On Monday, January 3, 2022 at 12:55am EST, MetaZoo Games founder Michael Waddell started up another MetaZoo Hour on the official MetaZoo Discord server.
There were a total of 122 MetaZoo related questions & 4 personal/unrelated questions that were asked by members of the MetaZoo Discord community, and the answers all came directly from Michael Waddell himself; unless otherwise stated.
As always, we’ll start off with the MetaZoo-related questions first, in the order that they were received, and then move onto the personal questions afterward. Try searching for things such as “Wilderness” or “NFT” to narrow-down the results. It all works dynamically. 🙂
Michael Waddell at 12:55am EST:
@everyone MetaZoo Hour is now! Ask me anything in 📝-metazoo-chat !
MetaZoo Questions
We are hoping to release plush!
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Yes, released end of this week.
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Yes they have 2nd edition on them.
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They are being sent out.
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Between Wilderness and UFO, we are hoping.
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Working on it!
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No!
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2.5k I think.
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As we can get to them. 🙂
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WL wen?
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2.5k-5k.
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Nope, something more special.
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Early Feb, or should we do it sooner?
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uwuw.
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Should start being shipped this week!
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You mean 2.3k custom arts? lol I wouldn’t do that to our already overworked artists!
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Final run. We are thinking for future 2nd editions we make the print run exclusive to special products released in Walmart, Target, Gamestop, etc…
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Mid Jan?
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Around Wilderness!
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Tomorrow!
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Working on it!
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Yup, physical copies will lag behind digital!
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We might do an NFT exclusive release, but it won’t ever be core product needed to play.
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Working on it!
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We will expand the artist team based on our needs. 🙂
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Thinking Christmas 2022!
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Thinking the deadline will be end of Jan!
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Still looking into this, and where we want to plant them!
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We already have distribution in Hong Kong! But yes, Yokai Island should have releases in Asia as well!
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Almost all of the boxes are recyclable, but not the booster packs.
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Some will be put into the reserve list.
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Working on adding limits per token!
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Feb 1st!
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Yes.
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He’s always open to! We make the assignments public for every artist to sign up. 🙂
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5 and 10 year celebrations (lol) will have very special products associated with them!
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Working on it with Steve’s team. 🙂
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Chapter 4 is this week!
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Maybe!
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🙂
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Have about 6 projects in the works right now. 😉
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Yes with the upcoming Wilderness set!
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Finishing the illustrated story has to be up there!
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Upgraded!
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Would love to see gameplay strategy videos!
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Loving what you all are doing so far! Error tracking would be cool.
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Not right now, we don’t want a rarity explosion.
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🙂
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Going to focus on the current genesis and token lines for now. 🙂
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Yes.
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Second half of March.
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We won’t put cards on the reserve list that are mechanically unique.
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Up to our new distributors!
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Not a bad idea.
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Target, gamestop and then medium box stores.
Dave & Busters…
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Yes!!
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We are already doing this actually!
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Future Topps products will be physically distributed to their network.
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Yes.
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2021 Fan Art Blisters are being printed this month, we will do another fan art contest in April 2022.
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All supposed alien activity might just be time travellers THINK ABOUT IT.
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Base set of each block.
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I like this idea.
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Many, many patrons have gotten their medals.
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I like this idea too!
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bing bong.
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Wind, saving it for Yokai Island.
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Yes, they are in production.
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February, Collect-a-con!
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Yes, but we are quite clever.
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Dual, yes!
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Right now we are focused on our current NFTs, don’t want to turn our backs on them!
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It’s an idea we are playing around with.
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New medals are coming.
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Let’s turn this comment into an. NFT.
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Working on it as we speak!
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We are up to 35 employees.
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Going for weekly digital release now!
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Announcement coming soon.
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No, he’s a tool left over, just like Mothman and the Grim Reaper.
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Wilderness, but in an unexpected way.
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Have you tried another mask?
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Working hard on an answer for this.
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Australia’s shipping is absolutely crazy right now. We are doing our best.
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Eventually, yes why not!
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That’s certainly a goal for when we grow larger!
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In Grimm’s Kingdom!
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@Chaos Crystal Enthusiast (Head of Product)
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In an exclusive box with an exclusive promo.
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Jan 24th is the projected date!
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Topps has been pretty poggers.
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I think we can eventually work up to this!
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@Kevin C. @damienhardy
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We have quite a few Beastie Ambassadors that will be revealed this month.
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Crystal double die gold dipped sparkle dragon rainbow Mothman mutant.
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Building our own as we speak!
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Feb 1st.
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Yes.
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@Kevin C. @⛄ SrSinclair⛄
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Q3 2022 if all goes according to plan!
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Gary Busey as Sam Sinclair, Danny Devito as Indrid Cold.
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Our team is working on it and a retrospective on our amazing first big tournament will be released this week!
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Free holiday product in perpetuity.
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I like this idea!
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Different distributors I’m guessing.
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I’M NOT DONE YET.
LET’S KEEP IT GOING.
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[“Shhhhh” .gif]
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So far, people seem to like the promos and they seem justified. Let’s all have fun.
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Finalizing the MVP of our OP Network today.
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Would love to work with LEGO!
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Oooo let me talk to him about that.
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Oh yes.
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Already done, 😉
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Yes. – Answered by @Chaos Crystal Enthusiast (Head of Product)
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Which one?
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Frost and Water slammin, when people who only ever played for 5 minutes using CN cards still harp on those Auras being unplayable.
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Seance.
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I think one with PSA just came out.
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Personal Questions
Yes, stayed inside due to omicron.
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Only if there is chocolate chips.
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DAOC/WOW.
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Yes.
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Michael Waddell at 2:07pm EST:
OK THANK YOU EVERYONE! GREAT START OF THE YEAR! Enjoy the rest of your day. 🙂
This concludes what we’ve learned from the January 3rd, 2022 MetaZoo Hour! A total of 126 questions were answered.
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