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@Axl_Sensei

Gaming enthusiast and I refuse to grow out of it. Also I speedrun Battle Network.

Katılım Temmuz 2009
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Anish Moonka
Anish Moonka@AnishA_Moonka·
George Lucas traded $350,000 in directing salary for something Fox executives thought was worthless: the right to sell Star Wars toys. It was 1976. Over 40 studios had already passed on his script, including Disney. Fox only greenlit the project because they wanted Lucas for other films. Nobody at the studio expected to make money on a space opera with no stars, so when Lucas offered to cut his directing fee from $500,000 to $150,000 in exchange for merchandising and sequel rights, Fox said yes on the spot. Movie merchandise was a dead business. Fox had lost money on Doctor Dolittle lunchboxes a decade earlier. They thought they were getting the better deal. Lucas couldn’t even find a toy company that wanted in. Kenner, a division of cereal company General Foods, finally bought the licensing for a flat $100,000. Then Star Wars opened. Between 1977 and 1978, Kenner sold $100 million worth of toys off that $100,000 investment. They couldn’t make enough for Christmas ’77, so they sold empty boxes with IOUs inside, promising to mail the action figures later. Parents paid real money for cardboard and a promise. Nobody around the production saw any of this coming. Alec Guinness, who played Obi-Wan, privately called the script “fairy-tale rubbish.” But he was shrewd enough to negotiate 2.25% of royalties instead of a flat fee. About 20 minutes of total screen time earned his estate somewhere between $50 million and $100 million. Lucas himself was so convinced the film would flop that he offered Spielberg a bet while visiting the Close Encounters set: swap 2.5% of each other’s profits. Spielberg took it. That handshake has paid him around $40 million. And then the money started compounding. Lucas poured his Star Wars profits into ILM, the effects house he’d built for the film. When its computer graphics division got too expensive to maintain, he sold it to Steve Jobs in 1986 for $10 million. Jobs renamed it Pixar. Disney bought Pixar twenty years later for $7.4 billion. Then in 2012, Disney came back for the rest, buying Lucasfilm itself for $4.05 billion. Total franchise revenue today sits around $46.7 billion, over $20 billion from merchandise alone. The filmmaker 40 studios passed on is now worth $5.3 billion according to Forbes. Fifty years ago today, cameras rolled on a desert in Tunisia. The $350,000 pay cut that made it all possible might be the best trade in business history.
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🌺AmyRoser
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Day 62 of drawing every #SmashBrosUltimate characters’ hearts Today we will be diving into the heart of fighter #37: Lucas! #fanart
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Anime Updates
Anime Updates@animeupdates·
'Pokemon' ASH KETCHUM Voice Actor Veronica Taylor talks about Pikachu! The panel was hosted by YouTuber @AbdallahNATION at Megacon Orlando 2026
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Mega Man
Mega Man@MegaMan·
On this day 25 years ago, Mega Man Battle Network launched in Japan, introducing an all new Mega Man in an advanced network society. Experience the lasting legacy of its unique world and combat in just 6 days when #MegaManStarForce Legacy Collection pulses in on March 27!
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Steve Downes
Steve Downes@SteveDownes117·
An honor to have a moment with the great Chuck Norris. I’m glad that fist was pointed AWAY from me! 😆 One helluva guy! He finished every fight.
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ねっぴ
ねっぴ@Wolfang_EXE·
ロックマンエグゼ25周年おめでとうございます!!!!
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RPG Site
RPG Site@RPGSite·
Dragon Quest Builders for Nintendo Switch has gotten its first-ever update following its launch in 2018 with version 1.0.1 out now. It is currently marked unsupported for Switch 2 Compatibility on the eShop: rpgsite.net/news/19930-dra…
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90s Pokemon
90s Pokemon@90sPKMN·
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Fading Skies - WISHLIST ON STEAM
Fading Skies - WISHLIST ON STEAM@FadingSkiesGame·
Super excited to share an exclusive look at different versions of DLSS 5 in Fading Skies! Which one is YOUR favorite?
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Wario64
Wario64@Wario64·
Nintendo 64 8BitDo Wireless Receiver available on Amazon ($24.99) amzn.to/4cVnKla #ad Controller compatibility includes Xbox One, Series, and Elite controllers. PS4/PS5 controllers. Wii U Pro and Switch Pro controllers
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Zach Fuller
Zach Fuller@zachtothefuller·
I think @maximilian_ nailed generative AI right on the head
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Pokémon
Pokémon@Pokemon·
Don't overwork yourself, Ditto!
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sandman
sandman@sandman_AP·
About 20 years ago, when One Piece anime aired on Japanese TV, a broadcast glitch left an extreme close-up of his eyebrow on screen for more than 10 minutes.😭😭 It became a legend among viewers.
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The White House
The White House@WhiteHouse·
MAGA 🇺🇸⚡️
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Amiibo News
Amiibo News@AmiiboNews·
First look at the box art for the Sword Kirby and Noir Dedede amiibo.
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アクセル@Axl_Sensei·
@Protodude do people really think they would reveal a new game in development in an interview?
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