The "Official Online Naughty Dog Store" Thread!

[Dr_Jengo]

Originally Posted by Treehouse_Ryan

I pitched that, actually. Wanted to recreate the watch and have it ship with a printed sticker or something with an accurate broken glass pattern on it. Everyone else was less into the idea than I was....

Boo! They don't know Collectibles like you do..

[Fad]

Yes, it all comes down to how the collectible came to be. In some cases, they are made as a gift for the dev team to celebrate the completion of a game. Other times, it's a promotional item for the media. However, obviously there is a big difference in the development cost between an OEM product like a sports bottle with a game logo on it, and a custom sculpted collectible statue. In some cases, when the collectible is meant for a "Collectors Edition", you can amortize the development cost over the 50K units you're going to make. But when you make something like a Delsin statue which can cost upwards of $10-20K to sculpt, mold, make tooling and paint masters for, and the per unit cost can be $50-100 ea because you're making such a low number, you can't just make 50 pcs for the press or 100 pcs for the game team and call it a day because that would be one helluva expensive promo item. ;-) (BTW, I'm purposely being vague on my costs). So, in order to offset some of these costs and see what the demand would be, I decided to make some extra and sell them at a few events like PAX East. My deal with Marketing was that they got to use them for the press and contests first, but I did mark the numbered version differently than their promo/internal team version.

So, while you may see an old promo item pop up on the ND store, Treehouse, ND and I will also be hard at work on new items, so keep the ideas coming.

Thanks,

Gary

Originally Posted by Dr_Jengo

In Response to KnightofTruth & Fad (Gary),

yes I think that one of the banes of collecting is seeing your 'exclusive' item turning out to be re-made again and being not as exclusive as what you once thought.

You pay hundreds for something on eBay and then a few months later, an official store starts selling it for a fraction of the cost.

That said, I understand the reasoning from the other angle though. It can also be a blessing if, as a collector, you don't have it yet.

Gary has said that he understands this and will be putting certain 'markings' on the items to state the difference. That's a great way to solve the issue in my opinion. I think a similar thing happened with the inFamous Delsin Rowe Statue?

[Matt]

Anything Crash Bandicoot and I WILL want it!

[Redmagster]

Originally Posted by Fad

Lol! I plead the fifth! ;-)

Okay, so now that we have your attention, what kinds of ND game collectibles would you like to see?

Gary

I would love to see a real quality figure for Uncharted...

In fact... A Nate, Chloe, Elena triorama would be superb!

Also Nate with the plane and train would make cool action pieces

And some limited Giclees pleeeeeeeeesssseeeeeee... And a real quality art book as Ive still failed to get my hands in the original...

For The Last of Us we're already much better off but, like most, I'm thrilled about the clicker bust though my son may be not so

Whatever turns up in the store I'm excited to hear of it and I'm also with Ryan on the watch..

[sharif2323]

Cook & Becker Uncharted prints are now available o.O.

I'm too lazy to make a thread but maybe Maarten will xD

[Rsm7]

I'd love to see an Ellie statue. But also, in fact, everything related to this part of the game would be perfect

[0329liuken]

Originally Posted by Rsm7

I'd love to see an Ellie statue. But also, in fact, everything related to this part of the game would be perfect

There was a print, but it was sold out.

http://www.gallerynucleus.com/detail/17733

[Rsm7]

Yeah, I know, that's why I still keep dreaming about it :'(
It's the most beautiful scene I've seen in a long time

[Romeo]

Originally Posted by Fad

Yes, it all comes down to how the collectible came to be. In some cases, they are made as a gift for the dev team to celebrate the completion of a game. Other times, it's a promotional item for the media. However, obviously there is a big difference in the development cost between an OEM product like a sports bottle with a game logo on it, and a custom sculpted collectible statue. In some cases, when the collectible is meant for a "Collectors Edition", you can amortize the development cost over the 50K units you're going to make. But when you make something like a Delsin statue which can cost upwards of $10-20K to sculpt, mold, make tooling and paint masters for, and the per unit cost can be $50-100 ea because you're making such a low number, you can't just make 50 pcs for the press or 100 pcs for the game team and call it a day because that would be one helluva expensive promo item. ;-) (BTW, I'm purposely being vague on my costs). So, in order to offset some of these costs and see what the demand would be, I decided to make some extra and sell them at a few events like PAX East. My deal with Marketing was that they got to use them for the press and contests first, but I did mark the numbered version differently than their promo/internal team version.

So, while you may see an old promo item pop up on the ND store, Treehouse, ND and I will also be hard at work on new items, so keep the ideas coming.

Thanks,

Gary

I'm glad and very appreciative that you explained it so thoroughly for the community. It's something that so many just simply don't understand: economics. It may very well cost $10,000 to design and manufacturer a small bust, and unless the company plans on writing off the cost for whatever reason such as press, they would surely need to recoup their costs back by either charging an exorbitant price per unit or create a large quantity at a lower price per unit.

[amb6883]

Just hope you don't rerelease the Cook & Becker prints as lithographs