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Discover Industry Engage
Molecule8 Experience Us
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Our Global Select International
Management Campaign Discography Retail Partners
Success
Team 25
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07 Sony®
Formula Global Licensing
Museum 8 Product External
Grade Launch
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Sony®
Licensing
Internal
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Combining
technology and
creativity to deliver
museum-grade
figures.
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Molecule8 is global design house specializing in the production, marketing and Significant investment in
distribution of premium-grade, limited edition collectable figures. licensing, production and creative
talent has been key to our success.
Located in London, Hong Kong and Los Angeles, our global business presence offers
extensive experience working with multinational brands across a broad
spectrum of industries.
With a blend of creative designers, talented artists and skillful engineers, we
immortalize symbolic characters from classic and modern movies and games.
London Hong Kong Los Angeles
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The
entertainment
industry has always
been a home to
pioneers.
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Vijay Chadha (London) Ajay Chadha (Los Angeles) John Lee (Hong Kong)
Founder & CEO President of Sales & Global Marketing General Manager
Career Highlights
Career Highlights Career Highlights Skullcrate Ltd
CI Games S.A. Partiqal Inc Li Hong Design Ltd
Skullcrate Ltd TVGla Beautiful Gate Ltd
Ignition Entertainment Ltd Ignition Entertainment Inc
Our accomplished track record
Julian Glover (London) Kaz Takeshita (Tokyo) spans over 20 years in the
entertainment industry.
Creative Director General Manager
Career Highlights Career Highlights
Spartan Games Groove Inc
Electronic Arts Ltd Ignition Entertainment Ltd
Lionhead Studios Sammy Corporation
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exceptional figures
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MUSEUM GRADE
With its sophisticated digital and traditional pipeline, Molecule8 provides a dynamic approach in producing uniquely designed high-end figures.
Perfect Scale Hyper Realism Precision Tailoring
1:6 (12 inch) and 1:4 (18 inch) Facial and anatomical features are With Marvelous Designer’s innovative
perfect-scale action figures and finely sculpted and hand-painted to software, we design and tailor custom,
multi-layered costumes to precision.
statuettes. ensure realistic skin tones.
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We incorporate premium-grade materials and emerging innovative technologies.
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quality that produces
outstanding figures.
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Our formula combines cutting-edge tech with traditional methodology. Through an iterative practice, we lead the entire Produce & Refine
design, engineering and marketing process to ensure each figure is immaculately produced and extremely collectible.
Source & Assemble
Design Shape Stage With our network of trusted
factory partners, we ruthlessly
Research & Development Prototyping Showcase & Prepare test, review and refine before
From design to sign-off, we We perfect prototypes for and after factory production.n.
We identify key features, carefully sculpt and frame each licensor showcase, sign off and
functionalities and product goals prototype to ensure art and preparation for sales, marketing Enrich
for each figure aesthetics are pristine. and production.
Learn & Improve
Qualify Distribute We listen to our customers
pre-launch and post-launch
Quality Assurance Global circulation reactions to enhance the
Rigorous quality assurance and We use leading logistics firms to consumer experience.
systematic performance testing, optimize distribution through
during production and before major specialist retailer and
distribution. distributor networks worldwide.
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This little Harkyn
went to market.
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GLOBAL CAMPAIGN SUCCESS
Designed to capture the exact likeness and essence of the lead character, Harkyn,
from the Lords of the Fallen video game for PlayStation®4, XBOX ONE and PC.”
Museum Grade Pre Sale Global Launch
1:4 scale replica statuette of Harkyn Designed, engineered, produced and We successfully pre-sold the entire
from the video game Lords of the Fallen. distributed to hit a global street date. limited run of the 6,000 Collector’s
Edition statuettes before launch.
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Our extensive
history includes
entertainment
and retail.
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INDUSTRY EXPERIENCE 50 4.3 140
Million SKUs
Molecule8 is well-versed in game development, publishing, sales, marketing, and Titles Units Worldwide
distribution in the European, North American and Asian markets.
Our track record with Sony®, Nintendo®, Microsoft® and dedicated digital
formats spans across more than two decades.
We have published over 50 titles, shipping in excess of 4.3 million units across
more than 140 SKUs worldwide.
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generations.
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SELECT DISCOGRAPHY We have worked on a wide range
of technologies, genres, intellectual
Published Titles Include: properties and licenses.
Animaniacs El Shaddai: Ascension of the Metatron
PlayStation®2 Xbox Nintendo DS™ PlayStation®3™ Xbox 360
FIFA Soccer Sega International Karate Archer Maclean’s Mercury Blade Dancer Lords of the Fallen
Sega Megadrive PlayStation® GAMEBOY Advance PlayStation® Portable PlayStation® Portable PS4™ Xbox One PC
SNK vs. CAPCOM Jellies
PS2™ Xbox iOS
Zoo Keeper
Nintendo DS™
1993 1999 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2009 2011 2013 2014
Dungeon Keeper 2 Archer Maclean Pool Paradise PoPoLoCrois Muramasa: The Demon Blade Dragons Crown
PC PlayStation®2, Xbox PC PlayStation® Portable Nintendo® Wii PlayStation®3 PSVita™
Metal Slug 3 King of Fighters XII
PlayStation®2 Xbox PlayStation®2
Fable
Xbox
*Full discography freely available on request.
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worldwide.
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GLOBAL PRODUCT LAUNCH
American Japanese European
Release Release Release
Press Release: PSP™ Archer Mclean’s Mercury
Mercury had a sell-through of over Mercury a launch title for the Sony® PSP™
750,000 units at launch
Platform: PSP™ Developer: Ignition Entertainment Publisher: Ignition Entertainment, Sony Computor Entertainment Release Date: 2006
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We create
winning partnerships
with multinational
brands.
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SONY® LICENSING INTERNAL
SCEJ’s PoPoLoCrois™
PoPoLoCrois™ Nominated for RPG
Game of the Year by 1up.com
Press Release: PoPoLoCrois
Platform: PSP™ Developer: Sony® Computer Entertainment Publisher: Sony® Computor Entertainment, Ignition Entertainment Release Date: 2005
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We manage
intellectual property
and ensure it sells
everywhere.
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Ignition licenses Archer Maclean’s
Mercury to Sony® Japan.
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Our international
retail experience
ensures intuitive
go-to wisdom.
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INTERNATIONAL RETAIL PARTNERS
A Selection Of Our Global Partners
North America EMEA APAC
(USA & Canada) (Europe, Middle East & Asia) (Asia Pacific & Oceania)
ĐĐ Amazon ĐĐ Gamestop ĐĐ Toys R Us ĐĐ Amazon ĐĐ FNAC ĐĐ Media Markt ĐĐ EB Games ĐĐ HMV ĐĐ JB Hifi
ĐĐ Best Buy ĐĐ Target ĐĐ Walmart ĐĐ Saturn ĐĐ Danawa ĐĐ JD.com ĐĐ TGBUS.com
ĐĐ Forbidden Planet ĐĐ GAME
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Exceptional
marketing skills
and industry knowledge
make us powerful
retail partners.
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ENGAGE US
Thank you for taking the time to enjoy our presentation.
We always appreciate the opportunity to meet in person to engage in further discussion and build a powerful partnership.
Vijay Chadha Ajay Chadha
Licensing & Creative Design Sales & Global Marketing
[email protected] [email protected]
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