Aphrodite IX AP Statue Shipping Announcement

An Open Letter from Clayburn Moore on the Status of the Aphrodite IX Artist Proof Statue

First, thank you for your support of the Aphrodite IX Artist Proof Statue project, and for making the Kabuki and Brandy Statues sold out projects. Kabuki and Brandy were produced for me by an excellent, reliable factory that does very good work. It was my desire to work with them on the Aphrodite IX project, but since they require a 500 unit minimum per unique sculpt, I enlisted the services of a new factory to produce the statue at my desired edition size of 350 units.

Unfortunately this new factory has not been able to perform up to my requirements. Rather than release a product that I felt was of poor quality, I have decided to work with my first factory partner. In order not to take a large financial hit by only releasing 350 units (while being required to pay the same price as if I had made 500), I have decided to produce 150 more for a total of 500 Aphrodite IX Artist Proof Statues.

I have discussed this change with the fine folks at Top Cow Entertainment, and we are going to release this piece with a new base, a signed certificate of authenticity, and a new paint scheme. This will make the statue more visibly different from the regular Aphrodite IX Statue than the originally planned Artist Proof Statue would have been.

Obviously, this project is now going to be delayed, and is scheduled to ship in early 2007. As we get a more certain release date we will update the website with that information.

Given the terrific preorder response to the Aphrodite IX Artist Proof Statue, we hope our collectors will see this as a positive change. If anyone is unhappy with this decision and would like to cancel their preorder, please contact us at service@csmoorestudio.com and we will refund your deposit promptly.

Thank you for your patience. We’ll make this piece worth the wait.

Sincerely,
Clayburn Moore
President/Sculptor
The CS Moore Studio