I have a few standees, but all boxed except one. That's a video standee for THE MATRIX. It's an 8 feet tall Neo, the same image as on the one sheet, but a big cut out version of him. He spends most of the time folded in half in the hall. He comes out when Mila goes to visit the grandkids so I have someone to talk to. He's great company, even if he doesn't say a whole lot. Phil ----- Original Message ----- From: Toochis Morin To: [email protected] Sent: Sunday, April 11, 2010 10:10 AM Subject: Re: [MOPO] Question from Rudy Franchi re: Standees
Great subject! Does anyone know where I can locate the large IRON GIANT one with the illuminated red eyes. Cheers, Toochis ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ From: James Richard <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Sent: Sat, April 10, 2010 2:42:30 PM Subject: Re: [MOPO] Question from Rudy Franchi re: Standees Rudy, Wow... someone is suing someone over the value of lobby standees? What a strange world... Anyway, while I love seeing standees in lobbies, every time I've been offered one I decided to take a pass simply because they take up so much floor space -- you have to have a pretty large house to have even one standee in place and not have it completely take over the room. Most people I've talked to about them have similar reservations. I think this has served to keep prices comparatively low over the decades (except for the "spectacular examples for high-powered titles" you mention). The other caveat, if one is not purchasing the standee locally is the hassle and cost of shipping the things. That has to be figured into the final price and so cuts down the "retail value". The basic awkwardness and size of most standees has probably also contributed to them having a higher throw-away ratio than movie posters which can be stored in a small space. Traditionally the high throw-away factor would make them valuable, but because of their other aspects it hasn't worked out that way. Recently there was a standee of R2D2 from STAR WARS offered on Ebay. I no longer have the link to the closed auction, and while it wasn't in mint shape, it was still nice and given the collectible status of the film I thought it would go for quite a lot, but there didn't seem to be all that much interest in it. -- JR channinglylethomson wrote: > Hello Mopo Members -- Rudy Franchi has asked me to post the following question to members of MOPO: > > I'm doing some research as an expert witness in a law suit involving > the value of recent ( last 10 years ) movie theater lobby standees. > Over the years I've never had much success in selling these - with the > exception of a handful of spectacular examples for high powered > titles. Anyone in the group have positive/negative experiences with > these boxed monsters? Thanks, rudy franchi > > Visit the MoPo Mailing List Web Site at www.filmfan.com > ___________________________________________________________________ > How to UNSUBSCRIBE from the MoPo Mailing List > Send a message addressed to: [email protected] > In the BODY of your message type: SIGNOFF MOPO-L > The author of this message is solely responsible for its content. > Visit the MoPo Mailing List Web Site at www.filmfan.com ___________________________________________________________________ How to UNSUBSCRIBE from the MoPo Mailing List Send a message addressed to: [email protected] In the BODY of your message type: SIGNOFF MOPO-L The author of this message is solely responsible for its content. Visit the MoPo Mailing List Web Site at www.filmfan.com ___________________________________________________________________ How to UNSUBSCRIBE from the MoPo Mailing List Send a message addressed to: [email protected] In the BODY of your message type: SIGNOFF MOPO-L The author of this message is solely responsible for its content. Visit the MoPo Mailing List Web Site at www.filmfan.com ___________________________________________________________________ How to UNSUBSCRIBE from the MoPo Mailing List Send a message addressed to: [email protected] In the BODY of your message type: SIGNOFF MOPO-L The author of this message is solely responsible for its content.
