Quoted from frolic:I'd be curious as well about what Pat's involvement in Hobbit is. What was telling was at expo Pat was there and Joe wasn't. Pat was on the panel and also in the group photo.
This is not a negative, the machine needed refinement, and if they were both working there Pat would likely still be offering his input. It's just Joe's exit that was odd.
They can fund one designer and Joe was long gone before EXPO so it's not that much of a surprise