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Yeah, I don’t understand what the big deal is… You have a Psycho, and you’re upset because your mask isn’t as rare as you’d like it to be because it’s still available? Justin as every right to keep doing as many runs as he pleases and whatever style he chooses to do. If he wants to do the next run up like Jon’s copy, then he has my praise for doing so. Can you imagine what that means to all of the people who love his copy and can’t afford to blow almost 2k on a mask? His copy has a certain reputation on this site and in my opinion, no new Psycho is going to take anything away from his mask.
Limited runs are okay to an extent but this whole limited thing is getting out of hand. Seems like every great mask now a days is limited and is no longer in production. I’m a collector as well, just like yourself, and as a collector I want other fellow collectors to have the opportunity to own great masks as well. Not just myself. I’m not just in it for the money. I collect masks because I truely love the hobby, but when I buy a mask, I like to know, however, that IF I ever decide to sell that piece that I can at least get that amount back in resale value. Losing money is never fun.

Man, be grateful that J is still offering the Psycho. That just means that you and other collectors can still get it at a reasonable price. I don’t see what is so bad about that…

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I’ve found that it’s best just to keep quiet on things like this… regardless of how you feel. If your mask loses value no one really cares. Sorry, that’s how it is. I’ve sold for more than I’ve paid and paid a lot more than some masks are worth - in the end, all that matters is that you’re happy w/ your collection. Also, ‘limited run’ can mean so many things… it may be a limited run for the time, but it can always be brought back. I only know of one maskmaker who has stayed 100% true to his words when he said no more will ever be made and that is Dennis Beckstrom w/ his DB2 Kirk/Myers.

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stop whining about limited runs be happy as a collector… im in it for the love of hobby…

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Just be glad you own one, and own it for the love of the hobby and films.

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There is absolutely no incentive for an artist to make a limited run. (Other than perhaps sanity and boredom. LOL!) Why tie your hands when there will be money to be made on a product that has demand?

Think about it. Why shouldn’t an artist be able to release their own work as they see fit? All limited editions do is enable collectors to gain profits from the artists hard work. The artist never sees a dime of any investment value that a collector gains.

I have to echo what everyone else has said. Collect for the love of the character or for the art, not for what you think it will be worth some day. If you want to be an investor try your hand at the stocks, because masks, toys, comics, etc. will get you nowhere.

Before eBay my comic and action figure collection were worth easily 10 times what I could actually get for them now. The internet has all but killed several avenues of collecting for profit.

Again collect for the love. Not for the future.

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yes, it’s definitely logical to think about a return on your money when you “invest” it into anything, but when you are discussing a “hobby” return-investment generally should go right out the window. I got into collecting Star Wars toys immediately on the day they were released in 1995, and full-force from 1996 till I stopped cold turkey in 2002. It wasn’t because of investment purposes, it was to relive my childhood. It quickly got bastardized as “variants” and “mistakes” and “changes/updates” were added to the equation…the hobby now was flooded by money hungry greedy nerds (I can say that, I am one :sunglasses: ) …yeah, I got swept into it too, who wouldn’t when a single Boba Fett figure fetched $200+ (I still have it tho, couldn’t sell lol)…but now 95% of anything that once had value is worth shit…

Point being, when a hobby becomes about money only, it’s not a hobby, it’s “business” and business is not a hobby. I do believe in smart choices with anything you put money into; and most importantly with a hobby is what something is worth to you! And when it comes to this hobby in particular, collecting for investment opportunities is high-risk and IMO ridiculous (I am not being a dick or attacking you, but any investment broker would laugh and kick you in the nuts as he pointed at the door). The market for Myers Masks (and many other horror masks) is VERY small, your biggest avenue for buy/sell being this website along with a very very small handful of others, and those sites are mostly visited by members here. Ebay (until Trancas’ temper tantrum) was a larger avenue, but unless the buyers were from here, the majority of buyers are naive and just want a “Myers mask,” so tossing out verbiage like (making this up guys lol) “Michael Myers Mask, NAG/AHG H78 RETOOL Nik’s personnel copy!!” doesn’t mean anything to the world. The best you masks for investment purposes are the actual screen-used, and even those aren’t “in demand.”

If you are in a “hobby” for investment purposes, this is the wrong one man…a hobby for greed is wrong in general…but if that’s what you’re after you need to get into something that has world wide demand and public awareness…comic books, baseball cards, autographs, Jack Daniels memorabilia, KISS…but truly no “collecting” ever has an “investment” future, it’s all chance based on demand, availability, age and economy (example: kids don’t collect baseball cards anymore, they could careless about a mint Micky Mantle rookie card).

Dude, people walk into my office and see my collection and say things like “…[in ref to Myers mask] Ya, I like the Jason movies…” “…[I was dressed as Jason pt6, guy saying to his little girl] …thats Michael Myers from those Friday the 13th films…” “…[my mom in regards to the dif masks from each film]…Why so many? THey all look the same…”

…and that, good sir, is the market-research that makes this hobby a fruitful investment opportunity. :unamused:

We are here because we have heart and passion for the characters, the genre, and the art…the camaraderie, brotherhood, and community we have because of this hobby.

Cheers my friend,
James

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bring everything back for all i care

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I dont care what anyone says but when you buy a mask you do think about what the value might be later on.Granted your buying it because you love the mask and the hobby period.I have no idea if J limited the psycho.If he did say a past run was the last run it should have been.If he did not say final run then pour all the copies he wants.But to say making many copies of the psychos will not bring the value is wrong IMO.If you flood the market with anything it will drive the cost down.If he produces 40 copies that look like the one that has been priced at $2000 there is no way that mask will bring $2000 anymore.I personally think when someone does limit a mask it should be just that limited.Not saying that is the case here though because I truly dont know.

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There are a number of limited runs, the DB2 is one of them, the KH’s. I have to agree with most people that the mask holds a value to each person. People build up to being able to buy a Psycho, the fact that Justin makes different versions and keeps them around is a benefit to collectors.

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another reason the value WONT go down on the older ones are because…THEY’RE OLDER.

Most have the year signed on the inside. So if someone wants an original run Psycho, they arent going to buy one that’s signed “2005” or “2009” inside. Those will be sold for what was paid for them. The older ones will still hold their value.

Simple as that.