I hope they don’t have stock. Once a company goes public they have an obligation to make money for their stockholders. That can lead to stupid ideas for the sake of making money.
“These new episodes of MST3K aren’t making enough money. We’re going to turn the GizmoPlex into a VOD wrestling and cooking channel.”
Lol. I’d watch if the wrestling and cooking were part of the same show.
But if we were stock holders we could fire the board of directors and take over the enterprise and and then we would control Crow and finally get to decide who lives or dies!
Oops I gave away my master plan…
Aside from most of the money going to making episodes and getting the G-Plex up and running, I wonder if they are holding off on doing a lot of merch until after the merch that has already been promised and sold (KS rewards) has actually been delivered.
There are people who would consider it an insult if there was a full merch line that anyone could buy when we have not yet gotten our KS stuff. (I’m not one of those people but you know they exist)
That’s a very good point, and it’s possible those people who do exist don’t even realize they exist. Like, I might be sitting here like “yeah it’s all good” but the moment they release merch for everybody who’s not me then I’ll suddenly transform.
The fact that they’ve been so good at releasing digital content (episodes, events) and have been so transparent with issues with getting physical stuff makes the wait much more bearable as well.
That being said, I can’t believe that there isn’t anyone nerdy enough in the food business who hasn’t pitched why they shouldn’t be the main producer of Gizmo-snacks. Crow-colored popcorn, GPC-shaped pretzels, candy that could fit inside a Tom Servo, Waverly, um, whatever they’re known fors…
Have I had too much Mega-Monster Month or does this have a rather Hulkish energy? Like when Chris Combs gets his dander up, he turns into Mega-Backer and starts flossing his teeth with power lines?
Up until very recently I worked in global manufacturing and yes, holy cats are supply chain issues utterly awful right now. I’m really surprised Zazzle is able to get my shrits to me in a few weeks and won’t be at all surprised (or upset) if there are delays. I haven’t been able to get Milkduds for weeks and still can’t, it’s really hell out there.
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Would you have to have a sheep or some cotton plants and you dump the raw fluff in and it spits out thread that gets 3D printed? I mean, jokes about having a sheep on hand aside, it can’t be impossible. Where are you, textile MSTies?
Seems less messy than my attempt to make a customized leather souvenir jacket from scratch. (I shouldn’t have started with that Wisconsin-grown remaindered cowhide they were selling in the parking lot behind Dutch’s Cafe’. Next time, it’s the wholly-vegan pineapple-fiber option, for sure! No matter how many pineapples I have to harvest and eat myself! )