An Insomniac Games forumite named Paul Grzelak recently completed the labor of love you see above -- a stainless steel Scrabble tile set using the Lombax language from the Ratchet & Clank series. The set came about as a collaboration between Grzelak and Insomniac's Paul "Pacman" Haile -- a collaboration that not only resulted in the tiles seen above, but also in the formalization of the Lombax language, for which Grzelak received an in-game credit in A Crack In Time. Neat story, right?
If you were hoping to get your hands on a set of these tiles for ... some bizarre reason, you're out of luck. Grzelak only made 25 sets, one of which went to Insomniac. We'd be willing to bet the other 24 are still proudly displayed in his swingin' bachelor's pad.
[Thanks, Steliosco]
Reader Comments (13)
Posted: Jan 12th 2010 4:52PM Jordan94jb said
Sorry, but again, Joystiq is so slow. This is day old information.
Posted: Jan 12th 2010 4:59PM wocyob said
thats pretty awesome stuff.... wish i could do awesome work like this
theres sooo much video game objects i like to recreate
theres sooo much video game objects i like to recreate
Posted: Jan 12th 2010 5:04PM s ls said
do want!
Posted: Jan 12th 2010 5:07PM chromekreeper said
he rekindled my love of scrabble, using my love of video games.
you sir, get an internet high five!
you sir, get an internet high five!
Posted: Jan 12th 2010 5:28PM (Unverified) said
If my lombax translation is correct he has no words.
Posted: Jan 12th 2010 5:31PM (Unverified) said
I wonder how many people at insomniac actually know how to speak lombax...
Posted: Jan 12th 2010 5:48PM MrXile said
Looks cool, would be a nice gaming collectors item to own, that's for sure.
Posted: Jan 12th 2010 6:16PM doc j said
Interesting to me what we chose to mock. In this little microcosm of the Internet it is perfectly acceptable for someone to spend an extra $100 dollars on cheap night
vision goggles, but only a nerd would want Lombax Scrabble.
vision goggles, but only a nerd would want Lombax Scrabble.
Posted: Jan 12th 2010 6:30PM uncaho said
Grzelak? Isn't that the name of one of the Agorians?
Posted: Jan 12th 2010 9:37PM Kattleox said
I was just going from bookmark to bookmark and didn't realize that I was at Joystiq, so logically I was confused when I read "hardcore ratchet fan". What kind of tool is a hard-core ratchet fan anyway?
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