Can You Really Get A Refund On NYCC Exclusives That Weren’t Exclusive? Yes.

Okay, I get the feeling that this could be one of those articles that might be a case of lighting the touchpaper and running away very quickly as everything explodes around us. Be warned.

It is incredibly common for publisher, manufacturers, broadcasters, creators to offer special items at shows and call them exclusives to the show. SDCC Exclusive, NYCC exclusive, you know the kind of thing. Loot Crate is full of items that are exclusive to them. But… often they are suddenly no longer exclusive, The week after, they are selling them in their online store, or they pop up at subsequent shows, or even get listed in Diamond Previews for anyone to order.

And until now, those who had ponied down cash, airfare, hotels and tickets to be privileged to line up for several hours in a sweltering/freezing/smelling of popcorn line to pay over the odds to acquire such a gem have just had to growl, grimace, shitpost and complain.

Until now.

Because on a Loot Crate subgroup on Reddit, someone found another way. When complaining about Loot Crate selling some of their NYCC Exclusive items in their online store Loot Vault, less than a week after the show, discounted even, one enterprising buyer called Roquen22 complained – not to Loot Crate, not to NYCC, but their bank.

Armed with an advertisement promising the item as an NYCC exclusive, his receipt of purchase, and a current listing for the item, the bank initiated a chargeback and he was refunded in full, as the item was “not as described”. While still keeping the item he had purchased.

That’s a gamechanger. It means that if you say something is exclusive to a show and then offer it elsewhere, you risk chargebacks on every one you sold at the show.  Now chargebacks aren’t available forever. Typically they are 120 days from purchase. So that gives people a four month window. Also a number of companies have started selling what they call “Convention Exclusives”, no longer exclusive to one specific convention, but may appear at subsequent shows. And that may be the easiest way out. But you know, that 120-day window still covers this year’s San Diego Comic-Con – though Funko might get away with it saying they advertised them as available elsewhere before going on sale, with Mattel it’s not so clear. And all these HASCON exclusives from Hasbro too…

And now it’s on Bleeding Cool, expect more “Non-Specific Convention Exclusives”, maybe some clarity in the language “These items may have limited amounts made available online after the show” or “New York Comic Con Debuts” would cover it. Or they could discount sales towards the end of the show to clear stock – or burn/recycle/nuke from space what is left.

There’s also a vulnerability from subscription boxes who commission an exclusive item but the manufacturer then goes ahead and sells it elsewhere anyway.

But selling NYCC exclusives from your own online store the day after the show? With one move, with one realisation, with a sudden measure of accountability imposed by the purchaser through existing consumer protection measure, that’s gone, forever.

And all because of a glittery Stay Puft Marshmallow Man.

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Rich Johnston

Lying In The Gutters – 15th October 2017 – The Joke’s On You

 

What a waste of Gin…

So what have you been reading this week?

Top Twenty Traffic Of The Week

1. The New Guardian Of The Galaxy Revealed, And The Road To Infinity War
2. Fall Ratings For FTWD, Supergirl, The Flash, And Others May Spell Doom For Superhero TV Craze
3. Gotham’s Bruce Wayne And Selina Kyle React To The Proposal In The Batman Comics
4. Charles Schulz Museum Inside Area Of Santa Rosa Evacuated For Massive Fire
5. Annotating The Doomsday Clock #1 Ashcan – Geoff Johns Is Mad As Hell And He’s Not Going To Take It Anymore
6. Marvel Introduces New Term “Icer” For Those Who Believe Captain America Was Frozen
7. Ever Wonder What Philip K. Dick Thought About Blade Runner?
8. Anaheim Hills Fire Forces Disney Employees Inside
9. Last Night’s Flash Episode Contained Spoilers For The Arrow Premiere
10. Kingdom Hearts Gets An Exclusive Funko Box At Gamestop, Let’s Dive In
11. Jack Kirby Walked Into Stan Lee’s Office With An Idea: Spider-Man
12. Bleeding Cool Bestseller List, 8th October 2017 – “Marvel Legacy Branding Doesn’t Seem To Have Made A Difference”
13. Is DC Comics Bringing Back Superboy And The Legion Of Superheroes Today? [SPOILERS]
14. Ask Spider-Man About His Feminist Agenda (SPOILERS)
15. Amazon Glitch Watch: Superman Rebirth Deluxe Vol. 1
16. Whoops, Man Mansplains Indiana Jones Costumes To The Designer
17. Norman Reedus On Jesus And Daryl Becoming A Couple: “Anything’s Possible”
18. Lesley-Ann Brandt’s Mazikeen Won’t Be In The Early Part Of Lucifer Season 3
19. How Jim Zub Broke Into Marvel Without Kow-Towing To Their Leftist Agenda
20. The Lakes Comic Art Festival Issues Statement Of Regret Over Response To Racial Criticism

And Ten You May Prefer

1. Welcome To “Jon Snow Nightwing” From Today’s DC Metal #3 (SPOILERS)
2. Gabriel Hardman Swears Off Commissions After Confronting Unauthorized Print Seller At NYCC
3. What Is The Mystery Of The Harley Quinn 25th Anniversary Sales?
4. When You Get John Oliver, Dave Eggers And Tom Hanks To Write Your Comic’s Cover Blurbs, You Won New York Comic Con
5. The First Look At Adam Warlock For Guardians Of The Galaxy #150 And Marvel Legacy
6. Marvel Two-In-One Will Bring Ben Grimm A Message From Reed Richards
7. New Year’s Resolution From Marvel: Lenticular Covers Will Be The Main Cover, No Tiers Required
8. Len Wein’s Final Story To See Print In Swamp Thing Winter Special
9. Will Scott Lobdell Have The No. 1 Movie In America This Weekend?
10. The Joker Comes To Doomsday Clock – 1984 Or 1992, It’s All About Nostalgia

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Rich Johnston

Funko’s Disney Afternoon Action Figures Sneek Peek!

