Bioshock Infinite: AUTOGRAPHED MIND IN REVOLT BOOK only 15 available

[Knight]

@mancoon - lets not make this a 'who has a bigger man crush on Ken' thread I'm with you though. I think the guys brilliant. Did you watch the recent Bafta interview? (Oh and Ken did some writing for Thief)
And have no doubt, Infinite will be amazing.

I understand what was said about his sig compared to just artists but, speaking for myself, I don't want to miss out on anything. I've got a number of rare bioshock items and like others I'm not collecting for future profits. I'd never sell this anything in my bioshock collection.

@flatout. The vigor bottles were $500 and sold out quick. There were 400 of them. There are enough crazy collectors out there to pay $1k had that been the price. Only 15 of them after all. I've been close to spending a lot more than that on some bioshock memorobilia!

[Mancoon]

I didn't catch that interview although I did watch a really good half hour interview with adam sessler (remember him from xplay on g4?) Anyway its on rev3 games where he works now, it really shows how creative and inspired by history his games are, best interview I've seen yet. On youtube just type rev3 ken levine its a two part interview, reaching for the heavens and making elizabeth

[smitty2011]

Originally Posted by Mancoon

if they sold them dirty cheap one person would buy them all and tomorrow they would be a thousand dollars on ebay. Its a fair price and looks like they sold them in small cycles that way the people who constantly check the store could have a fair chance rather than one our two people with the funds to add all of them to thier cart. I collect a lot of art and Signed numbered art is so much more appealing and usually worth getting.this isn't a bad price for true fans considering the rarity, I will never sell it if I get it . The the signed lithos were a great deal considering each one was signed twice, but I missed out one those. Like I was saying the company isn't making tons on these, they might make something like 2500 profit after thier costs and time, to me this is just an extremely rare piece. They could have asked a thousand and they still would have sold out pretty quickly, I do agree the non signed book should be 50 dollars though.Waiting for shipping email, still hoping.

Spot on.. if they were limited to 15 and cheap they would of all gone in the first minute..

[Knight]

Thought I'd post this. I sent a query to support as soon as I had trouble the first time. Bad news for those wanting a signed copy. The reply came in this morning, just a few hours ago.

Mar 22 13:25 (PDT):

Hello,

We do not currently have any more in stock of the autographed copies.

We apologize for this inconvenience.

Thank you,
2K Support

[Mancoon]

Just curious if any one else has gotten shipping confirmation. I havnt yet. Maybe because the weekend.another question, I have been trying to research this more, apparently it will come sealed in a bioshock envelope, sealed with a sticker. Do you open it,i think I would have to.i always leave sealed things sealed but I think I would have to see what number I had gotten or see if its even signed, then display in a glass book case with the envelope and printed confirmation emails if there is no certificate of authenticity.that way you have a bill and order number from irrational.any thoughts?

[MortalMonday]

I haven't gotten shipping confirmation. I'm all but certain that this is because it's the weekend. I expect a tracking number on Monday. Good question on the sealed bit.

I'll probably be opening mine for the same reasons you stated. I'd be dying to see the number and sigs. We'll see though. I may just leave it sealed. I'll just have to wait until it's actually in my hands to decide.

[Knight]

I got shipping confirmation about a day after. I've seen the photos of the white packaging for it - looks like this:




Like you both mentioned, I always like to leave things sealed, but usually that's for shrink wrap, etc, and not 'packaging' per se. At least with shrink wrap (like the Rapture Record from Bio 2), you can still see the item. It'd annoy me to not be able to see the book at all. And like you, I must know what number it is! In fact, I'm still skeptical that they've sent me a signed one at all and I'll always have that doubt unless I see it for myself. I'll keep the packaging as well and display it with the order confirmation as mentioned already.

Actually, as I ended up buying two of these (one signed and one unsigned), I think I'll keep the unsigned one sealed and then I can display them together that way. Decisions, decisions!

It is a shame to have no certificate of authenticity - it's not mentioned so I doubt there will be one. I find it really odd as well, I mean 1 in 15 after all! I actually think I will make my own - copy the design of the certificates I already have from Irrational (minus any sigs since they would only be copies and not originals) and then edit in the item and number, etc. At least it will then match as well. Oh, so excited!

[toxicatom5]

Originally Posted by Mancoon

...apparently it will come sealed in a bioshock envelope, sealed with a sticker.

I'm not a fan of this for an item of this nature. Guess you just have to hope they got your order correct and sent you the right version (signed versus unsigned)...or open it.

[nipperkipper]

Originally Posted by Mancoon

Just curious if any one else has gotten shipping confirmation. I havnt yet. Maybe because the weekend.another question, I have been trying to research this more, apparently it will come sealed in a bioshock envelope, sealed with a sticker. Do you open it,i think I would have to.i always leave sealed things sealed but I think I would have to see what number I had gotten or see if its even signed, then display in a glass book case with the envelope and printed confirmation emails if there is no certificate of authenticity.that way you have a bill and order number from irrational.any thoughts?

This is disappointing, $230 dollars and they cant use a paper and printer to print a COA? I genuinely think companies nowadays dont understand the 'collector'

[Madigan]

If there's no physical difference between the signed and unsigned book + no COA, then you can easily buy the unsigned version, fake the signatures and put it up on ebay. How can you prove that yours is legit?