MONDO CREATURE/REVENGE OF CREATURE AND....OTHERS.

[Mike Scott]

I believe you.

Ah! A joke.

[Anton Phibes]

Pics from Cellar Toys over at SSF forums.

[darkmonkeygod]

Pics from Cellar Toys over at SSF forums.

Cool to see, Anton, thanks for posting 'em. It really makes me glad I didn't pop for the $3000 version (though I would of course love to have that as well...).

[Anton Phibes]

I think my only gripe (more like a quibble) is the minimalist approach to the art on the box. The last one had killer box art.

[Mike Scott]

It really makes me glad I didn't pop for the $3000 version

How did I miss a $3K version and what made it 10 times better?

[Anton Phibes]

https://www.ebay.com/itm/127420373595?_skw=betomatali&itmmeta=01K7JQD97SSYQA65GKH6P752P0&hash=item1daad89a5b:g:e3wAAOSwLElnoXup&itmprp=enc%3AAQAKAAAA8FkggFvd1GGDu0w3yXCmi1cUkJN5YYm%2BqRbM6wsYrSPOH2pKcnDgo61Wqmti9IfvG8ELqccYNgCdwWgrJCxBuP4Ce75cQq7vVBrujSfZ7Jtu6MB5VhlI%2BY%2BccQhZHco1ZijEZ7D43R%2BAB2orcr%2FBxMYtKtmrvrbwyCm61U6r7tsHd04fEnoCofeP5785MAImJZftVqe6%2B1FO5oqtrvAesl3LUVSwaFQp%2BQDuTiPvTzOUAPMHE8wd37zu9REmDfC7HAvkqDvMFI%2BMi1slooDJ8Hu9TwVp89nv1cQBCjKBfSnHYDRChW4drXBgypbWKuBoEQ%3D%3D%7Ctkp%3ABFBMgJS117xm

[Mike Scott]

Oh, that! I thought he meant a $3K Mondo Creature.

[Anton Phibes]

The Mondo essentially is that. Collaboration with Beto. Also, wanna hear something really weird? Someone on the Mondo collectors board received the entire shipping manifest for the Creature's production run. They only produced 564 of these. That seems very, very low. Pics of the manifest from Cellar Toys at SSF boards again.

[Mike Scott]

The Mondo essentially is that.

Like I said, what makes it 10 times better? It has a lot less accessories.

[Anton Phibes]

Like I said, what makes it 10 times better? It has a lot less accessories.

It was originally a custom, limited to 20 numbered editions. Like Rainman Artworks, Beto is a renowned customizer. He charges what he wants to as a small indy, and people pay it.  It's not any "better", but its strictly a limited custom vs. the one we are getting. Which is preferable to me, and I assume you too.

[darkmonkeygod]

Someone on the Mondo collectors board received the entire shipping manifest for the Creature's production run. They only produced 564 of these. That seems very, very low.

With the caveat that I'm not privy to Mondo's business, I know the business in general and am extremely confident in saying that is not the entire production run. Anything is possible, of course, but I don't think (again, I don't know) that Mondo would have moved forward with the project if sales were that low, even though I believe (again, don't know) there will be other "regular" editions of the figure in color and b&w (and I would push that even further were it up to me). I suspect that's not even the totality of US orders. But even if 564 is the total number of sold NA units, there's always a control number, in case of damage, as well as whatever marketing distribution, internal distribution, licensor distribution, and company reference or archive hold. Interesting though that these seem to have been trucked to Austin for bistro rather than a fulfillment company in a port city (Houston), but that just adds to the likelihood that it was more than 564 pieces. It is wild that this paperwork was packed into a costumer order, but at least it's not every customer account address.

[Mike Scott]

He charges what he wants to as a small indy, and people pay it.

Rich people!

[Mike Scott]

. . there will be other "regular" editions of the figure in color and b&w (and I would push that even further were it up to me).

I'm afraid it's one and done for me! 

[Anton Phibes]

With the caveat that I'm not privy to Mondo's business, I know the business in general and am extremely confident in saying that is not the entire production run. Anything is possible, of course, but I don't think (again, I don't know) that Mondo would have moved forward with the project if sales were that low, even though I believe (again, don't know) there will be other "regular" editions of the figure in color and b&w (and I would push that even further were it up to me). I suspect that's not even the totality of US orders. But even if 564 is the total number of sold NA units, there's always a control number, in case of damage, as well as whatever marketing distribution, internal distribution, licensor distribution, and company reference or archive hold. Interesting though that these seem to have been trucked to Austin for bistro rather than a fulfillment company in a port city (Houston), but that just adds to the likelihood that it was more than 564 pieces. It is wild that this paperwork was packed into a costumer order, but at least it's not every customer account address.

A friend who is really into Mondo chimed in on this. Apparently they made an exclusive Merman from masters of the Universe for a convention they were attending. For whatever reason, they only did 33 of them. so weirdly low production runs do occur with them.

Their first Creature has a limited stamp on the shipping box of 2400 I think

You'd probably know better than I, I was just repeating the story as it was posted. Just seemed seriously wonky.

[Mike Scott]

My Creature came today! Really underwhelming box.