#okay so these are obviously not as good as the og posters [which are fucking stunning btw. go check those out] but this was fun

[saintborland]

LEWIS HAMILTON posters inspired by x

#f1 #lewis hamilton #jazeroo posts #okay so these are obviously not as good as the og posters [which are fucking stunning btw. go check those out] but this was fun #my hands can't do coloring/drawing for long periods of time so using my phone to make little posters is my equivalent <3 #this is q'd im harvesting energy [sleeping] #mya

[n7punk]

i did my post about merch and this is a general price guide to go along with that, but because it's so subject to change, i have reblogs turned off and will probably delete this after a bit when it's no longer relevant/correct. these prices are not based on original price but rather what you can expect to pay for it now if you actually want to get your hands on it.

this is a lot more informal and just based off what I've seen over the last 2-3 months of digging. lower-end average (not the best, but generally good enough) prices are listed in USD (since all of this was originally sold in the US, its pretty hard to get a hold of elsewhere).

note: the biggest tip i can give you is to look on Mercari. there's a lot fewer professional collectors/speculators ("investors" 🙄) over there, but also fewer listings in general. that said, definitely check other places before buying something, and Mercari doesn't have search alert emails like eBay. also, take a peek at Facebook Marketplace! I have seen one or two things there if you look "outside your area" with shipping.

original posters: (in mint condition) close to 10$ but sometimes pushing 20$. reproductions fall in this range too tbh.

pins vary based on what the pin is and if it still has its backing. most pins are still available direct too so i haven't paid much attention to their prices. I think like 10$ (give or take a few dollars) for the buttons (4-pack) is around what I've found. side note: double check any pins being sold against han cholo's catalogue and my con promos post, because if it's not in there it's a fan's design, which 1) you really should buy direct from them, 2) might be CHEAPER from them. i saw someone selling pins for 30$ when brand new from the fan artist they're 24$. same thing for the jewelry. there's a reseller who is my nemesis for marking up items and trying to make them seem rarer by calling them con exclusive when theyre for sale online right now. i cannot stress enough how much you should cross-check this stuff.

her universe clothes: this varies based on what it is, but in general you should be looking to get it for less than original list price. even if it's barely used, it is still used, and you will find it lower than original eventually, so use that as your general guide. for the jackets, you can get as good as 40$ off sometimes (I’ve seen the adora bomber that retailed at 70$ listed between 25-75$). the bomber is definitely the most common item i've seen, usually around 25$, but i haven't checked the situation over on poshmark/thredup so there might be more variety there. (also, i have the links to all the original clothing listings in my merch post, which includes the original sizing chart!)

action figures: they list for 800+, but listed doesn't equal sold at all. i havent seen any movement on the listings i've found (which span up into four figures, btw). i think i saw them sold for 450$ once. sometimes people list just the BOX for 150$ so good fucking luck if you want this one and make sure to read the listing carefully. also, if you want to look around for these, add "-keshi" (on sites that support it) to remove the super7 keshis from the search, which are these weird 7$ rubber things for the OG show that remind me of the straw buddies.

can you tell the difference between the items that collectors have targeted and the regular merch? lmao. speaking of collecting: NIB = new in box. basically, it's in the same condition as if you bought it directly from the store. sometimes you might see NIP for "new in package" (think the buttons, which obviously don't have a box).

dolls: okay, listen. i've seen adora sell for 90$ and i've also seen her sit around and wait to be sold for 40$. every single one of these can go for three figures at times, but i would say an average list price (they're super over-priced, so you can make lower offers after a while of no movement, i've seen 100$ come off listings as time went on) is around 70-100$ (NIB) and a good one is closer to 40-50$. she-ra (regular) tends to be cheapest and easiest to get below this price point. the lowest ive seen NIB for them individually is 30$ each for glimbow, 39$ for adora, 25$ for she-ra, 45$ for she-ra+swift wind, and 57$ for catra (note: catra is the most expensive and rare to find below three figures. she sometimes goes for over 200$). i've also seen the entire BFS go as a 50$ lot NIB and the BFS + catra go as a lot for 30$ out of box so factor that how you will. these prices range a Lot. if you wait and are patient, you can get a more reasonable price eventually. (there's currently a lot of she-ra/glimmer/bow listed as 300$ despite she-ra being way more common and regularly going for $50. people are stupid) OH RIGHT i forgot the sdcc exclusive. yeah 100$ list is average on that. best price ive seen (initially listed) recently is 80$ NIB. that said, i've seen them sell as low as 31$ when the packaging was damaged. because prices are so variable, i've seen damaged out-of-boxes go for more than NIBs (see: 115$ damaged catra vs 57$ NIB) because the seller/buyer were pricing based off of a higher listing. if someone is trying to sell something damaged or with a slightly off screening (imperfect paint/print job), you can lean on that to get the price lower (there's a glimmer with a Hilariously skewed screening - and missing accessories + messy hair - listed for 1$ on ebay right now).

the Lootcrate and Sonic stuff varies based on what it is (and if it's in a lot) but they tend to span 5-20$. usually they aren't sold individually so it's hard to price.

the stickers/tattoo/coloring sheets usually go in lots but range 2-15$

the target toy sword/shield and target costume should be something like 30-45$ for a good NIB price (i've seen them go up to 75$ as a list price tho). i've seen the costume go for as low as 10$ if it's used.

i havent seen enough listings (or any in some cases) to get a vibe on the prices for anything else.

these prices are just based on what's going down right now. they'll go up around the holidays and then lower again, and it's possible in a year they're all way higher or way lower than currently. collectors have targeted some of these things and its so obvious when the con exclusive pin sets can sell for 12$ and the (originally 15$!) dolls from target can go for 160$. it's super annoying and i hope all of them choke <3 but maybe their stupid speculating will taper off and it will get easier to get stuff reasonably. we can only hope

this has been sitting in my drafts for ages but im posting it now, not even in the hopes it will help someone, but so i can infodump about this extremely specific knowledge i've developed over the summer lmao

#words and things #if you have a piece of merch you want. i can probably point you to the lowest one listed rn easily lmao #idk if anyone else cares about this stuff but my inbox is open to questions XD #send em off anon and i'll answer them privately #let! me! infodump! #ok im normal again

[kennyrobots]

answer in the form of an answer, part 18.

