Alice in Wonderland new release

[AndrewSL76]

There was initially a huge price difference when you commit to the two coin set. e.g. £650 for a single 1/4oz or £550 if you buy both......that has since been changed. The prices are all now consistent. Anyone manage to get one whilst the prices were incorrect!!?

[CollectorNo1]

Had a look..not impressed..giving them a swerve.....

[AndrewSL76]

I’ve just read the blog ‘meet the maker’ where there is a Q&A with the coin designer. She doesn’t appear too keen on the books...or at least her answer side steps the question:

Q: Are you a fan of the books?

A: “I was very aware of them and enjoyed learning and discovering more as part of the project.”

Oh dear...

Edited July 5, 2021 by AndrewSL76

[Rll1288]

Its not my thing...... 

[Aiden2343]

4 minutes ago, AndrewSL76 said:

I’ve just read the blog ‘meet the maker’ where there is a Q&A with the coin designer. She doesn’t appear too keen on the books...or at least her answer side steps the question:

Q: Are you a fan of the books?

A: “I was very aware of them and enjoyed learning and discovering more as part of the project.”

Oh dear...

Yes, she was ”aware” of the books. It’s not as if they’ve sold over 100 million copies and spawned 8 film adaptations. I too am ”aware” of the books. Maybe get someone who’s actually interested in the subject matter to design the coins? Just a thought...

[motorbikez]

13 hours ago, GoldDiggerDave said:

You missed the special addition of TWEEDLEDEE TWEEDLEDUM up side down reversed frosted set 

Matt Lucas twins?

[NewCoins]

28 minutes ago, Paul said:

https://www.royalmint.com/our-coins/events/alices-adventures-in-wonderland/

no instant sell out today 

It's a bit average for me. Whenever you see a Minty...

[GoldenGriffin]

58 minutes ago, AndrewSL76 said:

There was initially a huge price difference when you commit to the two coin set. e.g. £650 for a single 1/4oz or £550 if you buy both......that has since been changed. The prices are all now consistent. Anyone manage to get one whilst the prices were incorrect!!?

Yeah, I noticed the offer on the 1/4 oz and 1 oz if you buy 2, but they've now removed the offer, or what looked like an offer.

I wonder if it was a temporary (transitory 😅) test to see if sales would start to increase if an offer like that would be successful and if so, sell the stock limit that was agreed at that reduced price and then revert back to original price.

We may see more offers like this on future releases such as these, but the savings may change I.e. instead of saving £100, it might be reduced to £60 / £70, depends on how sales performed when todays reduction was implemented?

[AppleZippoandMetronome]

What I want to know is did they really sell out of the Alice's Adventures in Wonderland Minty piggy banks with just a coming soon image displayed? Is there that much demand for those piggy banks that people will buy them without even seeing the design first? Am I missing something? 😳

[kimchi]

1 hour ago, AndrewSL76 said:

I’ve just read the blog ‘meet the maker’ where there is a Q&A with the coin designer. She doesn’t appear too keen on the books...or at least her answer side steps the question:

Q: Are you a fan of the books?

A: “I was very aware of them and enjoyed learning and discovering more as part of the project.”

Oh dear...

Thanks for that, what's her name? I am going to make sure I am blissfully unaware of her work

[CollectorNo1]

2hrs later and all still available....think that says alot about this series..🙄🙄

[AndrewSL76]

26 minutes ago, kimchi said:

Thanks for that, what's her name? I am going to make sure I am blissfully unaware of her work

https://www.royalmint.com/our-coins/events/alices-adventures-in-wonderland/meet-the-maker-ffion-gwillim/

33 minutes ago, AppleZippoandMetronome said:

What I want to know is did they really sell out of the Alice's Adventures in Wonderland Minty piggy banks with just a coming soon image displayed? Is there that much demand for those piggy banks that people will buy them without even seeing the design first? Am I missing something? 😳

Not on sale till August........

[AppleZippoandMetronome]

38 minutes ago, AndrewSL76 said:

https://www.royalmint.com/our-coins/events/alices-adventures-in-wonderland/meet-the-maker-ffion-gwillim/

Not on sale till August........

Ah right, thanks for the clarification. I just scrolled down and saw the "No Longer Available" so thought it had maybe already sold out. I know there are some collectors of them but the thought of them selling out without so much as a preview image was a bit bonkers to me.

[blindedbythelight]

 

Even the marketing picture includes a hair/mark now

 

[GoldDiggerDave]

And the award for todays tedious link goes to.....................  

Edited July 5, 2021 by GoldDiggerDave

[GoldDiggerDave]

5 hours ago, blindedbythelight said:

 

Even the marketing picture includes a hair/mark now

 

 

5 hours ago, blindedbythelight said:

 

Even the marketing picture includes a hair/mark now

 

Have they shaved a woolly mammoth at the mint?

[Oliman]

Seems to be a bit of a nothing series.

Dont know if RM can get rights to it, but a Tolkien Hobbit or LOTR series or Harry Potter series would fly out the door.
 

[Shell]

Oh dear! Will stear clear, looks bland and unexciting. Waiting for next years silver proof Britannia. Will get that if it's sexy and spectacular. 

[CollectorNo1]

13 hrs later and most of the stock of the Alice series still available, think RM have boo-booed on this set and the designer who is young and new to the RM HAS ALSO ...dropped the ball on this set...but they can't get it right all the time...or ever..🤭🤭🤭🤭🤭🤭🤭🤭🤭

[AndrewSL76]

I think the designer is clearly talented and obviously has a good eye, but to be fair the combination of the subject matter with the fact that she wasn’t hugely energetic about the product resulted in a poor design. 

Can anyone think of a better way to produce this product? It’s not like Winnie the Pooh or Mr Men etc (which are far simpler and probably easier to deal with/design).

I honestly can’t think of a better design for this series myself. Part of me thinks it was too broad/complex a subject matter to manage.......I wonder what Jody Clark would have done. I don’t imagine it being better.

Will be interesting to see future designs from her and look forward to maybe buying one! I’ve passed on the AIWL design. Just not for me. 

[blindedbythelight]

Unusually I quite like the colourised versions, however the prices for all of these are just too high for me.

[Zhorro]

10 hours ago, AndrewSL76 said:

I think the designer is clearly talented and obviously has a good eye, but to be fair the combination of the subject matter with the fact that she wasn’t hugely energetic about the product resulted in a poor design. 

Can anyone think of a better way to produce this product? It’s not like Winnie the Pooh or Mr Men etc (which are far simpler and probably easier to deal with/design).

I honestly can’t think of a better design for this series myself. Part of me thinks it was too broad/complex a subject matter to manage.......I wonder what Jody Clark would have done. I don’t imagine it being better.

Will be interesting to see future designs from her and look forward to maybe buying one! I’ve passed on the AIWL design. Just not for me. 

I think the Isle of Man designs are better.  The quotations show that at least somone is familiar with the contents of the book! 

[GoldenGriffin]

£555 per 1/4 oz gold offer back on, instead of £650 per coin if you buy the 2 coin series, if anyone interested?

Probably only 1 or 2 people interested. 🤣

If it was up at bullion prices, I'd be tempted!

Edited July 7, 2021 by GoldenGriffin
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[CollectorNo1]

Nah, not for me..but thanks for the heads up....

[GoldenGriffin]

13 minutes ago, CollectorNo1 said:

Nah, not for me..but thanks for the heads up....

Me neither, I'd rather buy bullion at that price. 👍

Edited July 7, 2021 by GoldenGriffin
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