Mondo Posters - Done or Not

Postby **jzq88** » Tue Mar 28, 2023 4:34 pm

sadness, i hope they rebound

Postby **Imagery** » Tue Mar 28, 2023 5:18 pm

Was very saddened by this news. Even if I couldn't buy it all, I always appreciated the art and artists they brought to the forefront.

Postby **JCFun** » Wed Mar 29, 2023 2:21 am

As a long long time poster collector, I am hoping for the best here. I discussed it with the Spoke Art folks at WonderCon for a while, and apparently, there was some really amazing new work that was headed down the pipeline before this happened.

Postby **jzq88** » Wed Apr 05, 2023 11:55 am

JCFun wrote:As a long long time poster collector, I am hoping for the best here. I discussed it with the Spoke Art folks at WonderCon for a while, and apparently, there was some really amazing new work that was headed down the pipeline before this happened.

I hope they see the light of the day!

Postby **JCFun** » Thu Apr 06, 2023 2:56 pm

jzq88 wrote:
JCFun wrote:As a long long time poster collector, I am hoping for the best here. I discussed it with the Spoke Art folks at WonderCon for a while, and apparently, there was some really amazing new work that was headed down the pipeline before this happened.

I hope they see the light of the day!

Same! They did just drop one for Loki so maybe

Postby **Funkofresh916** » Fri Apr 07, 2023 7:29 am

Excited to see where funko takes the poster part

Postby **archieb** » Fri Apr 07, 2023 7:32 am

Brian's statement about Mondo gives us hope. Those posters they have during SDCC are always top notch!

Postby **blind_reaper903** » Tue Apr 11, 2023 11:41 am

I hope they rebound with a bang and this year at SDCC they bring it!

Postby **SpaceDude** » Tue Apr 11, 2023 2:19 pm

Funkofresh916 wrote:Excited to see where funko takes the poster part

Me too it will be cool!

Postby **NoOtherOptions** » Wed Apr 12, 2023 12:36 pm

blind_reaper903 wrote:I hope they rebound with a bang and this year at SDCC they bring it!

If everythings an open order then it'll kill any SDCC hype. I'm not real sure what direction theyre taking.

Postby **absurdnurd** » Wed Apr 12, 2023 1:09 pm

I recently received my first ever Mondo poster and was absolutely in awe of the quality. I’ve never had a collectable poster before and you can for sure tell they are top notch. I’m hoping that quality stays the same moving forward and mondo artists get free range to design.

Postby **mrodr110** » Wed Apr 12, 2023 4:51 pm

Hopefully Mondo comes back strong. I have a few posters and have always like them. SDCC would be great to see something cool.

Postby **heymrosario** » Wed Apr 12, 2023 5:44 pm

absurdnurd wrote:I recently received my first ever Mondo poster and was absolutely in awe of the quality. I’ve never had a collectable poster before and you can for sure tell they are top notch. I’m hoping that quality stays the same moving forward and mondo artists get free range to design.

you should totally share a photo! I've been wanting to get one and hopefully there is one that really will get me to buy! From what I hear, the designs are so detailed and the print quality is outstanding. I'm very hopeful that with Funko's help, the quality and the range of artists, lines, and fandoms will grow! $\:D/$

Postby **NoobMaster69** » Thu Apr 13, 2023 12:48 am

My understanding is that many of the OG Mondo employees were actual kept onboard (contrary to the original announcement). We'll see how things go this summer at SDCC but I'm in for a few more posters! The MOTU one was sick - it's on the wall downstairs.

Postby **c00kiem0nster** » Thu Apr 13, 2023 6:36 pm

I think this SDCC will tell us if they are truly alive. They always go all out for the Con.

Postby **stl_ben** » Mon Apr 17, 2023 11:42 am

NoobMaster69 wrote:My understanding is that many of the OG Mondo employees were actual kept onboard (contrary to the original announcement). We'll see how things go this summer at SDCC but I'm in for a few more posters! The MOTU one was sick - it's on the wall downstairs.

