Mondo at Cons - they don't roll prints

[hollis65]

Stopped by Mondo at SDCC last year and recently C2E2 this year, and I absolutely hate that any poster you buy doesn't get rolled for you.

It just... I know this forum has talked about Mondo print quality since the acquisition, and Funko not understanding the customer base, but this stark difference in care for the prints when selling them really does speak volumes. They wanted to charge $80 for an exclusive spider man print that I then have to run to a safe place and try to roll on a con floor. Thanks but no thanks.

I don't think I'm ever buying prints from them at a Con again. Hopefully they start having some exclusive LPs for Cons? I'm lucky that I'm not into the figures as much.

[Cheesemango]

Sounds like an awful experience. They should at least consider making some space for customers to roll the prints up. Hopefully they make some improvements.

[hollis65]

Sounds like an awful experience. They should at least consider making some space for customers to roll the prints up. Hopefully they make some improvements.

Yeah, on the one hand I can understand if folks working the con aren’t regular full time Mondo people, so they want to make sure they’re not messing up rolling posters, but at the same time it puts so much on the fans.

I’m half-tempted to set up a bootleg table and charge folks $5 to roll it for them hahahaha. I jest… maybe

[sealordbrian]

Can certainly appreciate your opinion but as someone who has bought them for years from SDCC, I'll say that some posters aren't meant to be rolled (can screw up, crease the foil or the embossed areas). I think it's something that goes back in time for them (prior to Funko's acquisition) but I do know where you are coming from. Especially once you get one in hand, then it's a footrace to get outside of the main hall to properly carry it.

[trzadrake]

Can certainly appreciate your opinion but as someone who has bought them for years from SDCC, I'll say that some posters aren't meant to be rolled (can screw up, crease the foil or the embossed areas). I think it's something that goes back in time for them (prior to Funko's acquisition) but I do know where you are coming from. Especially once you get one in hand, then it's a footrace to get outside of the main hall to properly carry it.

I've been buying from Mondo at SDCC for years and they have never rolled the posters. They always have them flat. I imagine it is much easier for them to keep the posters in pristine shape by shipping them and having them flat.

But as a buyer it is a bit of a hassle. Not many good solutions though. Rolling it is convenient for getting it out of a convention hall, but when you get it home it's warped and hard to get into a frame easily, in my experience.

[Lexi]

Sounds like an awful experience. They should at least consider making some space for customers to roll the prints up. Hopefully they make some improvements.

Wow, I did not know this. I bought a poster from Spoke Art at Wondercon and they rolled it for me before giving it to me and I appreciated it, not something I wanted to find space to do.

[fieldsy32]

It is why I steer clear of their posters at cons

[kingssd3]

At SDCC, it's really a warzone. I have to hold my prints up high like I'm carrying a wounded soldier through a battlefield.

[theraven00]

I agree, I wouldn’t feel comfortable rolling it myself. I have a couple Mondo posters I’ve bought second-hand and I wouldn’t trust myself to roll them again to resell (not that I ever plan to sell them).

[CollectorBadger]

Mondo has never rolled posters at cons, even before the acquisition. The posters show up in pallets packed flat, it would be an incredible amount of work for a small booth crew to roll every poster.
I think it would be best to be prepared and have your own tube if you plan on buying, heck, you can get a free on at the Fox booth every morning at SDCC.

[movieman1981]

Is there a trick to rapidly roll safely before dropping into the tube? I bought a poster and was rolling it under pressure to make room and put a slight dent in it

[OG SLUMPURT]

Yea not rolling the prints is a hassle. We need to get the mods to read this!

[BigHow]

Prerolled prints would be a huge turn off for me. Mondo prints aren’t supposed to be treated like any other promo poster you get at a con. If I’m going to be rolling mine up temporarily for transport to the hotel room, I’d rather handle that process personally than having a random con booth staffer do it in a hurry while they’re staring at a line of 50 more people.

Plus, lots of collectors go out of their way to bring portfolios or foamcore “sandwiches” to protect their prints as soon as they purchase them.

[Fugly16]

It's been awhile but I think BNG is the same at NYCC, but at least they gave me craft paper with my print.

Horror story from a concert I went to awhile ago where the person working the merch booth did roll it for me but did it in the most inelegant way possible causing all sorts of crinkles and creases. Most recent concert I went to last week, they let me roll it right at the merch table and let me take my time. That's the best.

[jcrook]

Plus, lots of collectors go out of their way to bring portfolios or foamcore “sandwiches” to protect their prints as soon as they purchase them.

I think that is something I should do, I am always worried about it getting damaged between the con and the hotel room

[BearyAllen]

Same as many have said, I don't recall Mondo ever rolling their prints, just leaving it up to the buyer. But i do agree it is tough escaping the exhibit hall like that!

