I think the AP has a slightly different background color than the SE. The artist calls it "Toasty Sky". From the pictures, it looks like it is a darker orangey-red color than the show version.
New thing artists charging flipper prices. Good for them. Bad for the casual collector.
i mean I can't blame them if their agreement is to make the art and only get their cut selling APs.
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We can probably all agree that artists getting market value for their product is a good thing. That $ should absolutely go to them as opposed to someone flipping the item on eBay.
But to LouJoe's point, it's bad for the casual collector.
We can probably all agree that artists getting market value for their product is a good thing. That $ should absolutely go to them as opposed to someone flipping the item on eBay.
But to LouJoe's point, it's bad for the casual collector.
Yeah, it can be tough to justify spending $200 on a poster. I'd wager quite a few people have holes in their collection because of this.
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preach! I try to buy posters for the shows I attend. Had no luck at the show and the $200+ for the AP was just too much. Best souvenir is always the bootleg anyway and at least we still have those...
In the meantime, fingers crossed for this to show up in the shop.
We can probably all agree that artists getting market value for their product is a good thing. That $ should absolutely go to them as opposed to someone flipping the item on eBay.
But to LouJoe's point, it's bad for the casual collector.
My dream outcome for this would be for the artists to put their own drops up for auction... They have 200 AP's? 200 highest bids get them and its all transparent on their website so everyone can see who is bidding and what the 200 highest bids are is and decide if they want to bid high enough to stay above #201... Keep the auction open for 24-48 hours so everyone has a fighting chance. I feel like this would take the wind out of the flippers' sails also. Who loses with this?
New thing artists charging flipper prices. Good for them. Bad for the casual collector.
i mean I can't blame them if their agreement is to make the art and only get their cut selling APs.
Same. I don’t blame them one bit but I’m out on AP’s going forward at this price point. Honestly $125 is pushing it for me by the time you add shipping.
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We can probably all agree that artists getting market value for their product is a good thing. That $ should absolutely go to them as opposed to someone flipping the item on eBay.
But to LouJoe's point, it's bad for the casual collector.
My dream outcome for this would be for the artists to put their own drops up for auction... They have 200 AP's? 200 highest bids get them and its all transparent on their website so everyone can see who is bidding and what the 200 highest bids are is and decide if they want to bid high enough to stay above #201... Keep the auction open for 24-48 hours so everyone has a fighting chance. I feel like this would take the wind out of the flippers' sails also. Who loses with this?
As with dynamic ticket pricing, “who loses” is people who can’t afford (or just don’t want to pay) the auction/market price but who want the opportunity, however slim, to buy a limited good at a below-market price. The catch is that if you’re going to make that sort of opportunity available (and to be clear, in both cases I think it’s a good thing to do), it’s going to attract a ton of demand and people will get frustrated about how hard it is to buy.
I like the regular edition over the variant edition on this release.
Me too and I like the price difference even more
It was $337 CDN. I passed.
It's insane.
D- I would be interested in your perspective on the increased cost for AP's and the idea that "artists should get the profit". Do you think that it slows the flipper trade or just causes the flipper prices to increase? Btw...I like the original coloring much more too.
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It was $337 CDN. I passed.
Sort of like the ticket prices. Same concept. Glad I am out of the merch game.
But to LouJoe's point, it's bad for the casual collector.
In the meantime, fingers crossed for this to show up in the shop.
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It's insane.
His sigs are sweet!