I got this email from The Transformers Collectors Club:




This is not something that I have ever done before but I know that many of you are involved in crowd sourcing/crowd funding needs and projects.

So here's the story:

As a family, each year we vist a small town in Colorado: Pagosa Springs. You have probably never heard of it is it is in the southwest corner of Colorado near Durango.

I just found out that the movie studios are discontinuing all distribution of films and are going totally digital in the near future. I have always loved historic theaters and there is a small one in this town that is running a crowd sourcing drive to replace the theatre's old 35MM projector with new digital equipment.

So, if these guys can't meet their crowd sourcing goal in the next week, it looks like this almost 100 year old theater will shut down. So far, doesn't look like they are going to make it... if you are interested in this type of thing please vist this link.

http://communityfunded.com/projects/...rty-theatre-2/

If not, please pardon the email.

Thanks!

Brian


Sadly, this does not speak to me of a person caring about theater, it speaks to me of unprofessionalism and the fact that the few people that actually run TCC just use it any way they see fit, to the point they will use it to further their own agendas.

"I know a lot of you are involved in crowd sourcing" - HOW does he know that? Has he surveyed their subscribers? I had never even heard of crowd sourcing. Also it speaks to how little they regard their international clientele, as I doubt many Aussie collectors are worried about some little theater in the USA.

Very tempted to write them an email, saying that I did not appreciate receiving this communique, and that they should stick to the actual topic of TF's. But lets face it, it will accomplish naught - maybe I should write Hasbro instead.