They did an archive room cleanout a few years ago; we knew because they solicited hobbyists to come in and assist. Although we didn’t know for sure the items getting cleaned out would be in the Ninja Pit, if you were paying attention, it was a safe assumption to make.
It was a scarier than normal year in the Pit, especially when everyone saw the boxes and did the math.
For many years now they’ve intimated that they wanted to tamp down the enthusiasm for the early Friday morning line, though they have done only minimal or nominal effort in that regard. Although I don’t ever want to see it completely eliminated – people are going to line up, regardless, and there should be a least a token something for the faithful’s efforts – they need to do a little bit more than just passing out numbers and holding back a few goodies for later.
Posting a picture like this is definitely not going to help. Unless they have other plans, like Blind Bag Purchase Raffles or Grab Bags or something.
Just toss in a little card or letter congratulating the recipient on their “Archive Room Escapee”: Reeves makes money, collectors get a Sample with bombproof documentation, nobody gets a shuriken to the forehead, everybody happy….
(This could all be moot, though, if they’re just tossing them in the regrind bin. I don’t think they’d be that intentionally cruel.)
3 comments:
Living overseas for the past 10 years, I have never been to the Ninja Pit of Death and am fully ignorant of its ways. Do they really sell models just jumbled into a box as pictured here, or did they just do that for a cute-funny photo? Wouldn't shoving multiple models into a box with no bubble wrap or other protection make most modern collectors lose their minds from the possibility of rubs or breaks?
I'd love a blind bag raffle purchase on these guys...something UNDER $100, hopefully?
They keep SAYING they want to tone down the NPOD craziness, but their actions are screaming that they want turn it UP.
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