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Frequently asked questions: Q. I've tried calling your phone
number printed on your business card and it's disconnected. What's your phone number? A. That number is
disconnected. I'll be posting my cell number as soon as I get my voicemail working. Until then, please use e-mail or snail
mail. Q.
Can you take commissions? A. Sorry, no special orders. When I started, back in 1992, I made one-of-a-kind special
orders almost exclusively. Now, however, I have over 120 different stock figures and am out-of-stock on 40 of them at any
given time. So I have no time to set all that work aside while I work on one single figure. Sorry. Q. On the base of my figure is written
23/100. Does that mean you only going to make 100? A. I never know how many figures of any design I'll make or how
popular it will be. But my customers seem to appreciate getting a signed and numbered piece. So instead of writing 23 on the
base (which is meaningless without a context), I write 23/100 which means this is number 23 of the first 100 pieces sold.
When the piece count goes past 100, I start numbering them 101/200, which means it's the 101st of the first 200 pieces
sold. Q.
How do I get a special order made? A. See answer above. Q. Do you sell in stores? A. I don't have a store myself, I sell over the internet, through the
mail or at the several weekend shows I do every year. The problem with selling my figures in stores is that retailers want
a discount (usually 50%) so that they can make a profit. I can't discount my figures that much and make it worth my while
to make them. So, that forces retailers to have to price my figures at a much higher price then I can sell them at.
We haven't come up with a good compromise at this point.
2009 Shows Thanks for stopping at the Clayguy table this year. I met great fans in Rosemont, IL, Cleveland, OH,
Dallas, TX, Novi, MI, Atlanta, GA, Madison, WI and Parsippany, NJ. Coming up in 2010 are: Cinema Wasteland, Cleveland Texas Frightmare, Dallas Comiccon, Novi MonsterBash, Pittsburgh Flashback Weekend, Rosemont Chiller
Theatre, Parsippany See you there!
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