drewberinger

giving a corporation like Walmart fucking vinyl exclusives
 
do this shit with a local record store - this shit sucks - same goes with Urban Outfitters and Target too.

that shit sucks too but at least she (or someone) signed 5 million CD copies for local shops to sell

giving a corporation like Walmart fucking vinyl exclusives
 
do this shit with a local record store - this shit sucks - same goes with Urban Outfitters and Target too.

anyways I guess I'm willing to die on this hill today because I have nothing else to do haha

those good and honest artists probably don't move the amount of units a Metallica record moves - imagine the influx of cash a local shop would get if these were given to indie shops (not just Metallica either - Weezer, REM, Ariana Grande etc)

missing the point - let the huge fanbase that Metallica has give their money to small businesses that need it. fuck Walmart - of course there are people on this board defending fucking Walmart lol 

that's not the point - they could have done these exclusive variants spread out to the indie stores around the country - the band is gonna get their money whatsoever but that influx of cash would have been better for small businesses than a ruthless corporation like Walmart

god this fucking sucks

imagine defending buying vinyl at Walmart in 2020
 
but seriously no one is upset but i just think it’s fucked seeing these exclusives go big box retailers when small businesses are closing every where 

cool record stores also have online shops - fuck Walmart 

giving a corporation like Walmart fucking vinyl exclusives
 
do this shit with a local record store - this shit sucks - same goes with Urban Outfitters and Target too.

giving a corporation like Walmart fucking vinyl exclusives
 
do this shit with a local record store - this shit sucks - same goes with Urban Outfitters and Target too.

giving a corporation like Walmart fucking vinyl exclusives
 
do this shit with a local record store - this shit sucks - same goes with Urban Outfitters and Target too.

giving a corporation like Walmart fucking vinyl exclusives
 
do this shit with a local record store - this shit sucks - same goes with Urban Outfitters and Target too.

god this fucking sucks

will wait for the eventual UO or Target variant lol

Yup I’ll sell my rainbow rasta pale horses deluxe for a new one in this style in a heart beat 

feels like a bush league move to announce these variants months after the initial announcement but oh well haha

Color in color only seems to work when the base color is a clear or translucent 

Real quick, guys... as fun as it is to circle-jerk and shit on an easy target, I'd like to go on record as saying NoWorthyIcons is a good dude, and hardly a "Karen" with vinyl.  I've known him for years – as an online acquaintance, anyway – and homie hasn't flipped a single record in his life.  Not even sure if he's sold one, to be honest with you.  Just this year he's started to really get back into the world of vinyl and collecting newer releases he's slept on – he's been out of the loop for a little bit.  I don't want to speak entirely on his behalf, but before 2020 I don't think he was in a position where he was ordering new releases or being subjected to the classic "mockup vs. end product" dilemma we're all used to.
 
But I can confirm he bought two copies of Lament, tops.  A splatter variant he's just "okay" with - but is considering selling? - and this Revolver color-way.  I can also confirm he's just as nerdy and particular as most of us are about the way our vinyl turns out.  Pretty understandable when you're passionate about the music on the record and settling for one copy.  Lord knows I do the same.  I have 100% sold off a pre-order because I was disappointed with the way it turned out, just to fund a different variant that suits my preferences better.  Yeah, it all sounds the same at the end of the day.  (More or less, anyway.)  There's nothing wrong with caring about the way your collection looks, though.  Vinyl itself is a pretty tangible medium; it's really the only excusable format to care that much about.
 
I ended up grabbing a deluxe copy of Lament a week or two after I placed my Revolver order.  I only need 1 copy, truly, but I kept the Revolver order because I figured the merge could end up making for a really cool variant.  If I didn't have the deluxe, I would actually sell off my sealed Revolver (at cost) and buy an electric blue or that Euro splatter.  Both variants are more appealing to me despite sounding identical.  And at the end of the day, as someone who doesn't own 6+ copies of this thing, I want to be jazzed when I go to listen to the 1 copy on my shelf.  There's no crime in that.  I enjoy tracking down cool variants for just about every album I'm fond enough to buy; there is very little black vinyl or "bleh" variants on my shelf, proportionate to appealing variants I own.  That's been my MO for a decade now and I have no regrets.  Not gonna' knock anyone who feels similarly.
 
And finally, I highly doubt NoWorthyIcons would actually e-mail a label or distro to complain about a variant or demand a discount in the process.  Not gonna' speak for him, or anything like that... but those who ordered the Revolver variant paid extra (it was like ~$30 shipped, wasn't it?), waited longer to receive it, and ended up with something way different than described.  Which, yeah, it happens.  If you've been buying pre-orders for years, you're used to it and may shrug it off.  If you're newer to that disappointment, then maybe it leaves you pretty salty.  I'm somewhere in the middle – not surprised, but still annoyed.  Not furious or anything but strongly considering selling it, in all honesty.  Call it petty or whatever you want.  It is what it is.  I just think it's unfair to accuse someone – who has been a positive influence to many threads and discussions on VC – as some kind of uptight, "vinyl portfolio" Karen when it's not the case.
 
My wordy 2¢.  Appreciate anyone who took the time to read it.

that's totally fine
 
all I'm saying is for fans who are into it or may just be super Deftones fans - $60 dollars for a major label "box set" that 4xLPs is not a bad price. 
 
feel free to spend the $40 on the 2010 press of White Pony that's totally reasonable as well. 

well not really - White Pony is OOP currently and you're getting another 2xLP set of remixes so the deluxe being priced at $60 is reasonable
 
the super deluxe is garbage tho

If it doesn't affect their pay, why should they? I guess time will tell if this ends up being a "newsworthy" fuck up for Revolver and the plant gets dragged through the mud or if it just blows over and people just forget about it entirely. After all, they are only pissing off 500 people, which is relatively small in the grand scheme of things, I would guess.

it fucking sucks that we don't get to experience this album (and countless others) live right now