Beige Posted March 22, 2013 Share Posted March 22, 2013 Can't believe how hard it is for some of you to count to 10 I assume you mean - see variant - count to 10 - put it back. Let Image carry on. No suprise that Oni, Avatar and Black Horse books are getting supported. After Bedlam, you would hope Image had wised up - lets hope they delay the inevitable Phantom for a few months. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zekebarrett Posted March 22, 2013 Share Posted March 22, 2013 Remember when... NO VARIANTS PLANNED Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jjoseph7772 Posted March 22, 2013 Share Posted March 22, 2013 I remember and I believed too. Oh well Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
krighton Posted March 22, 2013 Share Posted March 22, 2013 he said he wasn't planning on it....i'm sure image twisted his arm. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John91C Posted March 22, 2013 Share Posted March 22, 2013 he said he wasn't planning on it....i'm sure $$$$$ twisted his arm. *fixed it for ya* Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zekebarrett Posted March 22, 2013 Share Posted March 22, 2013 And didn't the variant come out after preorders were done? To me, announcing no planning on any variants caused a lot of people to believe that and ordered more than what they would've had there been a variant at that time. I'm sure Hickman isn't that type of person but sure is a way to boost sales for an upcoming book. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chaseman210 Posted March 22, 2013 Share Posted March 22, 2013 I'm OK with one to kick start the excitement. I won't chase it, but it's an easy layup in terms of fan excitement. I just look at Bedlam and can't get past the 3265346 covers and just see a blur. Buy what you want...don't buy what you don't want. Who cares about variants? There are collectors out there who don't like them, and there are collectors out there who have to have them. I didn't start reading Bedlam until issue #3, and I had no trouble finding the regular cover first issue. Everyone keeps talking about readers being confused about which was the true #1. Pick whatever one you like best and buy it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. Hog Posted March 22, 2013 Share Posted March 22, 2013 Argggg. I really wanted to love this book. Damn it... I'm starting to get disillusioned with this nonsense. I've been playing more and more back in silvers and staying away from moderns. I mean this sincerely, I'll keep reading, but buying a lot less of Image. Hope they can maintain that 40% uptick with all of the variants. In my humble opinion they could keep their numbers by production alone. The variants become confusing and are a big flashback for me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A-DONIS Posted March 22, 2013 Share Posted March 22, 2013 I got the FP variant because it's a store variant. Now if they start the same bs like nowhere men, then I'll drop the series faster than a cannon ball. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mangbus Posted March 22, 2013 Share Posted March 22, 2013 (edited) What part of having a Retailer Summit exclusive cover makes this a problem? If they were making store variants or a standard ratio variant, then I'd be a little bummed. Ijust noticed there will be FP variant? damn.. carry on Edited March 22, 2013 by Mangbus Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zekebarrett Posted March 22, 2013 Share Posted March 22, 2013 No problem with the Retailer Summit but Forgotten Planet is the first store variant so who is next or what is next? Phantom? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wushugushu Posted March 22, 2013 Share Posted March 22, 2013 Saga rrp doesn't seem to be a problem - maybe eow won't have variants for later issues either Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jjoseph7772 Posted March 22, 2013 Share Posted March 22, 2013 Lets just hope EOW is as good as we hope. If it is there wont be much to worry about. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. Hog Posted March 22, 2013 Share Posted March 22, 2013 The RRP isn't the issue. It's the RRP on the tails of the FP variant. It just implies there is a hole in the damn... If only 3 INCLUDING the RRP, fine. If 5-6 and a Phantom, it'll be bedlam all over again. I think all of the variants with bedlam stopped people from collecting. People not collecting equates to low sales for the rest of the series. I think there has to be much more of a push on the back end to get people back into the book if collectors aren't helping with the hype... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. Hog Posted March 22, 2013 Share Posted March 22, 2013 (Footnote - I'm sure Image has a lot of people, a lot smarter than I making decisions... But I do know that variants do effect collectors buying patterns. Fact.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beige Posted March 22, 2013 Share Posted March 22, 2013 You sure - I mean it's not like the publisher of Image came on here and said, oops, no sorry, it wasn't a 500 issue variant. I printed an extra 350 for myself and my buddies. Oh wait....yes he did... Stuff like that doesn't get forgotten. You can't just announce a 500 print variant and then go add as many extra as you want for yourself and you mates,all of which end up on ebay or with some of the Con sycophants. (insert appropriate names as you wish) Thats why I believe that there should just be 1st,2nd,3rd prints etc with as many printed as needed to satisfy demand. Equal playing field for all, wether you are a completionist,flipper or collector. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
krighton Posted March 22, 2013 Share Posted March 22, 2013 I thought the image copies were taken from the 500 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Solar Posted March 22, 2013 Share Posted March 22, 2013 The 500 + 350 was only the Nowhere Men Thought Bubble. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
krighton Posted March 22, 2013 Share Posted March 22, 2013 certainly hasn't hurt the sales of that one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wushugushu Posted March 22, 2013 Share Posted March 22, 2013 Dude they only announced 2 variants... Why are you complaning about 5-6 and phantom variants when there isn't? If you even have to worry about that you should get a better job - ill catch them all Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
