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gently caress, missed out on the Sleeping Beauty one and they are already 200 bucks on ebay. loving hell/
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uPen posted:24 pooh posters up on ebay for $100-200. I'm almost certain that Mondo does this themselves in order to extract more money from people. They drat sure could take measures to prevent their inventory from being cleaned out immediately by click-bot resellers, and the fact that they don't combined with already transparent attempts to create scarcity for profit is damning.
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Mar 11, 2014 18:42
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LeJackal posted:I'm almost certain that Mondo does this themselves in order to extract more money from people. They drat sure could take measures to prevent their inventory from being cleaned out immediately by click-bot resellers, and the fact that they don't combined with already transparent attempts to create scarcity for profit is damning. If I was Mondo I would have the posters 'sell out' immediately and have 'resellers' appear on eBay at massive costs. Nothing's better for profit than artificial manipulation of supply and demand.
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Mar 11, 2014 18:46
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LeJackal posted:I'm almost certain that Mondo does this themselves in order to extract more money from people. They drat sure could take measures to prevent their inventory from being cleaned out immediately by click-bot resellers, and the fact that they don't combined with already transparent attempts to create scarcity for profit is damning. Then why not just raise the price and take advantage of supply and demand economics themselves instead of doing it through eBay? There is clearly enough demand for their fanart posters that they could increase the price 33-50% and still sell out. What I'm saying is that your conspiracy makes no sense.
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Mar 11, 2014 18:52
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Hbomberguy posted:If I was Mondo I would have the posters 'sell out' immediately and have 'resellers' appear on eBay at massive costs. Nothing's better for profit than artificial manipulation of supply and demand. That is exactly what I am suggesting they are doing. Irish Joe posted:Then why not just raise the price and take advantage of supply and demand economics themselves instead of doing it through eBay? There is clearly enough demand for their fanart posters that they could increase the price 33-50% and still sell out. Is there enough demand to support a price increase straight from them? How much does the scarcity drive demand versus the demand driving scarcity? If they are just that intrinsically popular then sure, but if making them rare is the core of their scheme (and the artificial scarcity is) then acting as their own resellers is right on course with that line of thinking. Maybe they are jacking up their prices in a stupid and convoluted way, but as we've seen from some of their offerings they love stupid and complicated poo poo. LeJackal fucked around with this message at 19:05 on Mar 11, 2014 |
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Mar 11, 2014 19:03
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I thought about it earlier and I think the model is sound. Yeah you're going to have to deal with a good portion of what are essentially poster scalpers, but keeping the price lower than the market does three things: keeps the posters affordable, ensures that virtually everything sells out, and keeps the Mondo "brand" strong. If they try to raise their prices too aggressively, and posters start not selling out, they jeopardize their momentum (and risk sacrificing long-term success for short-term profits). Keeping the price around $40ish-$70ish is a win/win/win for artists, Mondo, and buyers.
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Mar 11, 2014 19:16
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Why not follow of Man of Steel model and leave orders open for a set amount of time?
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Mar 11, 2014 19:22
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LeJackal posted:Is there enough demand to support a price increase straight from them? I wouldn't know unless I took a look at Mondo's books. I imagine, though, that posters piggybacking on current media properties* or tapping into its customers' sense of nostalgia could justify higher prices on the site than more niche offerings (think LEGO Movie or Aladdin vs something like Rear Window). *properties movie studios are heavily marketing themselves.
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It's an even more sound model if they pretend they sold out immediately and just sell them on eBay under false names. That's actually such a good (yet morally bankrupt, but this is business who cares am I right) way to make extra cash I'd be surprised if they weren't doing it, they're too smart not to be. People are selling your posters on eBay for way more than their intended cost, why not cut out the middle man and rake in the dough for your inflatedly-expensive posters of Twassic Tank and The Hing yourself?
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Hardflip posted:Mondo SXSW Godzilla Someone at Mondo played Attack of the Friday Monsters...   (Small town kids imagine industrial smoke to be kaiju, later there are ultraman/kaiju battles)
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PriorMarcus posted:Why not follow of Man of Steel model and leave orders open for a set amount of time? They've done that twice. The first time they did it was Dark Knight Rises. I wouldn't be surprised if a summer film this year gets a similar treatment.
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Mar 11, 2014 19:49
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Was this posted yet?
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LeJackal posted:Was this posted yet? I like the white background, it'd be easy to throw this on black and call it a day.
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Mar 11, 2014 21:30
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TheBigBudgetSequel posted:I like the white background, it'd be easy to throw this on black and call it a day. Agreed. Or even more cliche, red.
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Mar 11, 2014 21:41
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Geekboy posted:Agreed. Or even more cliche, red. Purple would have been appropriate to the character.
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Mar 11, 2014 22:01
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Make it green so they can be more transparent about riding the Wicked wave.
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Mar 11, 2014 22:08
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Or a wall of green flame.
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LeJackal posted:Was this posted yet? 
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That's a really clever use of that kind of wacky poo poo ice cube tray.
