Rumor has it, that an Animorphs 2.0 might be in the works...with Scholastic!

[ThinkAgain]

I wonder if this means that someday my somewhat worn, yet still complete, original Animorphs collection will be super valuable. I'm not selling, by the way  

I was a library reader back in the day. The only hard copies I have are the ones the library didn't have, lost, etc, which totals to four books.

I wish I had the hard copies, but I don't honestly plan to re-buy the entire series. If it's about $8 a book, which is around what I expect, it will be over $480 for the entire new set. I love Animorphs, but I'm not willing to drop almost five hundred dollars to get something that I've already read.

[Chad32]

I think I remember it being between $4.00 and $4.50 when I was buying them. I live in Alabama USA, so it could be different in other areas.

[ThinkAgain]

That's true. But the dollar isn't worth as much as it used to be. And, if weathel was right about the covers, it will be a dollar or two more per book - not a lot unless you consider that there's over 60 books.

[Darth Revan]

But if they release them incrementally, it won't be so bad.

[Myitt]

7 bucks a month won't be so bad.  I used to spend more than that on World of Warcraft and I care way, way more about Animorphs...but...y eah, since it is something I already have read and own...I dunno.  We'll have to see I guess x3

[throwaway_gull]

On the other hand, will the books sell to today's kids when they're filled with references that were originally meant for kids of the mid-90's? I'm not sure how many youngin's these days will get/care about Hansen references, or understand who Jason Jeremy McCole is supposed to be. However, if it was Mack Teflon or something...

i had to google that name. this website is less cool because his presence was invoked.

[Darth Revan]

Anyway, yeah, I spend $4.17 a month on Xbox LIVE, so it'd be almost the same deal.

[Acalio-Laron-Jaham]

about the pop-culture references issue, it shuldnt be too hard to fix. all they have to do is simply edit which books in the series which has them. They have people whose sole job is this editing business at scholastic.

What i hope they don't change is the chacracters and creatures.
 

[Dameg]

If they make new covers, I hope that somebody will scan all of them ^^ Think about people who already have all the old set...

[voodooqueen126]

I will just buy the ones I don't have, even if they don't have the same covers.

[TheFearlessLeader]

Wow...this is incredible news.

I thought years ago that Animorphs (as a new merchandise type thing) was dead.

I had long hoped for a revival of the series, but after reading through this thread and seeing other people's opinions, I'm not so sure it will be received well.

I know I for one would not want ANYTHING to change about the original series. It literally altered my life from age 9 to 14 or so.

I wouldn't mind a continuation of the series, explaning that the One is really just a pawn of Crayak and that the Ellimist also has a few tricks up his sleeve to help the Animorphs out. It would have to include new main characters of course, since Ax and Rachel would be gone, Cassie would be on Earth still, etc.

However, to find out that the Animorphs are still needed in battles across other planets, helping to save entire species and races, would be pretty neat. They would battle it out and receive some extra powers in order to compete with Crayak's drones.

The series at that point would have to conclude with a final battle or a few final battles that would effectively end the war between Crayak and Ellimist, with one side winning their "Game" and the other taking his own life. Then the Animorphs can have a finite end.

That would be cool in my opinion.

[Chad32]

I don't know if I've said this before, but I'm not even certain KA really needs to be a part of the series 2.0. What I mean by that is judging from the way she did the ending, it's obvious to me she didn't care enough about the actual series and characters anymore. Only telling her message through the series. I would only care to have her back if she was going to totally devote herself to it. No running off to write a new series in the middle and getting ghostwriters to do it. And no tearing it apart so that things match her message and then getting crabby when most of the fans rage at her.

I will be happy to have her on if she really focuses and does it like it was done in the first half. But if she's going to do it like she did it in the end then we don't need her.

[Dameg]

You (not only you, Chad, of course) seem to be very angry against KA ^^'
I was also angry against Anne Rice 'coz she sold the rights for the 2nd "movie" (Queen of the Damned) and it was a s*** >_< I was so angry... but everybody do mistakes...

[Chad32]

I am mistrusting towards her. Though I guess she should be given a second chance, judging from Everworld and Remnants it seems she isn't very good at ending series or sticking with them to the end.

[AcreLorraine]

Well let's not turn this into a critique on books end.  Though I do doubt she'd be willing to return to it anyway.