[garybarth]

Hey Guys,

Yup, I made the decision to cut the edition quantity in half. I've learned a few things about the videogame collectibles market over the past few years. You can never tell how a statue is going to do. I would have bet money that my Journey statue, based on a downloadable game that no one had heard of until it started winning awards was doomed to fail. It sold 1000 units in like 72 hrs. By comparison, I made what I thought was an awesome Kratos statue...26" tall, mixed media, shipped in box that could hold a small refrigerator....and they still haven't sold out so the Gear Store is blowing them out for $299 (grab one, they are a steal!).

When I started working on the Drake statue over a year ago, I had always wanted to set the edition quantity at 1500. However, some things have changed during the development period...and I noticed more collectibles statues staying in the 750-1000 range. We've got close to 500 pre-orders and while I feel that we could probably hit the 1000 mark eventually, I've spoken with the Uncharted team and we feel it's more important to make the statue more exclusive and go with the lower edition size.

So, that's pretty much it. I know that some of you are interested in waiting until the unboxing videos hit YouTube, or you get some in-hand reviews. That makes sense, but I wouldn't wait too long.

Thanks,
Gary