When Funko announced last week that they would be producing action figures from a variety of great Disney cartoons of yesteryear, little did I know that they would show up on my doorstep days later!  Before we get into the nostalgic awesomeness, I’d like to thank Funko for the opportunity to give you fine folks a peek at what they’ve got in store.  I think you’ll agree, Funko really hit these out of the park.

The set consists of six carded figures, all in the 4″ scale range (which means they’ll fit in perfectly with your old Darkwing Duck figures!), and feature a nice range of articulation.  The original Negaduck (Darkwing Duck black & white repaint) is a chase figure, which Funko states is found “one of out every six”.  Hopefully he won’t be too hard to find for fans.  Let’s also hope this is just the first of many series for this line, because they are on another level for Funko.  They’ve really elevated their game here; these are gorgeous.  Aside from the clean paint apps and sharp sculpts, I’m impressed at the level of personality the sculpts convey.  Let’s check them out!

Baloo from Talespin

Baloo stands the tallest of the bunch, and includes a ball jointed head, pin and disk ball joint shoulders, elbows, waist (cleverly hidden), and cut leg joints.  Let’s hope the artwork on the back of the card foreshadows future cast mates from the show.

Scrooge McDuck from DuckTales

Uncle Scrooge includes his trademark cane and a bag of cold hard cash.  His spectacles are a separate piece of clear cast plastic, and they look great.  He features a ball jointed head, pin and disk ball joint shoulders, elbows, waist, and cut leg joints.  Clearly we need his nephews Huey, Dewy,and Louie!

Chip and Dale (with Zipper) from Chip N Dale Rescue Rangers

Both Chip and Dale feature swivel heads, pin and disk ball joint shoulders, elbows, waist, and cut leg joints.  Zipper is included as an accessory with Dale.  It would be nice to get a 2 pack with Gadget Hackwrench and Monterey Jack (hint hint Funko!)

Darkwing Duck

Darkwing is easily my favorite of the bunch.  He includes his trusty gun and features a swivel head, pin and disk ball joint shoulders, elbows, waist, and cut leg joints.  His cape is a flexible rubber.  The chase figure for this series is the original black and white Negaduck!  I can see the second Negaduck being another repainted exclusive down the line as well.  Let’s hope Funko doesn’t make us wait too long to get a Launchpad!

I hope you all had as much fun checking these out as I did photographing them.  They’re a blast, and show how Funko continues to evolve as a player in the action figure market.  A full on Disney line like this would be simply amazing.  Thanks again to Funko, look for these to hit shelves next month in November.  As always, all images are copyright Action Figures Insider, and cannot be used without the expressed written permission of the author and Action Figure Insider.

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Steve "Captain Collector" Ceragioli

DCTV Recap: Arrow, The Flash, Supergirl, And Legends Are Back

With the return of all the Arrowverse shows this week on the CW, I thought I’d do a quick recap of the shows for anyone who doesn’t care about spoilers and wants to know what happened. For now, we’ll call this the DCTV Recap and could expand into Gotham and other shows later, but for now it’s going to focus on Supergirl, The Flash, DC’s Legends of Tomorrow, and Arrow.

After the long delay, it’s nice to have all the series back. Some of the mysteries were addressed, like who survived on Lian Yu and how long will Barry Allen be in the Speed Force — while others, like what happened to Mon-El, will have to wait. We also got the debut of some new suits for the Flash, Black Canary, and Wild Dog, which means my Funko Pop figures are now outdated again.

We also got to see the introduction of some new characters, such as Morgan Edge (Adrian Pasdar), Reign (Odette Annable) on Supergirl, and the introduction of the Time Bureau on Legends of Tomorrow. However, other big reveals like who Michael Emerson is playing and how the Elongated Man will first show up will have to wait for another day.

Supergirl airs Mondays, Flash and Legends of Tomorrow air Tuesdays, and you can catch Arrow on Thursdays… all on the CW.

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Dan Wickline

Writer/Director Lucky McKee Curates The October Box Of Dread

It is October, the official month of Halloween and Horror. Which means that it’s a perfect time to take a look at the latest Box of Dread subscription box and they’ve really upped their game this month. Starting off with the fact that the Box of Dread now has a cool new box. I really like the logo design.

 

And we get a letter from the first Curator of the Box of Dread – director, writer and actor Lucky Mckee. Not sure if this is a guest position or if he’ll be around a while, but either way having things put together by a Masters of Horror writer/director (the episode Sick Girl) is pretty cool.

 

As part of it being his box to curate, he included a pack of trading cards from Ding Dong, his segment of Tales of Halloween.

 

And from there it goes into the “Back to School” theme with a Carrie Pop! Vinyl figure. You can’t get much more back to school than the Stephen King classic.

And there’s Pop! Freddy Krueger pencil.

And a Pop! South Park Zombie Kenny keychain. “Oh my God! You killed Kenny! And he’s back!”

And to finish up the Funko fun is a pint size heroes random bag. Haven’t opened mine yet, but I’m hoping for Cthulu.

Also in the box is a DVD copy of All Cheerleaders Die, a movie written and directed by McKee and Chris Silvertson. Synopsis says: A rebel girl signs up a group of cheerleaders to help her take down the captain of their high school football team, but a supernatural turn of events thrusts the girls into a different battle.

And we wrap up with another Stephen King property… not sure it has anything to do with school, but a poster for the new Netflix series Gerald’s Game. Maybe she’s a school teacher.

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Dan Wickline