Merchandise is a thing. And a totally fine thing at that… when done well. T-shirts, I get. Mugs too. Even body pillows, to a point. But a pop-up book for Hearthstone? It’s interesting, I guess… but really?
[referenced url=”https://www.kotaku.com.au/2017/04/how-i-made-legend-in-hearthstone-and-why-its-a-curse/” thumb=”https://www.kotaku.com.au/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2017/04/legend-768×432.jpg” title=”How I Made Legend In Hearthstone” excerpt=”I’m going to say it now: The Hearthstone Legend card back is cursed. It may look tantalising and innocent. All gold. All shiny. But under that gilded exterior lies a deck of sorrows. Either that, or I’ve gone completely mad.”]
Published by Insight Editions and available early November, the Hearthstone Pop-Up Book (actual name) packs five “pops” in its 23.4×27.9cm, 770g frame.
To Blizzard’s credit, it hasn’t gone half-arsed with the productions values, employing former BioWare concept and cover artist Mike Sass for the visuals, as well as “award-winning paper engineer” Simon Arizpe.
According to Amazon US, it’ll retail for $US40.41, or around $55.94 Australian. That said, Book Depository has it for $85, which (sadly) sounds more in line with what I’d expect for us southern hemisphere dwellers.
I realise I’m not the target market for this particular oddity, despite being an avid Hearthstone player in a previous life. But still…
[referenced url=”https://www.kotaku.com.au/2016/05/the-official-world-of-warcraft-cookbookcalls-for-hungry-players-canned-haggis/” thumb=”https://i.kinja-img.com/gawker-media/image/upload/c_lfill,w_768/atnq98urpqpchahvryyr.jpg” title=”The Official World Of Warcraft Cookbook Calls For Hungry Players, Canned Haggis” excerpt=”Coming this October from the author of the official Game of Thrones cookbook, World of Warcraft: The Official Cookbook will have you searching ‘where can I buy canned haggis’ in Google more often than you already do.”]
The Hearthstone Pop-Up Book [Insight Editions]
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