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Originally Posted by roar
WOW!!! Good for Mondo... good for Moss and good for the poster community, I think this is brilliant.
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Regarding the upcoming Mondo Dark Knight Rises Olly Moss print, I am sure it took some conveying to the studio to allow them to do something timed like that, but yes, it is quite good for the fans out there who really want a DKR print, and to finally say they own an Olly Moss print.
In many ways Mondo is damned if they do, and damned if they don't. They have grown so much in such a short amount of time, yet the print runs haven't grown enough according to some fans, while to the original collectors who were with Mondo from the start, they now have difficulty getting prints what with all the thousands upon thousands of collectors and resellers vying for them. Mondo wants to keep them limited and I totally can understand that, and respect that decision, as they are the ones who started this craze and they are in the drivers seat, but if they were to make all of the prints a timed release, it would probably upset a lot of collectors too, but in some ways, I think after a short while, fans would understand it's the best thing to do for everyone by having a timed release for every print, offering a limited variant for each that retains the "limited" aspect. I don't think Mondo's concern is upsetting the flippers, and rightfully so.
If I ran Mondo, I would make every print from this point forward a timed one-day release, be it a 12-hour window, or a 24-hour window. This would weed out many of the flippers, if not all, and more people could afford them, thus, collect them, and at the end of the day it's all about "collecting". Mondo would not have to worry about overprinting anything because the print size would be based on how many orders would come through during the offering. A 24-hour period is more than enough time for people to get their order in, but as the years go by, there will be more people getting into the hobby, so for some prints, the value of them will rise, but not as fast as they do now, or have in the past.
It's really a win-win for both Mondo and the fans, because people would not have to spend hours in front of their computer for the "random drop", they could simple take their time having all day to get their order in. I think Mondo would actually profit most of all, not only for satisfying more fans than upsetting them, but because if they have a print now that is limited to 250 copies and it sells out in ten seconds, it forces those who can't get it to buy on the secondary market and the reseller gets the big profits. I am not against people who resell, I have done it myself and not afraid to admit it, but in order to satisfy the majority of fans, a timed release would be the way to go since technically it would be a 24-hour release, and would not be as if it it's an open ended release or a 7-day release, etc., so it still retains the "limited" nature of it which is what Mondo has always wanted to achieve. The prints could still be numbered too, no one would know the amount until after the 24-hour window closes, and perhaps some extras would be printed as a "just in case" scenario but the final print run would b announced to fans, and reflect on the numbering for each print, and so forth. For example, if they did a print and it came in at 456 copies sold during the order period, they could just make it an even 500, to have some to fill damage or lost orders, etc. The remainder Mondo could do with what they wish, perhaps do the mystery tubes thing, or charity auctions, etc.
To appease the people who want them to say as "limited editions" Mondo could offer a variant version like they do now, and those could be the random drop ones that people would wait for, the die-hard collectors that want something ultra-limited that not everyone else has, etc. So really in many ways, it's the best of both worlds: a standard edition available for 12 or 24-hours, and a variant edition limited to x amount per-determined in advance like they do now.
So if Mondo is reading this, I had better get my props for giving them this idea, hey, bring me on board too! LOL! I actually have met Justin, and used to speak to him on the phone regularly when a person could actually call in their order. He is a nice guy and he does try hard to make every fan happy.
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Really, it is just speculation, what happens if the movie tanks? Do the prices go down? The fickle public will dictate whether the prices of the poster goes up or down.
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