This is what I ended up doing, getting a 5 pack from Third Eye. Had some points to redeem so it was like $14. Couldn’t resist. We’ll see what happens.
It looks like 26 original sketch covers (1 of 1) in the 1000 print run Trading packs have shown up on CovrPrice. That is pretty incredible. Too bad it will make the prices on the 1000 packs out of the realm of possibility for the majority of fans. If they had only put those 26 covers in the blind bags… IMO, failed opportunity of the year for Image and they don’t tend to swing and miss so badly.
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They know what they’re doing by listing the packs as an auction…
the prices will climb because of FOMO
You think they are getting a cut? I assumed they sold them to the eBay reseller for a fixed price and he puts them up for auction. Even still, if they had promoted the Blind Bags as having 1 of 1 original sketches in them, how many more would they have sold? 400k print run with the sub par chase books they did put in the blind bags, 500K? 600K? if they did it right? I’m sure the 1000 trading packs won’t make the profits of an extra 100,000 sales.
That is without even considering the future. The next set of blind bags they do won’t sell nearly as many since everyone will be waiting for the real prize, the trading packs. In my mind, they made less money and wrecked the future blind bags sales.
Ebay is paying for everything. The sellers/stores are getting the blind bags for free to sell on Ebay Live
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I mean these ebay blind bags are pretty sick. There are also other books that have gotten thrown in including a first print #1. I anticipate these bags will sell for a few hundred a pop as people try to chase these 1/1 sketch covers.
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never thought comics would become trading cards…
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90’s gimmicks return again and again and…again
This is the current state of the industry. Downward spiral…
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Seeing as no one reads them anymore, and just collect covers…they are basically trading cards with pages attached. seems like the natural evolution.
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I should get them this week and will film right away.
My initial pre-order from TFAW was canceled which sucked because they were so cheap, but I got 10 from Third Eye on their Blind Bag deal.
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Here are my numbers based on 100 bags:
30 - Cover A
15 - Cover B
39 - Surprise (fairly even between the 3 books)
10 - 1:10
3 - 1:25
2 - 1:50
1 - 1:100
Fairly well distributed. This was direct from Lunar, your mileage may vary buying from a third party.
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So the ratios landed just how they were supposed to? Hmmmm
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Ya, so keep in mind the LCS also gets the ratios for buying the blind bags. So the 1:100 is really closer to a 1:50.
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All the ratios get watered down except the 1:1000 and 1:2000
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Honest question – and I know how negative it sounds, but I’m curious – does anyone actually care about this character? It seems like ALL the hype is only around the gamble of it all…?
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I liked Invincible a lot. I liked Battle Beast even though I thought he was more of a side quest so Mark’s dad could wear his skin around, but I am happy for the creative team to work in the universe again.
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