
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Post by Turin not Torino on Oct 21, 2016 11:38:42 GMT -5
The website with the 3-D cards is Taiwan's version of the books. China has their own separate covers and merchandise. I collect all of it. Here is some of the Chinese merchandise (that hasn't been posted on this thread yet) Chinese Trading Cards Buttons and Keychains Playing Cards Journals Notebooks Classmates Book (basically a school day planner) Pencil Cases Thanks for posting this! I have two of the notebooks, the playing cards, the trading cards, and some of the pins/keychains. Where did you get the other merchandise? All of mine came in a box set. I like those pencil cases. Also, some more merch that I have are envelopes and a notepad. I have the envelopes, notepad, bookmarks, and the stickers that were already posted, it all came in the same box set I believe you have. The rest I bought online from China (Taobao), I found a broker site (Panlishop) where I place the order and ship it to their warehouse, then once it all comes in, they ship it to me. The merchandise itself is cheap, but shipping is ridiculously expensive. I also have the same kind of broker deal with a German (myGermany) and Russian (SetBook) site, and I know of a Korean one, but haven't actually tried them out yet. I have extras of the 3 keychains (Spottedleaf, Hollyleaf, and Tawnypelt) and 6 of the buttons (Crowfeather, Bluestar, Firestar, Bramblestar, Spottedleaf, and Graystripe) as well as an extra set of the trading cards that I attempted to auction online once, but they didn't sell, so I'm thinking I'll wait until closer to Christmas and try again. |
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Post by Frozen on Oct 21, 2016 11:48:43 GMT -5
Thanks for posting this! I have two of the notebooks, the playing cards, the trading cards, and some of the pins/keychains. Where did you get the other merchandise? All of mine came in a box set. I like those pencil cases. Also, some more merch that I have are envelopes and a notepad. I have the envelopes, notepad, bookmarks, and the stickers that were already posted, it all came in the same box set I believe you have. The rest I bought online from China (Taobao), I found a broker site (Panlishop) where I place the order and ship it to their warehouse, then once it all comes in, they ship it to me. The merchandise itself is cheap, but shipping is ridiculously expensive. I also have the same kind of broker deal with a German (myGermany) and Russian (SetBook) site, and I know of a Korean one, but haven't actually tried them out yet. I have extras of the 3 keychains (Spottedleaf, Hollyleaf, and Tawnypelt) and 6 of the buttons (Crowfeather, Bluestar, Firestar, Bramblestar, Spottedleaf, and Graystripe) as well as an extra set of the trading cards that I attempted to auction online once, but they didn't sell, so I'm thinking I'll wait until closer to Christmas and try again. That's really interesting. I bet if you told people here about the auctions, you'd definitely get some buyers. The trading cards are pretty popular from what I've seen. I bet shipping would be expensive... which is why it's hard for me to get international merchandise... that and not having my own PayPal and stuff like that. |
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Post by Turin not Torino on Oct 21, 2016 15:30:16 GMT -5
I have the envelopes, notepad, bookmarks, and the stickers that were already posted, it all came in the same box set I believe you have. The rest I bought online from China (Taobao), I found a broker site (Panlishop) where I place the order and ship it to their warehouse, then once it all comes in, they ship it to me. The merchandise itself is cheap, but shipping is ridiculously expensive. I also have the same kind of broker deal with a German (myGermany) and Russian (SetBook) site, and I know of a Korean one, but haven't actually tried them out yet. I have extras of the 3 keychains (Spottedleaf, Hollyleaf, and Tawnypelt) and 6 of the buttons (Crowfeather, Bluestar, Firestar, Bramblestar, Spottedleaf, and Graystripe) as well as an extra set of the trading cards that I attempted to auction online once, but they didn't sell, so I'm thinking I'll wait until closer to Christmas and try again. That's really interesting. I bet if you told people here about the auctions, you'd definitely get some buyers. The trading cards are pretty popular from what I've seen. I bet shipping would be expensive... which is why it's hard for me to get international merchandise... that and not having my own PayPal and stuff like that. I thought about posting on here when I do put them online again, but I'm worried I won't be allowed to because in the forum rules it said you can't post websites or links or descriptions on how to get to links or anything. I was honestly kinda concerned with just naming the foreign websites in my above post. I completely underestimated the shipping on my last set of Chinese stuff. I was expecting around $80, and it ended up being more like $250 because the bookbags had to be shipped separately and strictly by EMS (don't have pics of those since I don't technically get them until my anniversary next month) and that was WAY more than I expected. Then to top things off, the same week that happened, the German Warriors rings books came up for auction, and I had never even seen those before outside of the wiki page, so I now owe my cats $75 on top of the original debt (2 of my cats are diabetic, so they actually have their own bank account for their meds and needles and stuff). Yes, I have a Warriors addiction. I promise I'm getting better about it, I completely let the auction for the NYCC buttons go without too much sulking (though I suspect those were bought behind my back as a Christmas gift). |
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Post by Dawnrose on Oct 21, 2016 15:39:38 GMT -5
Turin not Torino All of that merchandise is epic! (is jelly of china) They need to make all that merch over here in the US.
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Post by *Faith* on Oct 21, 2016 16:16:07 GMT -5
*Looks at all that merchandise longingly*
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Post by Mᴏᴏɴ - - on Oct 21, 2016 16:48:57 GMT -5
*Looks at all that merchandise longingly* |
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Post by ʀʜʏᴇʟʟᴀ on Oct 22, 2016 10:01:43 GMT -5
My parents are Chinese. If you have a link to a fanbase, maybe I could get them to translate it.
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