Re: Sideshow Announcing new Premium Art Prints collection
I've been thinking about it for a couple years now. I bought some prints and they've been hiding in storage since. I got a cheap poster frame to trial first. It was slightly too small but did fit a smaller print (which I absolutely love) very nicely.
The Canals of Midtown by Tim Doyle bought for $US20 on sale at half price.
I think it epitomises everything about me and what I like and believe in and I love seeing it every time I walk into my room.
This is the main print I wanted in that sale.
What a piece of Junk by Tim Doyle for $US25, also half price.
Signed and numbered 68/300, but described as new edition, not sure of how many. It's been around for years and still available for sale. I had wanted this when it first came out, but at the time I was getting too many toys (as if I still ain't). Thought it'd look really neat behind all my Hot Toys - though I have no idea how I'd set that up. Either way, this print is the reason I bought all the others. I really want to see this more than once a year!
Another print I nabbed in the sale, not as cool as the Canal and really only to top up my order more than anything else, but still it encapsulates my thoughts and views.
The Frog Price by Tim Doyle again half price for $US25.
Also signed and numbered new edition.
A third print I'm interested in framing cheaply is a Mondo print I bought a year ago. I don't really care too much about thier prints, but saw this one and wanted that Tree.
The Jungle Book by Daniel Danger full price of $US60.
A timed realise rather than one of those usual extra limited drops, it's signed and numbered 600/660. However mine has two tiny dog ears on diagonal corners. Like the Canal and Frog Prince, the imagery of the Tree drew me in. I'm all about tree hugging.
So, today I decided I wanted to get some frames for these three prints, and looked up my old measurements of 90x60cm, but I was wrong. The prints are actually 91x61cm. But too late, I got these frames:
The white frame was $7; 90x60. Would have been nice for the Millenium Falcon, but to trim that for a cheap frame? The black one was $11 ;91x61 actually fits edge to edge, but that may cause a tiny crumple fitting in that tight, but I could fit the Falcon in that and not resize it and trim the Frog one to the white or wood frame...
The last wood frame is a nicer and had 30% off totalling $24; 90x60. It is much heavier and has that inner cardboard you can see for a smaller print. It seriously feels 1000x more robust than the other two. I first thought it would be perfect for The Jungle Book, but again I'd really need to trim that...
I open my Hot Toys, I play with all my collectibles and these aren't really prints I'm collecting for value, I just like the look of them. Art prints are now a big commercial medium and I think they can easily reproduce these all the time. They just put a false demand on them. Some companies respect the limited numbers, but not really. They can always find excuses to reprint them again, a new colour way or a new scale. Not that they need to. I feel the market is getting flooded with all these prints. Like how many can we really keep on our walls? If anything we're collecting these like giant baseball cards.
I also have two Sideshow prints, I used points to get free but had to pay stupid shipping for both (so equates to about $US110 each). I believe these two aren't very collectible in the long run. I think they're prints no one would ever want... the second run of Lobo with flying space dolphins (the space dolphins got me) and the incomplete Guardians of the Galaxy, Gamora & Angela.
These are prints not done by big artists or of big characters whose popularity creates that self induced demand thing like Mondo gets. Sideshow have some awesome prints I wish I was following a bit more, but I always held off for toys. Other prints have been friggin' awesome, and I picked these two over all those, lol!!!
I reckon if I talk to anyone, they'll say what you just did, but I have been thinking this a long time, and on prints that didn't really cost that much... I feel like I should just do it! Well now you know how I kinda feel about it.
