Can't believe the expansion pack is already sold out. I saw the email this morning and put the mask and expansion pack in my cart but got sidetracked by a small mountain of bullshit and when I went back to purchase just now, it was sold out. Hopefully that's refilled and/or a second pack comes. Going to need a bunch of these since we're never going to get past this stupid fucking virus thanks to the selfish, short-sighted, cousin-fucking idiots who make up Trump's base doing everything they can to prevent any progress of any kind being made.
I guess one takeaway is that it's called "expansion pack 1" which means more words could be coming in the months ahead.
I picked up the mask and expansion pack this morning. Looking forward to having something new, since soon my "Vote" and Halloween-themed masks won't be quite as timely.
My inner collector is infinitesimally sad to have missed the expansion pack.
The price seems fair. Rob's masks are $20 so two for $35 is alright. And they are customizable with the patches.
I image you can make your own if you are into those sort of crafty efforts! I am dead creatively.
At this point, I figure that these are just a way for the NIN camp to stir up some shit for fun on Facebook or whatever, with maybe a small side bonus of making a little money. And to be fair, I'm all for stirring shit for your own entertainment, I just think "oooooooh, trying to turn a profit off of the pandemic I see" is wildly misunderstanding the likely aim here.
Lol right. Like target and Walmart are selling disposable masks at cost. Give me a break.
Fact is these are pricey starting at $35. Anyone see other bands masks prices? Just looking around at a handful of groups/musicians, not many have them on their official web store. Although not as nice Metallica’s mask is $12.99.
Cold Cave's "People Are POISON" mask is $45 because it is a collab with some designer. I bought it after making a bootleg People are poison mask at the beginning of the pandemic. Really mask prices vary greatly. I bought some sequin ones off instagram from a costume designer in Nashville that are my favorite, they were $30 ea... and part of the proceeds go to charity... I dont fault TR for the price or getting creative. I view all of my masks as safe wearable art. I know I'm buying something "extra" versus a regular paper mask. I can, it makes me happy, and some of the money is helping others. I highly doubt TR is just pocketing the cash and laughing.
Inquiring minds want to know--- has anyone started a suggested expansion pack 2 thread yet? I have some thoughts.
pretty cool but beyond the budget
^ So it's okay to exaggerate what they earn by a factor of ten or more?
Artists sell things. If you don't like it, that's fine, but the idea that they have too much money — when practically the entire music industry is going insolvent — is WILDLY wrong.
Last edited by botley; 10-29-2020 at 01:02 PM.
COVID's the pandemic, humanity is the virus.
Sold out.
I was busy packing my car to evacuate from Zeta when they went on sale. I saw that it was a pre-order, and figured they were just going to produce as many as were ordered, so I didn't think there was any rush to order.
Does anyone recall if any other "sold out" pre-order items ever went back in stock?
Evacuation sounds rough, hope you are safe now. There was a second run on the pandemic T shirts, so just keep checking. Hope you get a chance to get them.
We are officially in a dystopia. Our favorite band is selling branded PPE. Life is insane. When I grew up I watched Red Dawn and I had dreams about us being nuked or the Russians invading. Turns out they just figured out how to install a puppet as president, right in time for a historic pandemic to wipe us out. But the merch is pretty sweet. I snatched that up as soon as I got the email. These will be one of my souvenirs I hang onto when we are living down in the tunnels in a few years playing the last of the vinyl.