Uh oh, that's no good. I'd email about that and see about a replacement or something (at least i would, that would drive me absolutely mad since i like to keep everything mint). I'll have to (gently) see if my pages are like that, hopefully not.
Mines On time for delivery tomorrow, i'll post pictures of everything and try to scan the mixed media piece.
Mine's damaged as well. No pages really sticking that I can see, unless you're talking about near the binding. I do have some pages that the glue is too high up from the binding and I can't fully open. Some other binding issues as well.
Additionally, there's a pretty good split in the outer traycase and my first 22 pages have a hard crease where it looks like someone took that stack of pages and fanned through them...
I'm pretty pissed off right now....
Here's some pics of damage plus overall look.
It's a neat piece of work...But they better replace it or I'm going to be irate.
Tiny unboxing video on Instagram: http://www.pikore.com/m/1161872633571864049_1838439890
That Mills original is looking pretty similar. Be interested to see more as they come in.
Also, that burn hole on the front? Smells like fire.
That was a Ryan post.
mine doesn't smell burned at all. #1441/2000
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Two people on the NIN reddit sub said theirs did NOT come with steel numbered plate.
One user said his entire book was fucked up. Almost every page of the books has some shit on it and the outside was dented. That blows.
Hopefully he hears back from the vendor and they get hook him up with a new copy and some swag. Lets hope no one else has the same problem. Wasnt the first versions of Girl With the Dragon Tattoo super shitty and Trent sent them back to have them remade or something?
here is the post with the damage: https://www.reddit.com/r/nin/comment..._blood_damage/
Wow, this is shaping up to be quite fucked. How will they afford all the replacements?!
Can't wait to get mine tomorrow. Hope all goes well and I don't become another victim of 'Jizz in the Cargo (the pages stuck is also true)'.
^^^
I sincerely hope you will.
my frame came a bit scratched- is that the norm? otherwise, we're missing the laser etched steel numbering card and will be writing to inquire.
Just got mine. Everything looks good. Two of the pages were stuck together (where the company that bound the book inserted two pages a little crooked and didn't trim it correctly). I took a razor and carefully separated the pages.
Not going to lie, these packages look GORGEOUS. I'm not sure I'd pay $300 for it but holy fucking shit it's probably the best looking product Trent has ever been associated with.
Im wondering if all the art piece numbers on the back are a map of sorts to put them all back together. This was supposedly one giant piece that they sliced up in 2000 pieces. So maybe something like 128C, 100E is how they fit together. They probably sliced it up like a grid, and maybe its numerical across, and when the letter changes, its the next row sort of thing.
Yep. Exactly that.
These are definitely beautiful packages, wow. I get why they're at the price point they're at (though I still just wish there was a "standard" edition without the extra prints and with just fairly normal glossy pages or what have you for $50 or something). The art of HM was one of the things that stood out to me the most, and it's great to see it all assembled so well together here.