Vinyl Me Please (store, exclusives, swaps, etc)

Rowan said:
There is zero bar with that Barbie box. 1 lp and a load of tat for that sort of money is nothing more than showing a total disregard for your customers and they deserve to sell zero copies. Absolute madness and anyone that buys that shit deserves to have their bank cards taken off them
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I will never understand this line of thinking. First don't yuck others yum. Second nobody is forcing anyone to spend money on it. Storf isn't going to steal your bank card and buy it without your consent. Third this is one of how many variants? More choice is always good. You want the insane packaging and extras for more money? Buy this. You want just the album? Go get just the for normal prices.
 
bdrummond said:
Is this more rage inducing than tying up pressing plants to produce 25 variants of a Taylor Swift album, which will eventually be found sealed in Goodwill stores? Nah.
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I think you have no idea about the Swiftee devotion. I mean they all already owns this anyhow and Black Pumas have at least twice as many variants. Outside of Bandbox and some smaller indie things, everyone seems to be making their dates these days.
 
I have no issue with them putting this set out, if you want to buy it, go for it. If you don't, don't. My only concern is that this appears to be the first VMPxMondo kinda release and I really hope this isn't the price point they're planning on using for these Mondo style soundtracks going forward.
 
Mather said:
I have no issue with them putting this set out, if you want to buy it, go for it. If you don't, don't. My only concern is that this appears to be the first VMPxMondo kinda release and I really hope this isn't the price point they're planning on using for these Mondo style soundtracks going forward.
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Agreed, though given all the additional non-vinyl tchochkes, I wonder if the price is related to how much $ is going to Mattel
 
Mather said:
I have no issue with them putting this set out, if you want to buy it, go for it. If you don't, don't. My only concern is that this appears to be the first VMPxMondo kinda release and I really hope this isn't the price point they're planning on using for these Mondo style soundtracks going forward.
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serotonein said:
Agreed, though given all the additional non-vinyl tchochkes, I wonder if the price is related to how much $ is going to Mattel
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"And I will say: this is the bar we're going for here. Not every soundtrack will be quite this involved, but we're holding ourselves to high standards" - Storf

@serotonein I chuckeld at people not in the know trying to figure out how to read tchockes
 
bdm105 said:
"And I will say: this is the bar we're going for here. Not every soundtrack will be quite this involved, but we're holding ourselves to high standards" - Storf

@serotonein I chuckeld at people not in the know trying to figure out how to read tchockes
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If the bar truly is $160 soundtracks full of useless ephemera, I feel like this is going to be a short lived experiment. We have all been conditioned to expect $45-$75 Mondo soundtracks full of useless ephemera, if you are now doubling the price.... mmmyeaahhhh I DUNNO BUB
 
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Mather said:
If the bar truly is $160 soundtracks full of useless ephemera, I feel like this is going to be a short lived experiment. We have all been conditioned to expect $45-$75 Mondo soundtracks full of useless ephemera, if you are now doubling the price.... mmmyeaahhhh I DUNNO BUB
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Yup. Time will definitely tell
 
Mather said:
If the bar truly is $160 soundtracks full of useless ephemera, I feel like this is going to be a short lived experiment. We have all been conditioned to expect $45-$75 Mondo soundtracks full of useless ephemera, if you are now doubling the price.... mmmyeaahhhh I DUNNO BUB
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Or alternatively people will be all over this shit because their overwhelming need for completely pointless stuff is greater than their ability to rationally realise they’re about to spend $160 on a load of old toss.

And in the process they’ll normalise the price point so we’re all forced into it. Not unlike what’s happened with the general market. It used to be about listening to good tunes on a less than perfect (or efficient) medium. Now it seems like it’s become some fetishists wet dream with an internet full of fappers fapping madly over the next limited colour press while the old school listeners get priced out the market or have to buy bigger shelves to accommodate the additional shit that’s being shoved in a record box.
 
Rowan said:
Or alternatively people will be all over this shit because their overwhelming need for completely pointless stuff is greater than their ability to rationally realise they’re about to spend $160 on a load of old toss.

And in the process they’ll normalise the price point so we’re all forced into it. Not unlike what’s happened with the general market. It used to be about listening to good tunes on a less than perfect (or efficient) medium. Now it seems like it’s become some fetishists wet dream with an internet full of fappers fapping madly over the next limited colour press while the old school listeners get priced out the market or have to buy bigger shelves to accommodate the additional shit that’s being shoved in a record box.
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Rowan said:
Or alternatively people will be all over this shit because their overwhelming need for completely pointless stuff is greater than their ability to rationally realise they’re about to spend $160 on a load of old toss.

And in the process they’ll normalise the price point so we’re all forced into it. Not unlike what’s happened with the general market. It used to be about listening to good tunes on a less than perfect (or efficient) medium. Now it seems like it’s become some fetishists wet dream with an internet full of fappers fapping madly over the next limited colour press while the old school listeners get priced out the market or have to buy bigger shelves to accommodate the additional shit that’s being shoved in a record box.
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You mean the cardboard oasis binoculars in my Knebworth box set or the “roll with with it” Rizzla’s in my Morning Glory box set aren’t totally useful additions...
 
Joe Mac said:
You mean the cardboard oasis binoculars in my Knebworth box set or the “roll with with it” Rizzla’s in my Morning Glory box set aren’t totally useful additions...
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Always handy to have a pack of rizlas handy. You could use the album cover as a roach too. Sounds mega practical to me
 
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