Valiant Debuts Time Capsule

[jaden_sai]

EXCLUSIVE: Valiant Debuts Time Capsule Containing "4001 A.D." Secrets

http://www.comicbookresources.com/artic ... ad-secrets

[Keith]

That looks pretty cool! What a clever marketing tool!

Someone go wake up cray_ws and make sure he sees this!

[nycjadie]

I don't get it. Where is the capsule?

[jmatt]

The capsules will be empty and the 'contents' will be shipped to retailers at the appropriate time. That's my guess.

But a very cool marketing idea, nonetheless.

[doodlebird]

It's got me watching, nice idea

[Shadowman99]

The capsules will be empty and the 'contents' will be shipped to retailers at the appropriate time. That's my guess.

But a very cool marketing idea, nonetheless.

Apparently keys to the capsules are getting sent out along with issue #4 so that'd indicate that there is actually something inside them.

As a 'story completist' I'm going to be seriously *SQUEE* if it's story content of any kind. I think it'd be cooler if VEI actually just made a single time capsule for this event and sealed it into the buildingwork in their office, only to be opened New Year's Day 4001 real life

[jmatt]

Apparently keys to the capsules are getting sent out along with issue #4 so that'd indicate that there is actually something inside them.

Unless it's a titanium vault and the key is a DNA sample and retina scan of Atom!, we will know the contents 24 hours after they arrive in stores.

[Shadowman99]

Possibly. What are the chances of retailers actually playing along with the marketing?

If I was a retailer I'd have the thing sitting right beside the till and I'd be using the quirkyness of the thing to tell every customer what it was about as a starting point to initiate conversation that could lead to the sales of the associated comic + others: I'd leave the thing there as long as damn possible to make as many sales as I could.

[Hasmot]

I can totally see this time capsule containing an exclusive comic similar to the Legends of the Geomancer (fingers crossed that it's not). Can't wait to see what it is though.

[Ramses818]

I think this is so cool. I have 2 stores working on this already, maybe a couple more in a few days.

[agent_graves]

I think this is so cool.

+1 Innovative!

[DirtbagSailor]

It's going to contain a one-shot exclusive book that features the first appearance of Brittania, and we won't figure it out until later this year when everyone scrambles to get their hands on one...

[leonmallett]

The capsules will be empty and the 'contents' will be shipped to retailers at the appropriate time. That's my guess.

But a very cool marketing idea, nonetheless.

Apparently keys to the capsules are getting sent out along with issue #4 so that'd indicate that there is actually something inside them.

As a 'story completist' I'm going to be seriously *SQUEE* if it's story content of any kind.
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You and me both. I hope a positive lesson was taken from the LoTG reaction.

[nonplayer]

Do we have any idea what a store has to do to qualify for it?

[jmatt]

I would doubt very much the contents are exclusive story material. How many of these could they ship? A hundred? If anything, perhaps a variant cover of the 4001 #1 book.

[Phantom]

all i know is, its going to be difficult to get and hurt my pocket.
Want the axe, still haven't got a clock ~ this looks seriously cool.