Is art important to you? Your answer: Yes Answers you’ll accept: Yes | No Importance: Very I automatically assume that "art" encompasses ALL types of art, not just the shit that's hanging up in museums and whatnot. (I guess what I'm saying is that, yes, Mr. Ebert, video games ARE art.) That being said, I did seriously consider trying to steal a painting hanging up in a museum once, mostly because it was so breathtaking that I just needed to hang it up on my wall, I guess. Although that would've been a challenge, as the piece was like twenty feet wide and about as tall. (Sometimes I lack a sense of proportion.) (Sense of aesthetics remains intact, though.) that bit about wanting to steal a painting is absolutely true. i don’t remember its name, or who painted it, or which museum it’s in - all i remember is that it’s a woodland scene, depicting a small creek cutting through a forest, very quiet and serene and whatnot, and my first thought on seeing it was, “dang - can i steal this and hang this up in my house?” and obviously, the answer was NO, mostly because it was a large-ass painting. that being said, i’m not actually sure i’m the “hang paintings on the walls” type. i’d LOVE to be - they’re a nice investment piece, in addition to being aesthetically pleasing - but i think my sense of taste regarding the shit i’d hang up on walls is more towards the movie posters end of things. i love me a funky movie poster, and i actually try to avoid the standard stuff as much as possible, partly because it’s expensive, but mostly because it’s actually not that interesting to look at. like, one of the more popular pieces, as you’d expect, would be the OG star wars one sheet, and...yeah, i guess it’s fine, but it doesn’t move me in any way. it probably has more to do with my feelings that the star wars franchise is extremely overrated (favorite movies are empire strikes back, the last jedi and rogue one, so that oughta tell you where i’m at), but as i browse through the rest of those one sheets, their compositions do absolutely nothing for me. (it could also be that i’ve had it up 2 here with the hero’s journey, so things that glorify and deify it aren’t my bag, and star wars is all ABOUT the monomyth.) (for the record: because’s it’s predicable, and has become very very boring to me. not saying that it’s not useful, or that works of art that use the monomyth aren’t GOOD. i’m just saying that after a while, i learned how to spot them in things, and once i could tell what was going to happen, why continue onward?) in contrast...the first thing that comes to mind for me is this one sheet i bought off of ebay for the movie fulltime killer - oddly enough, i can’t find a picture of it online, so i’ll have to take a picture of it when i’m able, but if i recall correctly, it’s all white with the letters that make up “fulltime killer” on it, and each letter reveals a picture behind it - unsure if it’s a still from the movie, as i’ve actually never seen it (although i do love me some johnnie to - drug war is highly, HIGHLY recommended), but it looked badass when i saw it, and was an instabuy for me. (to go off on a tangent, which will happen often: i remember not liking sonatine the first time i saw it, mostly because i wasn’t sure what to make of it. i had watched the entire thing, and when it ended, i was like...”okay? the fuck?” i think it’s because i was still used to more “action-y” asian movies in the vein of hard boiled, so this was a hell of a departure. (in fairness, hk cinema as opposed to japanese cinema, but still.) and yet i loved outrage and beyond outrage, so one of these days, i’m going to go back to sonatine to see if i “get it” this time around. also, watch the man from nowhere. really good. and both versions of 13 assassins, and fuck it - both versions of hara-kiri as well. also double suicide, ran, pale flower, i saw the devil (fucking BRUTAL), branded to kill, the sword of doom, samurai rebellion (love me some chanbara), mishima: a life in four chapters (not EXPRESSLY asian, but i’ll allow it), my face red in the sunset/killers on parade (can you tell i like criterion movies?), 3...extremes, the second segment of V/H/S/2, if you’ll handwave it in, audition (god damn, i love this movie), oldboy (the korean version only - sorry, spike lee, but no), the raid: redemption, the raid 2: berandal, parasite, gozu, and and and...what can i say? i like asian cinema. oddly enough, not into anime at all. also also, the OG a tale of two sisters.) (and yes, i hated formatting that entire damn paragraph.) (oh, right - movie posters.) another one that i love and own is the one sheet for the face of fu manchu, which...i mean, look at it. it’s fucking awesome. it also strikes me how compositionally similar it is to star wars, so maybe it’s just that i don’t much care for star wars. (either way, better than most movie posters that come out these days. have you seen that shit? boring as FUCK - either a character posing, or a closeup of a character posing. BO-RING. can’t believe that people get paid to make these things.) i actually have to take pictures of all the one sheets that i do have stored away, because i can only remember a few of them, but i know that i have at least six. (also a smaller hand-drawn poster - an actual poster - for deep red, which is the only one i’ve framed so far.) point is, that’s where my wall art aesthetic is, mostly because i basically want a house like guillermo del toro’s bleak house. (that shit is fucking AMAZING, y’all.)