“Vault CEO and publisher Damian Wassel says the investments will help Vault, which is privately held, expand its publishing efforts and build out a media pipeline for its IP.”
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“We’re focusing on expanding our direct-to-consumer business, but not at the expense of our retail partners,” said Wassel.
What could that possibly mean… is he talking about more NFTs?
It would have to be something digital…no way they would want to start a whole distribution network if they already have that… I’m not sure how that doesn’t hurt retailers? We don’t order a lot of Vault books anyways…
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I want a super edgy TV-MA adaptation of, “Money Shot,” ASAP!
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The Utah Transit Authority is sponsoring comics? Is that why I have such a hard time getting them to pay up at my day job?
(I kid, I kid. Nothing I say in this comment is intended to imply insolvency of UTA or its inability to pay its creditors.)
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For keeping our roads clean in Missouri we have MODOT. Neighboring Illinois has IDOT. Some people like to do graffiti on trucks so it looks less like IDOT and more like IDIOT. Tacky but kinda funny.
Better to have MODOT than MODOK.
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Mental Organism Designed Only for Kondemnations
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Mental Organism Designed Only for Transportation ?
When I see the 1:1,000 and 1:10,000 odds I can’t help but think about the scandal with card breakers. 11 random shops(friends) are going to be very happy.
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How many books in each box? One? I am out.
Ten per box
“all we ask is that retailers who had customers purchase the original bundle boxes make sure that those customers Al get their hands on these new Bonus Boxes”
Uh huh. I’m sure that will totally happen. Retailers are going to do all that work, tracking down orders, and even ship these out on their own dime to anyone who ordered an original bundle box. They’re not going to see this as an opportunity to make money and flip them.
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I bought some of these boxes and held off on opening until I saw others open boxes. I was able to figure out what books were in all of my boxes by watching one opening video and then opening one of my boxes that was in the far end of the serial number range of the box in the video (around 100 numbers away). That told me all my boxes within that serial number range had the same books. I contacted Vault and let them know they really messed this up. To their credit I got a reply asking for more info and I gave them all the data I collected from other opening videos and they took action.
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I thought the only good cover for Big Rig #1 was the Momoko, but I could have just bought it for $10 (I didn’t). Also, there is the Momoko SDCC Virgin Foil limited to 750. That’s kind of lame for the box buyers, but it happens often around cons.
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I would absolutely love to have a raise of hands (I know this isn’t possible) of all the people that buy the original Variant Box actually get that free Bundle Box, if its 50% I will be shocked.
To me this statement only means that sales of the #2 Variant box are dismal. What Vault doesn’t seem to understand is that if there are poor sales it is not because of the variety, it was because of them moving it from 1000 boxes to 4000 boxes. I learned my lesson. Absolutely not buying something like this from Vault again. I wanted the scarcity, I was willing to not have a box, knowing they were limited to 1000. You can’t trust them to protect the collectibility of anything they produce. And they really screwed up the distribution.
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Yes, it would be very helpful in the interest of transparency if everyone here that received boxes from a retailer share their experience with this bonus bundle.
50% seems very high to me. If you ordered from your shop, I think it’s higher than 50%…but you likely have to tell them it’s coming, make them read the announcement to you, then arrange for pickup. Otherwise they will sell it the second they get it and claim ignorance.
This is exactly what happened 100%. If sales were good they wouldn’t have to come out and make “improvements” the the 2nd box. I know there are retailers here, you guys need to tell Vault that them moving from 1000 boxes to 4000 boxes for a money grab is complete BS. I have no interest in these boxes so have no dog in this fight. However companies in the past have made “ninja” prints of comics that heated up on the aftermarket that has left a bad taste in my mouth. For example Dark Horse with Sister Imperator 2 and American Mythology with Return of the Living Dead 1 by Mark Spears.
I knew something was up with the Spears ROTLD when it was first released. It heated up to $20-$25 however there were so many copies available and some online shops had an “unlimited” number of copies available. I almost went “all in” on it haha but my intuition told me something was off and held off. Then many weeks later my shop had a nice little stash of this book after it was supposedly “sold out” by the publisher.
These shenanigans pretty much guarantees I will not be buying any Dark Horse or American Mythology comics in the future. I did not buy the Big Rig box but if I did I would be livid. I am paying extra for the “limited” 1000 print run, for the scarcity. For them to bump up the print run to 4000 after it’s sold out as a cash grab is total BS. Pretty much guarantees I will never buy any books from Vault in the future. That kind of stuff just isn’t ok with me.
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