GoBucky Posted June 5, 2018 Share Posted June 5, 2018 I guess that's a start, but still too many for one person to buy with such a small print run, but it does cut down on the crap that went down before with people buying entire stacks at tables. Pearl Jam has only allowed 1 per person for years. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GoBucky Posted June 5, 2018 Share Posted June 5, 2018 11 hours ago, amaninjapan said: 16 of the 23 lithos from Europe last year were 150 or less. These are normal numbers for Europe. Ah, thanks for the info...I didn't realize that. Are the lithos just not as popular over there? It's weird that the print run for US arenas was twice what they are for Euro stadiums. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
amaninjapan Posted June 5, 2018 Share Posted June 5, 2018 2 minutes ago, GoBucky said: Ah, thanks for the info...I didn't realize that. Are the lithos just not as popular over there? It's weird that the print run for US arenas was twice what they are for Euro stadiums. Comparatively, yeah. Everyone goes crazy for shirts. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RageKage Posted June 5, 2018 Share Posted June 5, 2018 (edited) 1 hour ago, GoBucky said: I guess that's a start, but still too many for one person to buy with such a small print run, but it does cut down on the crap that went down before with people buying entire stacks at tables. Pearl Jam has only allowed 1 per person for years. Those mentioned 4 lithos were for three different people, as in: one person bought 4 but they were for 3 different people Edited June 5, 2018 by RageKage Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GoBucky Posted June 5, 2018 Share Posted June 5, 2018 38 minutes ago, RageKage said: Those mentioned 4 lithos were for three different people, as in: one person bought 4 but they were for 3 different people Got ya, that's different than what I thought. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AxlIsGod. Posted June 5, 2018 Share Posted June 5, 2018 2 hours ago, RageKage said: Those mentioned 4 lithos were for three different people, as in: one person bought 4 but they were for 3 different people Couldnt anybody just say theyre for other people though? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
6lake sa66ath Posted June 5, 2018 Share Posted June 5, 2018 Does anybody know if the Berlin lithograph came flat packed into the cardboard sleeves like they've previously done? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brose Posted June 5, 2018 Share Posted June 5, 2018 5 minutes ago, 6lake sa66ath said: Does anybody know if the Berlin lithograph came flat packed into the cardboard sleeves like they've previously done? Yes it did. A guy behind me had 2 of them. He tore the flat packs to be able to roll the lithos and used the cardboard to roll around them 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
6lake sa66ath Posted June 6, 2018 Share Posted June 6, 2018 9 hours ago, Brose said: Yes it did. A guy behind me had 2 of them. He tore the flat packs to be able to roll the lithos and used the cardboard to roll around them Genius, yeah that’s what I’m gonna have to do as I’ll have to keep them safe in a campsite! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
6lake sa66ath Posted June 6, 2018 Share Posted June 6, 2018 200 Donington’s Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AxlIsGod. Posted June 6, 2018 Share Posted June 6, 2018 37 minutes ago, 6lake sa66ath said: 200 Donington’s Are they already available?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
6lake sa66ath Posted June 6, 2018 Share Posted June 6, 2018 15 minutes ago, AxlIsGod. said: Are they already available?? Yes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AxlIsGod. Posted June 6, 2018 Share Posted June 6, 2018 1 minute ago, 6lake sa66ath said: Yes. Bit unfair for people coming for the 3-day weekend or day only. You'd think it'd be up Saturday only. Any chance you could grab me a few for when I come friday? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UK_GNR Posted June 6, 2018 Share Posted June 6, 2018 If anyone is going for the Thurs / Fri and could get an extra Donnington Litho I will happily buy them a few drinks for their trouble, or conversely swap for a Berlin / NYC Duff. Thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gordon Comstock Posted June 7, 2018 Share Posted June 7, 2018 As far as multiple litho's goes, I agree there should be a limit but it should be more than 1 per person. When I bought mine in 2017, I had to buy 2 because the person holding my spot in the GA line couldn't get his. At the Gorge show I got 3, but one was for someone on here. 3 or 4 would be a reasonable limit - nobody's walking away with stacks of lithos anymore but 1 person can probably still buy enough for the group of people they're with at a show. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
amaninjapan Posted June 7, 2018 Share Posted June 7, 2018 1 hour ago, Gordon Comstock said: As far as multiple litho's goes, I agree there should be a limit but it should be more than 1 per person. When I bought mine in 2017, I had to buy 2 because the person holding my spot in the GA line couldn't get his. At the Gorge show I got 3, but one was for someone on here. 3 or 4 would be a reasonable limit - nobody's walking away with stacks of lithos anymore but 1 person can probably still buy enough for the group of people they're with at a show. Agreed. People rarely go to concerts and festivals alone and you're always doing favors for friends. One person waiting in line while a couple people park a car or go to the bathroom etc. 1 per person is just a little too restrictive. Lots of other bands have plenty of reasonable solutions to this problem. I think Metallica sells a few hundred at the show and a few hundred online. Seriously, what is wrong with this idea? Of all the items GNR sells at their concerts, the litho