The "Official Online Naughty Dog Store" Thread!

[sharif2323]

I feel bad for those that paid a hefty price to get what they believed to be very limited clicker statues...hopefully the rest of the store is not filled with once elusive items :/

[KnightOfTruth]

Originally Posted by sharif2323

I feel bad for those that paid a hefty price to get what they believed to be very limited clicker statues...hopefully the rest of the store is not filled with once elusive items :/

That's always the gamble in this game though -- is the "rare" thing you're paying a ton of money to have "first" or "exclusively" going to remain so? Is it going to be mass-marketed at a later date or reprinted? One of the risks in this game I guess.

Hopefully those "original" ones have some sort of distinguishing mark or something to differentiate them for those who REALLY care. Others who are fans of the series will be happy to get one and those who jumped first on these (who in fact potentially showed the popularity of such an item) will still be happy to have some sort of feeling of exclusivity.

[Fad]

Originally Posted by sharif2323

I feel bad for those that paid a hefty price to get what they believed to be very limited clicker statues...hopefully the rest of the store is not filled with once elusive items :/

That's true. As a collector myself, I understand the risks when purchasing Promotional items or "development team gifts". While it is unfortunate that some collectors will have paid more for theirs on the secondary market, those pieces were not meant to be sold at retail. These statues were always meant to be sold as part of a collectibles program, which took a considerable amount of time to develop and get approved by SCEA management. We were testing the QC of a new factory so we made that small limited run (I believe it was 50 or less) to be given away as an award at a GameStop event. They were never meant to be officially sold to the public. I knew there was a chance a few of them would be sold but that's just a part of making these types if items and I was not in a position to announce anything about the ND store, so putting a "don't buy these on ebay at exorbitant prices" warning was not an option. The markings on these statues will be different than that first 50 sample units though.

I have made a considerable amount of PR items and collectibles over the past few years and while I may occasionally re-purpose one of those projects because of fan demand, you can rest assured that the majority of these items will be newly developed. They will be numbered, and while we will make a small amount of samples for internal distribution (which will be marked as " samples" and not be part of the amount sold to the public), we will not be manufacturing over that numbered amount.

Thanks,
Gary

[sharif2323]

Thank you for your words Gary, appreciate it!!

Totally see things clearer now and it's all understandable of course. Cool that markings will be different for those that took that risk.

Look forward to all the newly developed goodies!! Thank you sir