Movie Posters Discussion Thread

[roar]

Originally Posted by Nelfien

Do you know the latest they have dropped a print. All the ones I have gotten were by 1115 central

They dropped Ken Taylor's 20,000 Leagues around 2:30-3:00PM EST I believe. That's the latest I recall.

Earliest drop I recall was Captain America, that was like at 9:30AM EST... it was awesome! Oh the crying that ensued about how unfair life was for all the west coast fans! It was pure chaos!

[Kinsella5]

Originally Posted by Nelfien

Do you know the latest they have dropped a print. All the ones I have gotten were by 1115 central

I don't know why I think this, but I believe the True Grit one by Aaron Horkey dropped after 10:30am pacific time once. Not many but I think a few prints have dropped late in the morning (pacific time). But the flip side is, some have dropped very early in the morning for the west coast people too, I think the Stout Captain America ones dropped around 7:20am pacific time which upset a lot of people on the west coast.

I think what is safe is 2 hour window to be generous, from 8am-10am pacific time (which is 10am to 12pm central). I will be surprised if the Ansin metal drops after 10:15am pacific time, it's already 9:30am here, it will probably drop within the half hour but then again, it may not.

I think Roar is right, I think that 20,000 Leagues Taylor one was one of the ones that dropped the latest.

[Kraken]

Originally Posted by Kinsella5

I don't know why I think this, but I believe the True Grit one by Aaron Horkey dropped after 10:30am pacific time once. Not many but I think a few prints have dropped late in the morning (pacific time). But the flip side is, some have dropped very early in the morning for the west coast people too, I think the Stout Captain America ones dropped around 7:20am pacific time which upset a lot of people on the west coast.

I think what is safe is 2 hour window to be generous, from 8am-10am pacific time (which is 10am to 12pm central). I will be surprised if the Ansin metal drops after 10:15am pacific time, it's already 9:30am here, it will probably drop within the half hour but then again, it may not.

I think Roar is right, I think that 20,000 Leagues Taylor one was one of the ones that dropped the latest.

I still feel the drops should be that random because it should keep the flippers off them. I guess.... mainly the morning drops.

[roar]

Originally Posted by Kraken

I still feel the drops should be that random because it should keep the flippers off them. I guess.... mainly the morning drops.

Agreed... I have no problem with completely random drop times. The hard core people have their refresh monitors running all day, no stopping that. My biggest beef with the whole process is that Mondo hasn't put a captcha in place. It is the easiest thing to do and keeps the script kiddies out of it. There is not a single doubt in my mind that there are plenty of scripts being run to obtain these prints and with no captcha to stop them they are just about guaranteed to land one.

[lpnaz480]

Originally Posted by roar

Agreed... I have no problem with completely random drop times. The hard core people have their refresh monitors running all day, no stopping that. My biggest beef with the whole process is that Mondo hasn't put a captcha in place. It is the easiest thing to do and keeps the script kiddies out of it. There is not a single doubt in my mind that there are plenty of scripts being run to obtain these prints and with no captcha to stop them they are just about guaranteed to land one.

Same with Bigcartel. They literally vanish I thin air before the site actually loaded th entire release.

[Kinsella5]

Originally Posted by roar

Agreed... I have no problem with completely random drop times. The hard core people have their refresh monitors running all day, no stopping that. My biggest beef with the whole process is that Mondo hasn't put a captcha in place. It is the easiest thing to do and keeps the script kiddies out of it. There is not a single doubt in my mind that there are plenty of scripts being run to obtain these prints and with no captcha to stop them they are just about guaranteed to land one.

I have no problems with random drops, for the most part Mondo drops them within about a two hour window each time which is something collectors should appreciate it because they could very well drop them at any point during the day, and I would not be surprised if they do that one day, but you never know. Most of the stuff that has been coming out doesn't do it for me either and I do feel for the most part, the flipping aspect is pretty much gone, only a small handful of prints can you actually flip and profit from, a lot of them you can't, and it's because of the larger print runs, which tend to upset some, and for others is a relief because more people can then add them to their collection.

I would not be surprised if Mondo makes everything a timed release, maybe for a six hour window, or a 24 hour one, or even longer like the Man of Steel one. This still means they are limited in nature, but appeases everyone who wants one, and then it will pretty much kill off the flipper market.

The amount of money made from this release is going to be staggering, most probably will go to the studio, but Mondo will be reaping a good chunk too. And a large number of fans should be happy because they have three days to order one.