is easily the most delicate and the number one merch item you DON'T want to try to protect while rocking the fuck out at a concert. Selling them inside the venue, preventing people from taking them back to their car or hotel room while also not allowing them to bring in a protective tube - that's just mean and inconsiderate. At least some of the concerts, the staff provide the option of leaving the merchandise at the booth for collection after the concert. That's a great idea but isn't implemented with any consistency. You have no idea whether that option will be available until you're standing there at the merch booth. At the Forum shows last year, they sold Uline tubes at the merch booth, which was a great idea! But again no consistency because I don't think they offered them for sale at any other concerts. A lot of us love to joke about Metallica's merch monster but dammit, at least they've got a lot of it running like a well-oiled machine. I would love for GNR to step up their merch game. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gordon Comstock Posted June 7, 2018 Share Posted June 7, 2018 8 minutes ago, amaninjapan said: Agreed. People rarely go to concerts and festivals alone and you're always doing favors for friends. One person waiting in line while a couple people park a car or go to the bathroom etc. 1 per person is just a little too restrictive. Lots of other bands have plenty of reasonable solutions to this problem. I think Metallica sells a few hundred at the show and a few hundred online. Seriously, what is wrong with this idea? Of all the items GNR sells at their concerts, the litho is easily the most delicate and the number one merch item you DON'T want to try to protect while rocking the fuck out at a concert. Selling them inside the venue, preventing people from taking them back to their car or hotel room while also not allowing them to bring in a protective tube - that's just mean and inconsiderate. At least some of the concerts, the staff provide the option of leaving the merchandise at the booth for collection after the concert. That's a great idea but isn't implemented with any consistency. You have no idea whether that option will be available until you're standing there at the merch booth. At the Forum shows last year, they sold Uline tubes at the merch booth, which was a great idea! But again no consistency because I don't think they offered them for sale at any other concerts. A lot of us love to joke about Metallica's merch monster but dammit, at least they've got a lot of it running like a well-oiled machine. I would love for GNR to step up their merch game. It would be great if they did those things; selling a second batch online, selling/providing protective tubes, or just allowing you to leave it at the booth until after the show. You would think, with some of the things they've put their name on, that making more money off extra lithos in their official store would be obvious. Whether that means a different amount of extras for NA, Europe or Asia, I don't know, I have no idea what the demographic for lithos is or how well they sell in any given place. But there's obviously a market for them that exceeds 150-300 people per show. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
amaninjapan Posted June 7, 2018 Share Posted June 7, 2018 10 minutes ago, Gordon Comstock said: It would be great if they did those things; selling a second batch online, selling/providing protective tubes, or just allowing you to leave it at the booth until after the show. You would think, with some of the things they've put their name on, that making more money off extra lithos in their official store would be obvious. Whether that means a different amount of extras for NA, Europe or Asia, I don't know, I have no idea what the demographic for lithos is or how well they sell in any given place. But there's obviously a market for them that exceeds 150-300 people per show. The first two Vegas shows had 1000 lithos each. Last year, Hameenlinna and Prague had 80 lithos each. How the fuck did we get here? GNR obviously loves to make as much money as they can from willing fans but they're so obviously leaving money on the table here. Just so so strange. Plot that on a graph and I'm half expecting that by the time Abu Dhabi and Johannesburg roll around, we'll be required to hand back lithos 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZoSoRose Posted June 10, 2018 Author Share Posted June 10, 2018 Anyone have pics of the last few lithos? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
amaninjapan Posted June 10, 2018 Share Posted June 10, 2018 6 minutes ago, ZoSoRose said: Anyone have pics of the last few lithos? 7 minutes ago, ZoSoRose said: Anyone have pics of the last few lithos? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AussieHrvat Posted June 10, 2018 Share Posted June 10, 2018 The Danish one is cool, the UK one - Toronto mark II (not a good thing!) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
amaninjapan Posted June 10, 2018 Share Posted June 10, 2018 6 minutes ago, AussieHrvat said: The Danish one is cool, the UK one - Toronto mark II (not a good thing!) It's the same artist that did Toronto, Montreal and Edmonton - Johnny Crap Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AussieHrvat Posted June 10, 2018 Share Posted June 10, 2018 ha, im trying to remember which one had the mountie in two halves, Toronto I thought? looks very similar to that and the other stadium one. as you said, not my cup of tea, nor I imagine, most GnR fans! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZoSoRose Posted June 10, 2018 Author Share Posted June 10, 2018 Odense one is awesome Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CAFC Nick Posted June 18, 2018 Share Posted June 18, 2018 Any sign of the Download France lithograph yet? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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