Rai in July's LootCrate

[jaden_sai]

Whoa... no matter what it is... that's 650,000 subscribers.

So there will be 650,000 copies of the July Rai issue? If true that is great news for Valiant!

There'll be 650,000 of something Rai. It might only be a free download code (nothing physical), but if it's an actual physical item... that's pretty awesome.

so does that really mean they printed 650,000 of these

Wow

I would have thought that would be too costly...

...and I wonder why it's bagged

[jeremycoe]

Whoa... no matter what it is... that's 650,000 subscribers.

So there will be 650,000 copies of the July Rai issue? If true that is great news for Valiant!

There'll be 650,000 of something Rai. It might only be a free download code (nothing physical), but if it's an actual physical item... that's pretty awesome.

so does that really mean they printed 650,000 of these

Wow

I would have thought that would be too costly...

...and I wonder why it's bagged

It's not too costly if it's payed for by someone else. In this case Loot Crate purchased 650,000 (or whatever the actual number is) copies of this book.

[jaden_sai]

It's not too costly if it's payed for by someone else. In this case Loot Crate purchased 650,000 (or whatever the actual number is) copies of this book.

I was thinking deep discount, but as along as you get your printing costs covered (or close to) than getting this book into the hands of 650,000 (or whatever the actually number is) is worth it.

[BugsySig]

Absolutely worth it. Even if they sold them to loot crate at cost (which would be less than their normal cost per issue given the volume) it would be well worth it to get a book out to 650k potential readers. Not all of them are, obviously, but a good portion have to be comic book readers. Great move on their part.

[Aram]

Holy crap! If this is true.. 650,000 people exposed to Valiant..

That would probably be the best news for VEI yet.

[Ramses818]

I still signed up for 2. The only problem I see is like a few friends of mine have already offered me theirs....I hope they read it, because I am always pushing Valiant!

[BugsySig]

I still signed up for 2. The only problem I see is like a few friends of mine have already offered me theirs....I hope they read it, because I am always pushing Valiant!

I got one that had Orphan Black #1 in it and never read it. Got one with Star Wars #1 in it and did read it. Who knows what people will do.

[Aram]

If nothing else I think it will put the Valiant name on peoples radar and help catch more of their attention when the movies hit.

[Shadowman99]

If nothing else I think it will put the Valiant name on peoples radar and help catch more of their attention when the movies hit.

I can see what you're saying, but I wonder if that's a little optimistic.

I wonder if it's going to be more like 'Gen 0 Syndrome', where Valiant leave it too long and the heat cools off, failing to maintain people's interest. VEI put this comic out there now, but the movies only hit in 2-3 years time: by then anyone who received this comic (and doesn't already know about VEI) in this month's Lootcrate is going to have looooonnnnng forgotten 'Rai' or 'Valiant' if this doesn't catch their attention here and now.

I don't know really, that's just my guess. Whether or not a 'new' reader of this Rai comic can make the connection between this and the BS movie in 2-3 year's time is also pretty dubious I think, but I guess we'll see maybe.

Still, nice that VEI are trying to grab some new readers by putting this in the Lootcrate, not a bad idea in itself

[Phoenix8008]

If nothing else I think it will put the Valiant name on peoples radar and help catch more of their attention when the movies hit.

I can see what you're saying, but I wonder if that's a little optimistic.

I wonder if it's going to be more like 'Gen 0 Syndrome', where Valiant leave it too long and the heat cools off, failing to maintain people's interest. VEI put this comic out there now, but the movies only hit in 2-3 years time: by then anyone who received this comic (and doesn't already know about VEI) in this month's Lootcrate is going to have looooonnnnng forgotten 'Rai' or 'Valiant' if this doesn't catch their attention here and now.

I don't know really, that's just my guess. Whether or not a 'new' reader of this Rai comic can make the connection between this and the BS movie in 2-3 year's time is also pretty dubious I think, but I guess we'll see maybe.

