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sittin9duck
Timelord
United Kingdom
421 Posts |
 Posted - 19 Aug 2009 : 16:00:00
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Strictly Ink's website now says release 26 August and shipping no later than 27 August.
I got two more sketches today from Jed Raven.
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Doctor Jas
Companion
United Kingdom
192 Posts |
Posted - 20 Aug 2009 : 15:13:14
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| Found out today that the binders have been cancelled. I was supposed to be getting some which I was giving free to case buyers so I'm hoping I might get some sort of replacement instead. |
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IanG
Newly Generated
United Kingdom
9 Posts |
Posted - 21 Aug 2009 : 03:30:11
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It will be interesting to see what happens with the Mcneil sketches as according to Barrie they were binder incentives. I'd like to think that maybe they could be issued as case toppers depending on how many were produced. Having said that the reality is that they will probably turn up on Ebay.
Also has anybody got any ideas as to the reason for the cancellation of the binders, i'm guessing lack of interest from the dealers? |
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Dalekfan
Dalek Commander of the Outer Galaxies
United Kingdom
9429 Posts |
Posted - 21 Aug 2009 : 03:51:56
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Presumably the binders just didn't prove financially viable. With a few notable exceptions, official binders are notoriously difficult to shift.
Personally I'm disappointed as a nice binder really rounds off a set for me. As it is, I'll have to use a generic binder. What is everyone else doing? |
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IanG
Newly Generated
United Kingdom
9 Posts |
Posted - 21 Aug 2009 : 06:00:27
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As far as this set is concerned, considering that each case was going to come with a binder, that would have taken care of the best part of 100 of them. I would have thought that there would be at least another couple of hundred collectors out there interested in this set, in which case surely it would be viable to produce 300 binders. There again perhaps I'm in a minority that considers the official binder a vital part of any trading set regardless of any exclusive cards it may come with.
As regards storage I will just have to store mine in my Big Screen Additions binder.  |
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Iwho
Chancellor
569 Posts |
Posted - 21 Aug 2009 : 06:09:53
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Edison and the Minnows |
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Dalekfan
Dalek Commander of the Outer Galaxies
United Kingdom
9429 Posts |
Posted - 21 Aug 2009 : 06:27:31
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| It's certainly the case that smaller numbers of binders (for both Strictly Ink and other smaller producers) have been financially viable in the past. Clearly they aren't now. |
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Doctor Jas
Companion
United Kingdom
192 Posts |
Posted - 21 Aug 2009 : 07:43:07
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| For me it just wasn't financially viable to get a load of these binders in, the prices drop off too quickly and then they end up on ebay for £5 each. I think it was down to dealers not taking the offer up. |
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Dalekfan
Dalek Commander of the Outer Galaxies
United Kingdom
9429 Posts |
Posted - 21 Aug 2009 : 08:10:40
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Fair enough.
If I was producing a binder though I'd roughly produce on the number pre-ordered (to avoid the EBay scenario Jason mentions) and I'd also:
(a) always include a binder-only card
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(b) number the binders!
...just an idea. |
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Doctor Jas
Companion
United Kingdom
192 Posts |
Posted - 21 Aug 2009 : 14:35:45
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It's still annoying as I was offered some free binders to give to case buyers and I hate letting people down  . Dalekfan is right, in the past some binders had an exclusive auto which always helped sales. Hammer Horror carried an Ingrid Pitt auto so everyone purchased a binder to complete there auto collection. I believe in the past other Who releases also carried a free auto with the binder. |
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Dalekfan
Dalek Commander of the Outer Galaxies
United Kingdom
9429 Posts |
Posted - 21 Aug 2009 : 15:06:51
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| Fret not mate, not your fault. Your concern just proves what a decent guy you are! |
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Doctor Jas
Companion
United Kingdom
192 Posts |
Posted - 24 Aug 2009 : 09:33:00
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You say the sweetest things Steven.
Found out today that Barrie won't be getting the boxes until this Friday as it's taken a bit longer with sketch, gold cards and autos being hand inserted, so shipping will probably start Monday. As I'm going on holiday this week I will probably collect my cases on the Friday and will arrange for collection from my office on the following Monday so not to hold things up. I'll update box/case buyers personally on Friday before I go. |
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Doctor Jas
Companion
United Kingdom
192 Posts |
Posted - 27 Aug 2009 : 17:55:34
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Release date is confirmed for Friday 28th so I'll be picking my cases up in the morning. After I've booked cases/boxes out for collection I'll break one of mine and will let you guys know how I fare. If I struggle to upload a scan then I might see if Dalekfan can help me out  |
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Dalekfan
Dalek Commander of the Outer Galaxies
United Kingdom
9429 Posts |
Posted - 28 Aug 2009 : 03:51:28
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quote:
Originally posted by Doctor Jas
Release date is confirmed for Friday 28th so I'll be picking my cases up in the morning. After I've booked cases/boxes out for collection I'll break one of mine and will let you guys know how I fare. If I struggle to upload a scan then I might see if Dalekfan can help me out
I'm always there to help you, mate. |
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Dalekfan
Dalek Commander of the Outer Galaxies
United Kingdom
9429 Posts |
Posted - 28 Aug 2009 : 11:45:24
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Doctor Jas is on with his case opening, and as promised here are his first sketches. Didn't he do well?: The Aragon 3 panel was found across 3 boxes in the case, which is great news!!!