[EchoX]

I've never noticed them rolling posters ever. I try to dedicate one day to buying art/prints and take my own tube with me, and a 13x19 portfolio for smaller artwork

[Funko_Fanatic]

They have never been rolled. I can see the frustration, but at the same time, imagine all the people upset that their poster is creased when they're folding it for us.

[scullysdad]

They will roll them if you ask. I asked the employee to roll a Planet of the Apes print a few years back so I could just put it in the tube right away, and she did it without a problem.

[kingssd3]

Hmm I'll try asking them at SDCC this year. Maybe they don't want to liable if the poster gets bent

[FunkoMeansFun]

To be fair to.Funko Mondo never rolled their posters at SDCC.

I found the best thing to do was to buy a few of those big black plastic poster tubes that you could fit a few posters in and roll them in safely yourself at/near the booth . They are very safe to carry and eventually ship after the con.

[haw1577]

They never do; they don't want to be liable for creases.

[biedermann15]

Agreed. It is really difficult roll them and pick them in good condition with the amount of people at the con. I need to find a better way because the Mondo posters are amazing.

[biedermann15]

They never do; they don't want to be liable for creases.

I always crease mine

[biedermann15]

Sounds like an awful experience. They should at least consider making some space for customers to roll the prints up. Hopefully they make some improvements.

Yeah, on the one hand I can understand if folks working the con aren’t regular full time Mondo people, so they want to make sure they’re not messing up rolling posters, but at the same time it puts so much on the fans.

I’m half-tempted to set up a bootleg table and charge folks $5 to roll it for them hahahaha. I jest… maybe

I would be a customer!

[X23]

I think it’s a missed opportunity. I think a lot of us would buy holders if they would roll them for you.

[Bullseye112]

I do agree that it be nice for them to roll it for you or provide something to transport it with (I’d pay extra of course).

[hpellot]

I think it’s a missed opportunity. I think a lot of us would buy holders if they would roll them for you.

This is true but I always bring a tube to cons if I think there may be a print or poster I want

[XSRK]

I think it’s a missed opportunity. I think a lot of us would buy holders if they would roll them for you.

This is true but I always bring a tube to cons if I think there may be a print or poster I want

Smart I think I spent $150 at the booth that sell tubes and hard poster holders.

[hpellot]

I think it’s a missed opportunity. I think a lot of us would buy holders if they would roll them for you.

This is true but I always bring a tube to cons if I think there may be a print or poster I want

Smart I think I spent $150 at the booth that sell tubes and hard poster holders.

Bottleneck tends to sell a nice poster tube that fits a lot of them

I usually use that if I am local to my area

[hollis65]

Thanks for folks thoughts- my first time to SDCC was last year so didn’t know Mondo never rolled.

That said, grey matter and bottleneck always offered when they were at NYCC… I’ve rolled foil prints before too (talk about nerve wracking) because there’s no way I could ship it flat or take it on a plane flat.

[grumpysf23]

Mondo has never rolled posters at cons, even before the acquisition. The posters show up in pallets packed flat, it would be an incredible amount of work for a small booth crew to roll every poster.
I think it would be best to be prepared and have your own tube if you plan on buying, heck, you can get a free on at the Fox booth every morning at SDCC.

Second this, Mondo has never rolled my posters for the many times I've bought a print.

[Greek187]

Never got into prints but might try some

[Squird]

Didn't know they didn't roll them. But I've never been near their booth when a poster dropped to get one.

Good to know for this year....even though I don't think I'll be in the right place at the right time.

[xalarmxclockx]

Echoing what others have said, they have never rolled them. It definitely makes me nervous walking around until I can find a spot to stop and roll. I bring my poster tube with me so I'm ready to safely pack it away when I have a moment to do so.

[imbatgirlpop]

Stopped by Mondo at SDCC last year and recently C2E2 this year, and I absolutely hate that any poster you buy doesn't get rolled for you.

It just... I know this forum has talked about Mondo print quality since the acquisition, and Funko not understanding the customer base, but this stark difference in care for the prints when selling them really does speak volumes. They wanted to charge $80 for an exclusive spider man print that I then have to run to a safe place and try to roll on a con floor. Thanks but no thanks.

I don't think I'm ever buying prints from them at a Con again. Hopefully they start having some exclusive LPs for Cons? I'm lucky that I'm not into the figures as much.

I asked about that, they should have them rolled in a special poster holder for those prices.

[FrannyFunatic]

Stopped by Mondo at SDCC last year and recently C2E2 this year, and I absolutely hate that any poster you buy doesn't get rolled for you.

It just... I know this forum has talked about Mondo print quality since the acquisition, and Funko not understanding the customer base, but this stark difference in care for the prints when selling them really does speak volumes. They wanted to charge $80 for an exclusive spider man print that I then have to run to a safe place and try to roll on a con floor. Thanks but no thanks.

I don't think I'm ever buying prints from them at a Con again. Hopefully they start having some exclusive LPs for Cons? I'm lucky that I'm not into the figures as much.

im thinking becuase they dont want to be held accountable if any creases happen during rollin