Still, nice that VEI are trying to grab some new readers by putting this in the Lootcrate, not a bad idea in itself

Has there been some news announcement that I've missed which pushed back the timetable? What is this '2-3 years' before the movies start coming out? The last I heard, we were still on for 2017 for Bloodshot, right?

[Shadowman99]

If nothing else I think it will put the Valiant name on peoples radar and help catch more of their attention when the movies hit.

I can see what you're saying, but I wonder if that's a little optimistic.

I wonder if it's going to be more like 'Gen 0 Syndrome', where Valiant leave it too long and the heat cools off, failing to maintain people's interest. VEI put this comic out there now, but the movies only hit in 2-3 years time: by then anyone who received this comic (and doesn't already know about VEI) in this month's Lootcrate is going to have looooonnnnng forgotten 'Rai' or 'Valiant' if this doesn't catch their attention here and now.

I don't know really, that's just my guess. Whether or not a 'new' reader of this Rai comic can make the connection between this and the BS movie in 2-3 year's time is also pretty dubious I think, but I guess we'll see maybe.

Still, nice that VEI are trying to grab some new readers by putting this in the Lootcrate, not a bad idea in itself

Has there been some news announcement that I've missed which pushed back the timetable? What is this '2-3 years' before the movies start coming out? The last I heard, we were still on for 2017 for Bloodshot, right?

No news as far as I've heard. I just can't see VEI making the 2017 deadline

[greg]

If nothing else I think it will put the Valiant name on peoples radar and help catch more of their attention when the movies hit.

I can see what you're saying, but I wonder if that's a little optimistic.

I wonder if it's going to be more like 'Gen 0 Syndrome', where Valiant leave it too long and the heat cools off, failing to maintain people's interest. VEI put this comic out there now, but the movies only hit in 2-3 years time: by then anyone who received this comic (and doesn't already know about VEI) in this month's Lootcrate is going to have looooonnnnng forgotten 'Rai' or 'Valiant' if this doesn't catch their attention here and now.

I don't know really, that's just my guess. Whether or not a 'new' reader of this Rai comic can make the connection between this and the BS movie in 2-3 year's time is also pretty dubious I think, but I guess we'll see maybe.

Still, nice that VEI are trying to grab some new readers by putting this in the Lootcrate, not a bad idea in itself

Has there been some news announcement that I've missed which pushed back the timetable? What is this '2-3 years' before the movies start coming out? The last I heard, we were still on for 2017 for Bloodshot, right?

No news as far as I've heard. I just can't see VEI making the 2017 deadline

There hasn't been any news, but the announcement of the 2017 date for Bloodshot was BEFORE the announcement of John Wick 2.
It would be surprising if John Wick 2 had no effect on the release date for Bloodshot (same directors).

[Aram]

VEI seems to like to save up news on what is being worked on until it is well underway with progress to show and then create an explosion of anticipation all at once, so I think the next news update on the Bloodshot movie will be worth the wait.

[Sunlight on Snow]

Do all crates have the same content or do they pack different stuff depending on your location - US/Canada vs Europe?

[Ducky13]

I got my loot crate exclusive today! I think it's great publicity for Valiant

[nycjadie]

Anyone have pics? I'd love to get a copy.

[Sunlight on Snow]

http://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_nkw=400 ... e&_sacat=0

[nonplayer]

Sure is alot on eBay.

[greg]

Sure is alot on eBay.

There are probably 20 to 100 times more of this Loot Crate comic than anything else Valiant has published since the 1990s. It should always be available.

[Phoenix8008]

Sure is alot on eBay.

There are probably 20 to 100 times more of this Loot Crate comic than anything else Valiant has published since the 1990s. It should always be available.

It's the new Turok #1!

[Shadowman99]

Sure is alot on eBay.

There are probably 20 to 100 times more of this Loot Crate comic than anything else Valiant has published since the 1990s. It should always be available.

It's the new Turok #1!

[greg]

Sure is alot on eBay.

There are probably 20 to 100 times more of this Loot Crate comic than anything else Valiant has published since the 1990s. It should always be available.

It's the new Turok #1!

It's probably safe to say that.