[roar]

Well a man has got to eat I'm outta here, good luck to anyone trying.

[Kinsella5]

Originally Posted by roar

Well a man has got to eat I'm outta here, good luck to anyone trying.

You should give it 11 more minutes....I think by 10:05am pacific time they will be up and sold out. LOL!

[Nelfien]

I need to eat too

[lpnaz480]

Man vs drop. Can the new Bear Grylls hold out long enough to get the drop before he drops from starvation. ** pilot episode **

[Kraken]

Originally Posted by Nelfien

I need to eat too

I'm with you on that one, too.

[Nelfien]

I think another 20 mins and I will settle for the regular.

[CdnBlu]

Mondo what the hell is your deal today?!

[Kinsella5]

Originally Posted by Nelfien

I need to eat too

I need to shower actually. I did notice that eBay buyers finally got wise regarding the standard Man of Steel Ansin, sellers are all trying to compete with one another which is driving the prices down, some buy it now's on there for about $85 or so. Since each print is $65 shipped for domestic buyers, at $85-90 a print, there is a few dollars profit at best when taking into consideration the eBay and Paypal feels. If people are that hard up to go through all of that for a few bucks, more power to them. At least word spread fast that people can get them for $50 through Mondo this weekend. Still, eventually down the road, someone can probably resell for $100 if they wanted, but I can't see them fetching much more than that. Collectors should be quite happy with that release.

[Kinsella5]

Originally Posted by CdnBlu

Mondo what the hell is your deal today?!

They are making people wait that's for sure. I was way off on my times. Out of the 130 produced though, I think only 100 are being sold though, correct?

[Kraken]

Originally Posted by Kinsella5

They are making people wait that's for sure. I was way off on my times. Out of the 130 produced though, I think only 100 are being sold though, correct?

Holding back for what gallery? or APs?

[lpnaz480]

Originally Posted by Kinsella5

I need to shower actually. I did notice that eBay buyers finally got wise regarding the standard Man of Steel Ansin, sellers are all trying to compete with one another which is driving the prices down, some buy it now's on there for about $85 or so. Since each print is $65 shipped for domestic buyers, at $85-90 a print, there is a few dollars profit at best when taking into consideration the eBay and Paypal feels. If people are that hard up to go through all of that for a few bucks, more power to them. At least word spread fast that people can get them for $50 through Mondo this weekend. Still, eventually down the road, someone can probably resell for $100 if they wanted, but I can't see them fetching much more than that. Collectors should be quite happy with that release.

The last limited time drop was Moss TDKR right? If so you can now find them at cost or lower so I am sure 6 months down the road same thing will happen with these.

[Kinsella5]

Ok, an update to the "Guess the Martin Ansin Man of Steel Timed-Release Print Run" contest. Decided to nix the donations/prize for the winner, felt it was probably violating some sort of rule here as it could have been looked up on as gambling. So the winner will get bragging rights only.

Here are the members and their guesses of what the standard print run will be. If you want to play along, just post your guess and I will update the list. You can guess up until 10pm pacific time this Sunday evening as that is when Mondo stops taking orders.

If you want to change your guess, today (Friday) is the only day you can do that. Maybe later down the road we can find some prizes for future contests but for now, you can be the king bragger if you guess within 100 prints over or under.


Here is the current "guess" list so far:

Guiness7 (7500)
Hellboy (5000)
Trashstar (13,750)
Kinsella5 (14,738)
Househead (16,666)
CdnBlue (11,635)
Adam_WM (17,876)
Lpnaz480 (15,325)
grooveska (12,150)
roar (9966)
orbital (11,832)
nelfien (19,390)
Kraken (10,796)
Pistol Pete (16,913)
Bobaj (4750)

[Kinsella5]

Originally Posted by Kraken

Holding back for what gallery? or APs?

I don't think AP's are made for the metal prints, I could be wrong, but I don't know of any metal AP's in the past, I can't imagine that changing, but you never know. I had heard a rumor than 100 of the 130 were being offered, but again, consider it a rumor. If only 130 are made, and no AP's, then I would imagine some at Mondo would want one, some who work on the film would get one, and the artist would get some as well, so that would mean technically not all 130 would be available for purchase during today's drop.

[Kinsella5]

Originally Posted by lpnaz480

The last limited time drop was Moss TDKR right? If so you can now find them at cost or lower so I am sure 6 months down the road same thing will happen with these.

Yes the Moss one was the first timed release, this Ansin is the second and I agree, there will be the ability to get these MoS standard at or close to cost for quite some time.