With Skylanders Swap Force being in the hands of Vicarious Visions this year it will be interested to see how they passed (or shared) the mantle of head character designer between them and Toys for Bob, particularly for the Series 3 reposed versions of existing figures.

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Throughout the series, Ms. Wright is neither overly made up nor dressed up in the luscious furs and designer kit that normally grace the type of character she represents.

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Andrew Rosen's father was a bombastic character who played gin rummy with William Holden and pretty much invented designer jeans.

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Others include fashion designer Michael Kors, Segway inventor Dean Kamen, and fictional character Pee-wee Herman.

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To ensure that no character is lost and that the Ritz remains the Ritz, they hired famed designer Thierry Despont to oversee the interior, while retaining original and historic details.

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By seeing the people behind the character creations it turned a big Corporate product into something that game from the hands of an artisan designer.

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Make no bones about it, Stephenson doesn't fancy himself a master game designer, but he set out to create a PC arena game that's light on story and character development, but laser-focused on accuracy.

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