EVE General Discussion

Same with me :(

http://imgur.com/UBtYYoQ
http://imgur.com/Bt8GVrU
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My Special Limited edition book now feels a less special

I have serial 126 /2001 and I have now noticed I too have this same defect on some pages , though not nearly as bad as some of you have it. The Constructs chapter page (pg 82 -83) seems to be the worst for me and the only one easily noticeable.

However, what really upsets me much more then these very minor ( in my case ) blemishes, was what I started seeing after the quality of this product was in question and brought to my attention. Undoubtedly, I imagine many other copies also have these far more unsettling defects that may have been overlooked or unnoticed by some of you.

Due to the glossy nature of the paper use in EVE Universe , its very easy to see the glossy texture of the images especially if reading or viewing the beautiful images near a window during the day.

I came to page 67 and noticed what looked like a fingerprint / smudge on the bottom corner of the page. It was very distinct due to the glossy nature of the paper when held a certain way reflecting the light from outside. When I tried to wipe it off with a microfiber cloth , i realized this was not a finger print, it was a slight contamination in the print itself ! Not too big of an issue as this one was only visible if viewed from a certain angle but it made me instantly start to look for more.

AND MORE I FOUND

Some were very tiny, slight changes in the texture of the gloss which may have been small contaminants the size of half a grain of rice but these too weren't extravagant flaws and only visible from certain angles in the gloss and were only on two other pages ( I noticed SO FAR).

THEN I got to the last page of the book and the defects on this page were easily seen without viewing from the gloss and only appeared much worse when I did. The defects look like droplets with comet tails that run vertically away from the source and are very easily noticeable and cover about a 10cm x 3cm area to the left of the Speech Address. Even the feel of the page texture changes over these blemishes which really bothers me

This is quite unacceptable CCP
This book cost me a total of $156.50 CAD with shipping and an additional $25.94 for import charges into Canada from UPS which I though would have been covered by the initial cost of the delivery ( $39.99).

That is a grand total of $182.44 CAD which I gladly paid due to my LOVE for EVE online and Limited Edition Art Books. I love the book, I really really do, but after paying that much money for it, quality is of the utmost importance especially considering it is a ART book and its defects are very very unsatisfactory and show a serious lack of quality.

The minor blemishes i can deal with including the page sticking blemish , but the comet looking contamination blemishes /defects on the final page is unacceptable to say the least.

Image of initial "finger print" blemish defect /artifact hard to capture in picture but easily seen in light and felt http://i.imgur.com/cStoU7p.jpg?3
Image of "comet looking" artifacts / defects that also have a very rough texture http://i.imgur.com/Uwfg6JS.jpg?2

Received my book days ago, but a scant eight hours earlier I just received FIVE invoices claiming my 'copies' had finally shipped. Uh... Hm. Considering I have my book, and only ordered /one/...


And in case anyone cares, I had 197/2001.

Wait... Is the plaque meant to be blue...?

Oh Mr. CCP Falcon, did you hear anything from the distributor or Torifans? I still dont have a tracking number or anything and i want to make sure UPS doesnt screw up.

Was just doing my banking today and shocked to see a 2nd transaction taken from my account for my eve universe purchase - 12 days after my account was initially charged what I assumed was the full amount. Has this occurred for others?

I never did list my book number.

288/2001
Order Number 1000170

I ordered my limited edition book one week after it went on sale (the 27th) after "accidentally" stumbling onto the developer's blog. Oddly enough, I was charged in Euros initially and it was changed to dollars on my credit card. It arrived yesterday, the 2nd and seemed to have originated from Georgia, United States. I have a grayish silver block numbered 531/2001 with a bunch of other letters and numbers. But no signed lithographs.

I have that on a few pages

but also I got 5 shipping e-mails the day after the package arrived

overall still awesome

Well, I had a little disappointment to learn that the book was printed in China. For 89,90 €, I kinda expected they would pay 5 euros more for the print, but anyway it's the first time I buy a Dark Horse product so maybe they've been doing that for a decade or two...