Ex-Rare artist and father of Mumbo-Jumbo, Ed Bryan, posted this vine of some of his concept art of Gruntilda’s machine for Banjo-Kazooie. It’s been a great too see all this early work coming to light to celebrate Rare’s 30th. Hope there is more to come.
Oh, dear, is that a dear? Rare founder Tim Stamper posted this gem on Twitter today. Its nice to know the gold was there even at the beginning. I actually like this one a tab better then the purple logo that most think of when talking about 1980’s Rare. Thoughts?
Ex-Rare employee Kev Bayliss posted this early design on Twitter today. Looks like Jo was nearly a blonde! What do you guys think? Glad the went with the final design? or is this one better?
No 13: We entered this into the 08 #flugtag while making #rarereplay Banjo Nuts & Bolts. Sadly never got in. pic.twitter.com/Cy6lZNRN4f — Gregg Mayles (@Ghoulyboy) June 30, 2015 Assuming Gregg is serious, a shame this never happened. That would have been a “Rare” site to behold.
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