Report: Nightmare Before Christmas Haunted Evening
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Merchandise - Page 1
The items available for the event:
Note: For pictures of most of the event merchandise, click here.
- Boxed (coffin-shaped) Framed Jack Skellington Ornament w / Pin $18 LE 750
- Boxed (coffin-shaped) Framed Sally Ornament w / Pin $18 LE 750
- Boxed (coffin-shaped) Framed Lock, Shock & Barrel Ornament w / Pin $18 LE 750
- Nightmare Before Christmas Event Logo Pin $12 LE 2,500 - on a coffin-shaped card
- Lock, Shock & Barrel hand painted Charger $250 by Elisabete Gomes LE 50
- Jack and Sally hand painted charger $350 by Elisabete Gomes LE 30
- Haunted Mansion Holiday Stretching Portraits (portfolio set of 4 11x14) $150 LE 150
- Haunted Mansion DoomBuggy Sculpture featuring Jack, Sally and Zero - $95 LE 500 - delayed in production
- Jack Skellington Marionette by Bob Baker - $500. Delivery of this item will be 16 weeks after the event.
- Zero Marionette by Bob Baker - $400. Delivery of this item will be 16 weeks after the event.
- Twas' the Nightmare Before Christmas Ghost Poem (Framed) $200 LE 75
- Nightmare Before Christmas Group Portrait Original Art by Eric Robison - $4,000 - dimensions 46x36
- Nightmare Before Christmas Group Portrait $125 - reproduced from the original - LE 150 - dimensions 34x27
- Nightmare Before Christmas Watch $65 - LE 200
- Black Leather Jacket with Event Logo $400 - LE 100. Available in Med, Large, X-Large and XX-Large.
- Boxed Translucent Haunted Mansion Pin $50 - LE 150
- Sandy Claws in Sleight Glow-In The-Dark Event Logo Sweatshirt $30. Available in Med, Large, X-Large and XX-Large.
- Sandy Claws Glow-In-The-Dark Event Logo T-shirt $18 dated and available in Med, Large, X-Large and XX-Large.
While some items were great deals - the watch and the sculpture as well as the pins - a few were a bit out of range - an original Robison? It was clear - after the first round of the RSP in which all but two LE pieces sold out, one high end and one low end - that the edition sizes were less than would have met the demand - but well within the "collectable" range. The use of the RSP - aside from making the availability of the event merchandise as fair as was possible - and the limits on items available per order - put a crimp in the secondary market. In past events buyers would choose multiples and sell them to finance their event participation. A managed scarcity will serve to drive up the prices on items with editions of less than 500 and create a demand for more merchandise.
But, with the huge cross-over appeal of the Haunted Mansion and Nightmare Before Christmas - especially in it’s inaugural year - should have had the Merchandise division scrambling for every available logo-worthy surface to market to a growing fan-base. A dated elongated coin die or an event logo button - also dated - should have been produced for the event - the price-point to cost ratio is a huge profit and a merchandise miss that stands out in a pumpkin patch of winning collectables.
The core merchandise, likewise, is a broad range of items and purchase points. The pins, apparel and plush are staples, but a soundtrack CD would have sold out in minutes. There are more items to come I’m sure and I can’t wait.
The lines to get the new Nightmare core merchandise were nearly as long as those for the
limited edition items.
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New Nightmare plush and themed hats are part of the new core merchandise collection.
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A very intricate decal detail on the new Haunted Mansion themed Outdoor Vending cart.
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