Over 50% of the staff was let go including all of the founders.
0% chance their posters will return to glory as almost every major artist has stated they will never work with mondo/funko again due to this.

Postby **kdmlvr** » Mon Apr 17, 2023 2:03 pm

c00kiem0nster wrote:I think this SDCC will tell us if they are truly alive. They always go all out for the Con.

That is a good point, I did not think of that.

Postby **NoobMaster69** » Mon Apr 17, 2023 4:00 pm

stl_ben wrote:
NoobMaster69 wrote:My understanding is that many of the OG Mondo employees were actual kept onboard (contrary to the original announcement). We'll see how things go this summer at SDCC but I'm in for a few more posters! The MOTU one was sick - it's on the wall downstairs.

Over 50% of the staff was let go including all of the founders.
0% chance their posters will return to glory as almost every major artist has stated they will never work with mondo/funko again due to this.

Ah, gotcha. I must have read the information incorrectly. I’m still hopefully for this SDCC - we’ll find out in about 3 months!

Postby **Comicbookwriter** » Tue Apr 18, 2023 12:04 pm

One year at SDCC, I picked up my Mondo Dark Tower and was able to meet and get it signed by Drew Struzan!! It was a 12 color print and a first for them!!

Postby **bertosaur** » Tue Apr 18, 2023 5:55 pm

My hope is that when they do start the poster productions back up that they keep the same standard and quality that was present during the Mondo run. I have a collection of posters (some still in the tube because of lack of space) and I love the work done by the artist they got. Personal favorites are Martin Ansin's Rogue One poster that I have on my wall and 100% soft Die Hard poster.

Postby **Lord Bacon** » Tue Apr 18, 2023 6:59 pm

bertosaur wrote:My hope is that when they do start the poster productions back up that they keep the same standard and quality that was present during the Mondo run. I have a collection of posters (some still in the tube because of lack of space) and I love the work done by the artist they got. Personal favorites are Martin Ansin's Rogue One poster that I have on my wall and 100% soft Die Hard poster.

Hear, hear.

I just want more quality art pieces, from talented artist in the amp community.

Postby **NoOtherOptions** » Wed Apr 19, 2023 11:02 am

I don't really understand the entire twitter post on Mondo. They already had multiple open editions. Curated art was their entire point. There's already other businesses like Bottleneck out there. Do they want stuff clogging aisles? makes me sad.

Postby **billyconard** » Wed Apr 19, 2023 4:38 pm

Lord Bacon wrote:
bertosaur wrote:My hope is that when they do start the poster productions back up that they keep the same standard and quality that was present during the Mondo run. I have a collection of posters (some still in the tube because of lack of space) and I love the work done by the artist they got. Personal favorites are Martin Ansin's Rogue One poster that I have on my wall and 100% soft Die Hard poster.

Hear, hear.

I just want more quality art pieces, from talented artist in the amp community.

I second this. I get that the scarcity is part of the appeal for many Mondo poster collectors. But for me - it's the artists and quality that matter most. If they can retain and expand on the artistic approach - I'll continue to buy. It's nice to have something that isn't mass produced and sold at walmart or amazon - but it would be nice to have a chance to get something that isn't limited to 100 prints.

I also hope they keep limited print events at places like SDCC. Those are great for attendees and can't be hacked by bots and such to get one at retail price.

Postby **Lord Bacon** » Wed Apr 19, 2023 5:00 pm

billyconard wrote:
Lord Bacon wrote:
bertosaur wrote:My hope is that when they do start the poster productions back up that they keep the same standard and quality that was present during the Mondo run. I have a collection of posters (some still in the tube because of lack of space) and I love the work done by the artist they got. Personal favorites are Martin Ansin's Rogue One poster that I have on my wall and 100% soft Die Hard poster.

Hear, hear.

I just want more quality art pieces, from talented artist in the amp community.

I second this. I get that the scarcity is part of the appeal for many Mondo poster collectors. But for me - it's the artists and quality that matter most. If they can retain and expand on the artistic approach - I'll continue to buy. It's nice to have something that isn't mass produced and sold at walmart or amazon - but it would be nice to have a chance to get something that isn't limited to 100 prints.

