I disagree with you disagreeing
.. there has always been a price range .. and Variants may have gotten up to the $40-50 range in the past .. But just scan though the ADP screening section for '09 youll see lower print runs and cheaper prices...
regular Metropolis by ansin for $30 and an ed. of 99
green Royal Tenenbaums by Danger for $25 ed of 250
Carrie by Methane Studios for $30 ed of 120
regular Goonies by Drew Millward for $25 ed of 215
regular Phantom of the Opera by Ansin $30 ed of 75
special release gremlins by Rhys $40 ed of 100
NoES by Methane Studios $25 ed of 150
halloween by Methane Studios $25 ed of 150
**(Example to compare to last week)**
special release Alien II by Taylor for $40 ed of 85
Clash of the Titans by taylor for $30 ed of 110
***THOR by Taylor for $45 ed of 380***
Now is this good or bad ? Im not to say .. its business and every business wants to make money. The demand is there but Im tired of all the noobs saying increase the print run and/or prices to deter the flippers and then the die hard loyalist swooping in saying this is a collectors market and Mondo would never hurt the collectors like that .. that by doing so they would be killing their own market .. Which I guess is amazing because mondo is actually doing that and for some reason people dont even seem to realize it .. Even long time collectors like T.