A Nag Pa I Root (NAGNAGNAG) and der Angora Patio

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Burn!

 

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you must of been looking at the MSRP.

 

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Why would Shig charge them more than what he sold them for in the lottery?

 

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Our friend John Prolly took this shot when he was in my office a few weeks ago. Love the shot! You can check out more of his stuff on his http://www.flickr.com/photos/johnprolly

 

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Uh, yea, that was it

 

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How much did he sell them for in the lottery?

 

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$258.48 converted. I also understand shipping would be a extra.

 

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Plus shipping or including? I know he didnt sell them to them for any less than that

 

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This is only what I have heard. I think the problem is that is was supposedly posted and taken down. I almost wonder if they were discussing a 200 dollar mark up and someone who does online stuff for them thought that was the asking price and posted it. I am not going to really take any sides on this one though since I never personally saw it posted. Still though, if it was I can understand peoples anger over it. $200 for a NAG would be just to damn cheap though. Although I'm sure his mold costs have been covered by now, it can't be cheap to have just 10 of a base color poured. Of course this lends to our usual argument of "please make more" but at the end of the day it is Shig's choice. I do think however it's sad this toy probably has more fans than owners. In vintage toys that is quite understandable but for something being produced now it could easily be changed. The risk would be losing some hype but I don't think Shig's skill need the hype to prosper. Que sera sera, I just have to hope to one day win a lotto, or that a board member will be nice and sell me one for less than eBay prices. cough... hint hint

 

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I love this mind set, but its like telling an artist to just paint more paintings dammit and dont sell them in a gallery cause they are going to just jack them up and then you are going to get famous and the gallerys are going to want to charge more and a tube of paint only costs like $5 and that canvas cost nothing, and blick is having a 50% off sale on canvas so like you can by a hundred and paint them all and sell em all so everyone can afford one, and then yea, yea

 

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so that was my first time winning the event lottery and it was for the nag -.-
im happy i gave the ticket to my friend but i still left that place feeling scammed.
the 2 free prints i got were damaged. had some foot prints in the back so that was a nice touch.
not sure if i want to go back there.

 

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Kevin! (Home Alone Voice)

 

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I saw the 200 dollar pricetag. I believe it was posted on CCM's blog, i saw it through a CCM facebook link. I remember clearly being shocked that they were being sold for less than Shig sold his at the lotto but figured it was the shipping factored into his final price along with the yen conversions. The price mark ups were not the main problem last night. It was more of the lack of info released and dropping the bomb. People had a certain amount of money for a reason. I wonder, was 500 bucks arbitrary or did they decide at a certain time prior to the event? Eitherways price info would have helped everyone out.

 

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I certainly understand the time involvement and I don't know squat about Shig's life. I know all of us like to assume that it would be an easy matter for him to make more but how many of us know anything about it? When I see the paint on the Balls it's easy to see just how meticulous Shig gets with his painting. In the shot Greg posted above the Franken NNN is just stunning. Easily the best FR tribute paint I have ever seen. None the less I do hope he can find a way to put out more, what else would a fan without toy want?

 

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The 250 markup is stright up fucking absurd. You think bringing new buiness and faces into your store would be good enough. Although I'm not experienced in the art hustle.

Excuses, excuses, excuses..... Art yuppies have killed this sculpt

 

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you tell um.

 

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I wish they would so I could score a ton for cheap!

 

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"internationally acclaimed" artist involved or not, 500 for a new toy is such a joke. comical really

i just feel bad for people who showed up, won the lotto, then couldn't even purchase the toy. so sad

 

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Tried to tell everyone. Welcome to the new world.

 

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NAG NAG NAG!

 

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Does anyone mind if I just post more of John Prolly's photos?

 

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