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DarkSol posted:I really think you should give it another watch. All this talk about it actually inspired me to watch it again, and while I'm writing up this post, the Cygnus is falling apart! The Black Hole was remade...  Sirotan posted:Most of these just went up for sale, if anyone wanted one. mondo.txt got any sevens fucked around with this message at 06:41 on Mar 12, 2014 |
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Mar 12, 2014 06:35
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effectual posted:The Black Hole was remade... Can we please not spoiler large images like that? It would help to be able to actually see the full picture instead of a small part of it.
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Mar 12, 2014 07:48
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effectual, use the TIMG tags.
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effectual posted:The Black Hole was remade... I know you're trying to be cute, but I couldn't disagree with you more. The Black Hole is more like a twisted version of 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea.
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LeJackal posted:Was this posted yet? I like the poster, but dang if her gaunt cheekbones don't make me uncomfortable. Angelina Jolie's cheeks are very gaunt, but not ghostly like that. I think the shopping makes her look more like an evil, supernatural being, so that was a good call imo.
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That's not photoshop, that's prosthetics. edit: 
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Mar 12, 2014 20:32
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LeJackal posted:Was this posted yet? Oh, and please use TIMG tags.
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Baron Bifford posted:Oh, and please use TIMG tags.
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Mar 12, 2014 21:34
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I wish I could put this on my wall
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I found another text-slapped-over-face poster...well cover, but it's the same. I still wish I could buy it.
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Desperado Bones posted:I found another text-slapped-over-face poster...well cover, but it's the same. That's a great movie and that poster works well for it
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Mar 12, 2014 22:33
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kdrudy posted:That's a great movie and that poster works well for it  Yeah,I actually liked it. And the movie too.
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kiimo posted:That's not photoshop, that's prosthetics. Oh man, cool!
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Vintersorg posted:Winnie the Pooh, Rescuers, 101 Dalmations and Nightmare Before Christmas dropped - kinda easy to get but passing on those. Hoping Aladdin and Beauty go up soon. There was a Nightmare Before Christmas one? I scrolled back and hit both blog posts and their site but either I'm completely blind or it's not imagery I recognize enough that it jumps out.
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LeJackal posted:Twenty years later and Robin Williams is still getting hosed over. ? Can you explain? I don't know if there's some background story to it.
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Hand of the King posted:? Can you explain? I don't know if there's some background story to it. If I remember correctly, when Williams initially did the Genie he made it clear to Disney that he didn't want to be used as a marketing crutch for merchandise based on the movie, which Disney interpreted as "use the Genie in loving EVERYTHING," with (I think) overdubbing the genie in ads being what pissed him off the most. The joke about the poster is that he's the biggest character on it.
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mr. stefan posted:If I remember correctly, when Williams initially did the Genie he made it clear to Disney that he didn't want to be used as a marketing crutch for merchandise based on the movie, which Disney interpreted as "use the Genie in loving EVERYTHING," with (I think) overdubbing the genie in ads being what pissed him off the most. I think the problem was not Genie himself, but Robin Williams' name being attached to the posters. I believe he didn't want his name on them because he didn't want Aladdin overshadowing his Toys movie. But they put it there anyway and of course it overshadowed Toys
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They eventually reconciled on it somewhat considering Williams came back to do the final DTV movie.
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Hand of the King posted:? Can you explain? I don't know if there's some background story to it. In gratitude for his success with the Disney/Touchstone film Good Morning, Vietnam, Robin Williams voiced the Genie for SAG scale pay ($75,000), on condition that his name or image not be used for marketing, and his (supporting) character not take more than 25% of space on advertising artwork, since Toys was scheduled for release one month after Aladdin's debut. For financial reasons, the studio went back on the deal on both counts, especially in poster art by having the Genie in 25% of the image, but having other major and supporting characters portrayed considerably smaller. The Disney Hyperion book Aladdin: The Making of an Animated Film listed both of Williams' characters "The Peddler" and "The Genie" ahead of main characters, but was forced to refer to him only as "the actor signed to play the Genie". Williams and Disney had a bitter falling-out, and as a result, Dan Castellaneta voiced the Genie in The Return of Jafar, the Aladdin animated television series, and had recorded his voice for Aladdin and the King of Thieves. Following Jeffrey Katzenberg's departure from Disney, former 20th Century Fox production head Joe Roth, whose last act for Fox was greenlighting Williams' film Mrs. Doubtfire, replaced Katzenberg and arranged for a public apology to Williams by Disney. Williams agreed to perform in Hollywood Pictures' Jack, directed by Francis Ford Coppola, and even agreed to voice the Genie again for the King of Thieves sequel (for considerably more than scale), replacing all of Castellaneta's dialogue.
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LeJackal posted:In gratitude for his success with the Disney/Touchstone film Good Morning, Vietnam, Robin Williams voiced the Genie for SAG scale pay ($75,000), on condition that his name or image not be used for marketing, and his (supporting) character not take more than 25% of space on advertising artwork, since Toys was scheduled for release one month after Aladdin's debut. For financial reasons, the studio went back on the deal on both counts, especially in poster art by having the Genie in 25% of the image, but having other major and supporting characters portrayed considerably smaller. The Disney Hyperion book Aladdin: The Making of an Animated Film listed both of Williams' characters "The Peddler" and "The Genie" ahead of main characters, but was forced to refer to him only as "the actor signed to play the Genie". This is why Dan Castellaneta has such a killer Robin Williams impression, because he was paid "considerably more than scale" to do it.
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