I also hope they keep limited print events at places like SDCC. Those are great for attendees and can't be hacked by bots and such to get one at retail price.

I agree. Reward the people who attend the cons in person with "limited" variants of prints, but also have other options available to buy online for those who can't make it to cons, that are not as limited.

Postby **absurdnurd** » Thu Apr 20, 2023 9:56 am

heymrosario wrote:
absurdnurd wrote:I recently received my first ever Mondo poster and was absolutely in awe of the quality. I’ve never had a collectable poster before and you can for sure tell they are top notch. I’m hoping that quality stays the same moving forward and mondo artists get free range to design.

you should totally share a photo! I've been wanting to get one and hopefully there is one that really will get me to buy! From what I hear, the designs are so detailed and the print quality is outstanding. I'm very hopeful that with Funko's help, the quality and the range of artists, lines, and fandoms will grow! $\:D/$

Heres my first Mondo poster as requested!

Postby **BearyAllen** » Thu Apr 20, 2023 12:29 pm

As many others I am hoping for the best after Brian's statement, Mondo posters have been some of my favorite items from SDCC years past!

I remember standing in line waiting to pick one up and someone asked what we were in line for, we said Mondo posters, "oh, how much are those?" about 80 bucks.."For a poster!?!" lol

Postby **CannuliT1** » Thu May 04, 2023 12:20 am

wonder if funko HQ will get some mondo stuff in stock eventually be nice to snag a poster

Postby **jcrook** » Thu May 04, 2023 12:55 am

CannuliT1 wrote:wonder if funko HQ will get some mondo stuff in stock eventually be nice to snag a poster

I don’t believe we will be seeing posters any longer from Mondo, with the laying off of a lot of Mondo staff I would look to BNG for your future poster wants. It does seem like they are still planning on selling Mondo vinyls, hopefully that will last.

Postby **partner-in-crime** » Thu May 04, 2023 1:19 am

jcrook wrote:
CannuliT1 wrote:wonder if funko HQ will get some mondo stuff in stock eventually be nice to snag a poster

I don’t believe we will be seeing posters any longer from Mondo, with the laying off of a lot of Mondo staff I would look to BNG for your future poster wants. It does seem like they are still planning on selling Mondo vinyls, hopefully that will last.

I was really sad about how all this went down. Last year at SDCC I was in line everyday getting the Godzilla prints, their vinyls are okay, but I collect posters, really sad about Mondo poster demise :-({|=

Postby **kdmlvr** » Thu May 04, 2023 12:42 pm

partner-in-crime wrote:
jcrook wrote:
CannuliT1 wrote:wonder if funko HQ will get some mondo stuff in stock eventually be nice to snag a poster

I don’t believe we will be seeing posters any longer from Mondo, with the laying off of a lot of Mondo staff I would look to BNG for your future poster wants. It does seem like they are still planning on selling Mondo vinyls, hopefully that will last.

I was really sad about how all this went down. Last year at SDCC I was in line everyday getting the Godzilla prints, their vinyls are okay, but I collect posters, really sad about Mondo poster demise

I think they will still make some posters.

Postby **partner-in-crime** » Thu May 04, 2023 12:45 pm

kdmlvr wrote:
partner-in-crime wrote:
jcrook wrote:
I don’t believe we will be seeing posters any longer from Mondo, with the laying off of a lot of Mondo staff I would look to BNG for your future poster wants. It does seem like they are still planning on selling Mondo vinyls, hopefully that will last.

I was really sad about how all this went down. Last year at SDCC I was in line everyday getting the Godzilla prints, their vinyls are okay, but I collect posters, really sad about Mondo poster demise

I think they will still make some posters.

I am hoping so, but hear a lot of artists won't do work for them now. That being said, I'm sure there are other artists that will jump at the chance.

Postby **mattytreks** » Thu May 04, 2023 2:04 pm

They 100% will still be putting out posters under the Mondo brand -- just less frequently.

I was actually hoping for a little something special from Mondo today for May the 4th. In recent years they have had some incredible print drops on this day.

