what was the worst print drop ever

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what was the worst print drop ever

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for us newbies LA philharmonic ground hog day seemed a bit surreal
is this par for the course?
where there other print drops like this?

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it's only a bad drop if you leave empty handed
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- I think atrak beat it for total time.... was around 7-8 hours if I remember correctly....
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easycraig wrote:- I think atrak beat it for total time.... was around 7-8 hours if I remember correctly....


but it was worth the wait :!:
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easycraig wrote:- I think atrak beat it for total time.... was around 7-8 hours if I remember correctly....



was that 7-8 hours for 100 prints? ( it says on the print gallery that only 100 came off the site)

thats awful
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Atrak was definitely far worse than today. The proverbial kick in the nads was when the print came out and with shipping and tax and everything it was over $80.
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Oh, even worse than that, a week or so later you could buy it at turntable labs w/ no problem.
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circa77 wrote:Atrak was definitely far worse than today. The proverbial kick in the nads was when the print came out and with shipping and tax and everything it was over $80.


total nads...
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For me it was Chinese Soldiers 2, when it released around 330am PST. Woke up around 7AM finding it was sold out. Oh what good old times...
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Gigantico wrote:
circa77 wrote:Atrak was definitely far worse than today. The proverbial kick in the nads was when the print came out and with shipping and tax and everything it was over $80.


total nads...
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influence wrote:For me it was Chinese Soldiers 2, when it released around 330am PST. Woke up around 7AM finding it was sold out. Oh what good old times...


i remember that. i had stayed up studying and randomly checked early in the morning and grabbed 2!
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Someone forgot to put some robot oil on the server.
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A-trak. HANDS DOWN! I used to work a swing shift and I remember leaving for work, without even showering or getting ready for work, thinking the print was gonna sell out while I was driving to work. Nope. Then when I got to work I had to move editing bays three times and it still hadn't even dropped. 7 hrs later, 4 computer setups, one million apple+R's, and I scored it. I swore I was gonna hang it, but it's never left the Itoya.

Oh yeah and there's NO WAAAY in hell LAPhil ever reaches Led Zep status. Mega Rock band + Major Hype + only 100 prints = Led Zep. This is a picture of a concert hall. WBN has cracked $500 a hand full(if that) of times and that was POY.
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DunDun wrote:
Oh yeah and there's NO WAAAY in hell LAPhil ever reaches Led Zep status. Mega Rock band + Major Hype + only 100 prints = Led Zep. This is a picture of a concert hall. WBN has cracked $500 a hand full(if that) of times and that was POY.


100? There was 400 of that badboy printed up. Only 100 were available for sale via obeygiant.com......... There was 50 less of this print, and only 200 were availalbe via obeygiant.com.... this will be a great prin for the future because art/music/achitechture fans will appreciate this print. Especially the music fans because they love their posters!
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Frank Gehry is quite a big deal check out his prints: http://laphilstore.com/catalog/index.php?cPath=45_36

I respected architect like him is bound to have lots of fans! Maybe who dig obey too!
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spagucci1 wrote:
DunDun wrote:
Oh yeah and there's NO WAAAY in hell LAPhil ever reaches Led Zep status. Mega Rock band + Major Hype + only 100 prints = Led Zep. This is a picture of a concert hall. WBN has cracked $500 a hand full(if that) of times and that was POY.


100? There was 400 of that badboy printed up. Only 100 were available for sale via obeygiant.com......... There was 50 less of this print, and only 200 were availalbe via obeygiant.com.... this will be a great prin for the future because art/music/achitechture fans will appreciate this print. Especially the music fans because they love their posters!


It's basically an edition of 100. Who knows where all those prints will end up...given out to friends of the band, record label, thrown out...etc., but you proved my point. There are 100 more of the Gehry prints in OBEY collectors hands, and not 300 floating around in mystery land like Led Zep.

Don't let the server acting up fool you into thinking that you're holding a piece of gold(still a nice print, but lets not jump the shark). Current ebay prices prove my speculation was correct. Zep started at $500. This print hasn't even cracked $200. Definitely NOT a banksy like the brits would like to believe. :roll:
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...I'd say it's a toss up between Big Proof and Peace Bomber.
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rastapunk wrote:...I'd say it's a toss up between Big Proof and Peace Bomber.



what happened with bigproof?
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stinkypete wrote:
rastapunk wrote:...I'd say it's a toss up between Big Proof and Peace Bomber.



what happened with bigproof?


No one is getting refunds. obeygiant is substituting Big Proof instead of Peace Bomber.










































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robotoil wrote:
stinkypete wrote:
rastapunk wrote:...I'd say it's a toss up between Big Proof and Peace Bomber.



what happened with bigproof?


No one is getting refunds. obeygiant is substituting Big Proof instead of Peace Bomber.
....joke!


Aww, but i could use 2 proofs.
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At the rate we're going, the worst print drop will always be next weeks print drop.
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robotoil wrote:
stinkypete wrote:
rastapunk wrote:...I'd say it's a toss up between Big Proof and Peace Bomber.



what happened with bigproof?


No one is getting refunds. obeygiant is substituting Big Proof instead of Peace Bomber.






































....joke!


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GODDAMMIT!!!! I step away from my comp for 15min and...POOF! sold -the-mutha-F-out!!!

That sh1t makes me angry enuff to stab a nun!!!!

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Bostonlongstroke wrote:That sh1t makes me angry enuff to stab a nun!!!!

Karma has it out for me!


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