I wrote about what I think about the October date in my last blog at
http://www.chaoticgameplus.com/chaotic_blog_07_08_11_octoberlaunch.htmI'll reprint the related portion of the blog below:
October Launch of Chaotic TCGIf you have been keeping up with the posts in the
Chaotic Forum, you are probably aware that 4Kids is not doing so well in the stock market. Their 4th quarter earnings really slid. Al Kahn by responding to questions about the decline. He gave a positive outlook stating that the decline was from the outlay of money (over $3 milion) to help build the
www.ChaoticGame.com web portal and that things should be looking up for the company. He looked forward to seeing increased revenues due to the hot property of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles and was positive about the launch of the Chaotic Trading Card game. Specifically he stated "We are excited about the much anticipated launch of the Chaotic card game and website, which we expect will occur this October." [source:
WorldScreen.com]
I immediately emailed my contacts at 4Kids, but have not yet heard back from them. Al Kahn is a really smart guy and I do not think that he would misstate something as big as the date. He has probably been so used to saying "Late Summer" that for him to state a specific month had to have been intentional. However, I emailed my contacts just in case for the small chance that he did misstate the date. Okay, so now we have a month to shoot for. No, October is definately not "Late Summer." However, he is probably under a lot of pressure from investors and had to provide at the very least a target month. We kind of figure that the cards themselves are probably ready to be printed or perhaps already printed. The commercials were filmed and ready to go and next season's episodes are already on the Fall 4Kids lineup. From what we have gathered, it must be something to do with the Online Portal. I know a little bit about programming and coding. I speculate that the problem is one of two things, either they are having some issue with the safety (which is extremely important to them) or they discovered a glitch somewhere in the programing that was not backward compatible. This means that they would have to go back and re-write large portions of the code by hand because they cound not make the change universally.
What does this mean for us? Well, we have to wait a little while longer. Personally, I was expecting a late September launch anyway, so a few more weeks is not too far off. The timing is a little strange for a release of this sort because the retailers will not be selling until January which kills the whole Christmas buying frenzy and playing during the winter break for those that cannot get to a hobby store. However, if enough of you are purchasing the games at the hobby/comic shops and all your freinds think it is cool, there might be a huge desire for the game by early to mid December. This could mean that your pack of cards could be worth $50 to $100 or more because you had the forsight to get them and if they are hopefully sold out, there is no other way for gamers to purchase and play until January. I am not sure of how many decks are being produced for the initial release to hobby stores, but I am sure that it is not enough to meet such a demand beyond true fans. If you have the money, you might want to buy two decks just in case. This way you will have one to play and one to sell.
LED