Packaging is the same as the previous release, autos also the same and foils are 3 per box. 3 autos, same as before:
Jason will post box numbers later. |
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Doctor Jas
Companion
United Kingdom
192 Posts |
Posted - 28 Aug 2009 : 12:02:24
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Thanks for doing that for me Steven, case breaks are as follows:
081 Orosco Redemption
082 Potratz and Hai sketch + Tovey Auto
083 Aragon sketch (part 1)
084 Aragon sketch (part 2)
085 Aragon sketch (part 3)
086 Bergren sketch + Tovey Auto
087 Henderson sketch
088 Lyons sketch
089 Aragon sketch (Dalek)
090 Wilkinson Redemption + Bown auto
Would have been nice to have had another artist instead of another Aragon sketch but it's a cool dalek. My 10 case incentive was a Henderson panoramic sketch. |
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sittin9duck
Timelord
United Kingdom
421 Posts |
Posted - 28 Aug 2009 : 12:41:25
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| You got some nice sketches there Jason. It's a shame that there's redemptions in the boxes and 4 of one artist in a case will make it hard for those looking for a card from each artist. There was a few 3 card sets done by artists. |
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Doctor Jas
Companion
United Kingdom
192 Posts |
Posted - 28 Aug 2009 : 13:41:13
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| I know Craig, that single Aragon sketch was supposed to have been a Sean Pence one, it's probably slipped into the wrong case!!!!! Very pleased to actually have a complete 3 panel though. |
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jaseb
Companion
173 Posts |
Posted - 28 Aug 2009 : 14:08:35
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OK release date is here so I can now officially show the two commissions that I have in hand. One from Sarah Lyons on the left and Robert Aragon's on the right. I am sticking with a Dalek theme seeing as I did not do so well with them on the unmono (well a bit of colour...ish) release.
 
So there we have it more to come... |
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Dalekfan
Dalek Commander of the Outer Galaxies
United Kingdom
9429 Posts |
Posted - 28 Aug 2009 : 15:20:28
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Great Daleks Jase, you lucky man! |
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Qexit
Timelord
United Kingdom
350 Posts |
Posted - 28 Aug 2009 : 15:42:38
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So this is the place where you all hang out to escape from NSU Thanks to Doctor Jas for patiently pointing me in this direction.
jaseb A nice pair of commission sketches you have there. The Sarah Lyons card especially good. Put simply, it has everything (assuming the Doctor and Co are on board either the Tardis or Dalek spaceship ) One of the really nice things with commissioning a sketch card is you get to decide what goes on it rather than taking potluck with a pull from a box, so you always get what you wanted |
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jaseb
Companion
173 Posts |
Posted - 28 Aug 2009 : 16:10:48
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Thanks guys
Sarah was an absolute joy to work with. She sent me regular updates with preliminary sketches attached to the e-mails and when the card arrived she sent all of the pencil roughs with it, great artist.
And here they are:
At this stage I asked Sarah to change the font and she obliged...
And onto the final inks before colouring...
The finished card is posted above. As I said Sarah was very easy to work with and I highly reccomend getting a card from her direct if you do not pull one.
Robert Aragon was slightly different, I gave him the brief, he ran with it and produced a ace card without any consultation. Both cards are fantastic in different ways, which is how it should be. In fact I didn't see Robert's card until it arrived in the post along with a couple of non-who bits I commissioned. Again Robert is highly reccomended and is a consumate professional.
The other artists are proving to be a little more, shall we say hard work. One in particular promised a card within a certain timescale and has not even bothered to contact me until I mailed him and promptly changed his own deadline. I don't like things like that and I will comment more once I have the card (if I ever get the damn thing). |
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Doctor Jas
Companion
United Kingdom
192 Posts |
Posted - 28 Aug 2009 : 18:22:39
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| Hi Kevin, you made it here at last!!! Good to have you join us and look forward to seeing your case breaks. |
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Dalekfan
Dalek Commander of the Outer Galaxies
United Kingdom
9429 Posts |
Posted - 29 Aug 2009 : 04:22:15
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As Jaseb knows I'm concentrating much now on Dalek sketches, so I'm particularly in awe of that Sarah Lyons Dalek.
...and welcome aboard Kevin. Great to have your input here. |
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Qexit
Timelord
United Kingdom
350 Posts |
Posted - 29 Aug 2009 : 04:50:13
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Jaseb, sorry to hear you're having a few problems with your commission work. I've had several commission pieces done recently for my Harryhausen card collection and they've all gone very smoothly. The artists have all been pleasant and easy to deal with. So I can pass on my recommendations for Carolyn Edwards and Gary Ochiltree here in the UK and Robert Hack and Chris Henderson over the pond in the States. My only problem with any of them has been Virgin Media's over active spam filters swallowing up some of their emails before I spotted what was happening  I wont be going for any Dr Who commissions, instead I'm just going to see what turns up in the order I'm awaiting from SI. |
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