Hey everyone,
Ok, it's become clear to us that we need to make some changes to the timeline in order to make this a more successful project. Unfortunately, Benjamin Holcomb had to withdraw as the catalog photographer and that left it to me, which I'm more than happy to do. However, with a new baby, a job, and the impending shipment of Dida Displays there's simply no way that I can manage dozens of customs being shipped to me for photography at my house.
We have come up with a solution that, in retrospect, was the way to go the whole time: We have decided to move photography of the figures to Mego Meet in June. This will allow us to get all the figures in one place with plenty of room and plenty of enthusiastic Megoheads to help to get them done right.
This leaves us with 3-4 additional months that we can use to create new work and refine our submissions. Since it begins to push the publication of the catalog into the Fall of '08 we also feel like it makes sense to open up the timeline and make it a 1978/79 Supplement, which would allow some of the submissions that were closer to 1979 to come on board.
Additionally, since we have submissions coming from overseas and are understandably reluctant to mail them, you may submit your own photographs rather than sending them to us. We ask that they be of high enough resolution, quality and variety that we can work with them in Photoshop. I can work with you to try to get what we need. Ideally, we prefer they be mailed to Mego Meet so everything will have a consistent look and feel, but it's not absolutely necessary.
So that's where we are at. We are moving the deadline to May 20th and will be photographing the toys at Mego Meet June 6-7. The guidelines are opened to anything prior to the fall of 1979. Selected submissions will be mailed to Dave Mc or can be brought to Mego Meet in person.
Let us know if you have any questions.
Ok, it's become clear to us that we need to make some changes to the timeline in order to make this a more successful project. Unfortunately, Benjamin Holcomb had to withdraw as the catalog photographer and that left it to me, which I'm more than happy to do. However, with a new baby, a job, and the impending shipment of Dida Displays there's simply no way that I can manage dozens of customs being shipped to me for photography at my house.
We have come up with a solution that, in retrospect, was the way to go the whole time: We have decided to move photography of the figures to Mego Meet in June. This will allow us to get all the figures in one place with plenty of room and plenty of enthusiastic Megoheads to help to get them done right.
This leaves us with 3-4 additional months that we can use to create new work and refine our submissions. Since it begins to push the publication of the catalog into the Fall of '08 we also feel like it makes sense to open up the timeline and make it a 1978/79 Supplement, which would allow some of the submissions that were closer to 1979 to come on board.
Additionally, since we have submissions coming from overseas and are understandably reluctant to mail them, you may submit your own photographs rather than sending them to us. We ask that they be of high enough resolution, quality and variety that we can work with them in Photoshop. I can work with you to try to get what we need. Ideally, we prefer they be mailed to Mego Meet so everything will have a consistent look and feel, but it's not absolutely necessary.
So that's where we are at. We are moving the deadline to May 20th and will be photographing the toys at Mego Meet June 6-7. The guidelines are opened to anything prior to the fall of 1979. Selected submissions will be mailed to Dave Mc or can be brought to Mego Meet in person.
Let us know if you have any questions.
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