The issue with celebrity autographs

[Joe Redifer]

Who the hell buys autographs?  That's no fun.  It's much cooler to obtain them yourself.

[SignOfZeta]

Who the hell buys autographs?  That's no fun.  It's much cooler to obtain them yourself.

Yeah, I always make them do it in a rather non-transferable way, like specifically addressed to me, or with a wacky sketch. When I met Shoji Kawamori I had him draw me a Super Deformed VT-1D (DYRL version), which is probably the last thing anyone would want from him. Its my favorite Macross mech though, so its perfect for me.

[SuperDeadite]

if the dickmo's need money that bad why don't they just sit in their house , sign crap , and sell it on eBay?

In a few weeks theyd be loaded.

Some of them do.  As much as I love Working Designs, Vic Ireland does this himself.  He sells signed copies of Lunar on ebay for about $200 or so...

[SignOfZeta]

if the dickmo's need money that bad why don't they just sit in their house , sign crap , and sell it on eBay?

In a few weeks theyd be loaded.

Some of them do.  As much as I love Working Designs, Vic Ireland does this himself.  He sells signed copies of Lunar on ebay for about $200 or so...

Wow. That's really f*cking pathetic.

[Michael Helgeson]

Yea Vic has been doing it for the longest now on ebay with alot of his left over Working Designs stock.

[Necromancer]

Wow. That's really f*cking pathetic.

Indeed, though not nearly as pathetic as the sorry sacks that are buying 'em.

[Sinistron]

If it was a $20 blanket fee to collect all the autographs you want once inside- that would be more than reasonable.  $20 for a single autograph though from these cats- most of whom you mentioned are tired wash-outs or relatively obscure- definitely not worth it nor would their signatures be worth more than the photo print they'd sign on.  I definitely don't feel bad for these guys either- they've probably exploited their one moment in the sun over and over instead of going out to find more meaningful work.  

[Arkhan]

if the dickmo's need money that bad why don't they just sit in their house , sign crap , and sell it on eBay?

In a few weeks theyd be loaded.

Some of them do.  As much as I love Working Designs, Vic Ireland does this himself.  He sells signed copies of Lunar on ebay for about $200 or so...

>_<

When the hell is he going to start up something else again.

right now, nonworking designs is no fun >_<

[MissaFX]

I am guessing it is two factors merging together in many cases: A lack of access to the person they like and desperation. 

In other cases I attribute it to collectors with too much money and not enough sense of what to do with it. 

And I am not even getting into the fact that tons of people make things with fake autographs to sell which makes a lot of the market questionable to begin with.

[SignOfZeta]

if the dickmo's need money that bad why don't they just sit in their house , sign crap , and sell it on eBay?

In a few weeks theyd be loaded.

Some of them do.  As much as I love Working Designs, Vic Ireland does this himself.  He sells signed copies of Lunar on ebay for about $200 or so...

>_<

When the hell is he going to start up something else again.

right now, nonworking designs is no fun >_<

While WD and Vic had their place long ago they are no longer needed or relevant.

Back in the 90s people like me really wanted more RPGs in English, and for some reason WD was the only company that would actually do it. Nowadays the scene has changed so much. The vast majority of any cool Japanese gamesoft will eventually come here anyway from a publisher that will actually deliver it on time, or at least the same year it was scheduled for.

The only thing missing from translated JRPGs now is the idiotic "humor" that I never need to see again.

Sometimes you need a windbag like Vic, but now its time to untie his little knot and watch him fly away.

[Joe Redifer]

I wonder if he is working at Burger King now or something similar.

[SignOfZeta]

I wonder if he is working at Burger King now or something similar.

If there is such a thing as karma, then he's working at Software Etc.

[Joe Redifer]

Does that place even exist any more?

[SignOfZeta]

Does that place even exist any more?

There is some sort of game store that they all morphed into, I think. I can't remember the name as I usually buy imports. Last month I bought a PSP at a place that was an Electronics Boutique in 1991. I'm not sure what its called now though.

[nectarsis]

Electronics Boutique (latter EB games), Babbages, Funcoland (I think thats all of em) are all now the monster conglomerate that is Gamestop.