Postby **jcrook** » Thu May 04, 2023 2:25 pm

mattytreks wrote:They 100% will still be putting out posters under the Mondo brand -- just less frequently.

I was actually hoping for a little something special from Mondo today for May the 4th. In recent years they have had some incredible print drops on this day.

But Mondo isn't the same Mondo since Funko laid off most the Mondo staff and from my email today there has been no May the 4th posters dropped from Mondo. Yes, I realize I'm still salty about this, but was collecting Mondo before I started collecting Funko and I was excited when Funko bought them, but now, just really sad that Funko bought them.

Postby **Stragon** » Thu May 04, 2023 5:59 pm

I'm hoping against hope that there will be posters at SDCC. I know that no posters have been released since the layoffs, but hopefully by SDCC there may be something.

Postby **Lord Bacon** » Thu May 04, 2023 9:33 pm

Stragon wrote:I'm hoping against hope that there will be posters at SDCC. I know that no posters have been released since the layoffs, but hopefully by SDCC there may be something.

They've release a couple. A Texas Chainsaw Massacre piece was just released and sold out yesterday.

I agree that I would really love to see some Mondo exclusives available at SDCC. I loved their "store" in Funkoville last year.

Postby **Lord Bacon** » Thu May 04, 2023 9:35 pm

absurdnurd wrote:
heymrosario wrote:
absurdnurd wrote:I recently received my first ever Mondo poster and was absolutely in awe of the quality. I’ve never had a collectable poster before and you can for sure tell they are top notch. I’m hoping that quality stays the same moving forward and mondo artists get free range to design.

you should totally share a photo! I've been wanting to get one and hopefully there is one that really will get me to buy! From what I hear, the designs are so detailed and the print quality is outstanding. I'm very hopeful that with Funko's help, the quality and the range of artists, lines, and fandoms will grow! $\:D/$

Heres my first Mondo poster as requested!

That's a sweet piece. Love Matt Taylor's use of color in his works.

Postby **mattytreks** » Thu May 04, 2023 11:06 pm

Lord Bacon wrote:
absurdnurd wrote:
heymrosario wrote:
you should totally share a photo! I've been wanting to get one and hopefully there is one that really will get me to buy! From what I hear, the designs are so detailed and the print quality is outstanding. I'm very hopeful that with Funko's help, the quality and the range of artists, lines, and fandoms will grow! $\:D/$

Heres my first Mondo poster as requested!

That's a sweet piece. Love Matt Taylor's use of color in his works.

Gorgeous Matt Taylor print! I really loved his Avengers ones, too.

Postby **kdmlvr** » Fri May 05, 2023 10:48 am

partner-in-crime wrote:
kdmlvr wrote:
partner-in-crime wrote:
I was really sad about how all this went down. Last year at SDCC I was in line everyday getting the Godzilla prints, their vinyls are okay, but I collect posters, really sad about Mondo poster demise

I think they will still make some posters.

I am hoping so, but hear a lot of artists won't do work for them now. That being said, I'm sure there are other artists that will jump at the chance.

There are so many artist out there, I doubt they will have a problem finding an artist.

Postby **kdmlvr** » Fri May 05, 2023 10:48 am

partner-in-crime wrote:
kdmlvr wrote:
partner-in-crime wrote:
I was really sad about how all this went down. Last year at SDCC I was in line everyday getting the Godzilla prints, their vinyls are okay, but I collect posters, really sad about Mondo poster demise

I think they will still make some posters.

I am hoping so, but hear a lot of artists won't do work for them now. That being said, I'm sure there are other artists that will jump at the chance.

There are so many artist out there, I doubt they will have a problem finding an artist.

Postby **dolphinax2** » Fri May 05, 2023 11:25 am

kdmlvr wrote:
partner-in-crime wrote:
kdmlvr wrote:

I think they will still make some posters.

I am hoping so, but hear a lot of artists won't do work for them now. That being said, I'm sure there are other artists that will jump at the chance.

There are so many artist out there, I doubt they will have a problem finding an artist.

Completely agree with you.

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