The Village · Glossary

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Find any word used across Moody Mobb, The Registry, The Village, or The Terminal.

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Moody Mobb: The brand behind the Moody characters, from first sketch to finished piece. It started on 2/2/22.
The Registry: The official list of every real piece, its serial number, and who owns it now.
The Village: The online market for real, checked collectibles. It is run by Caudate Putamen Holdings.
The Terminal: The screen that shows prices, sales, indexes and supply in one place.
Caudate Putamen Holdings (CPH): The company that owns and runs The Village.
House: A brand that sells its collectibles on The Village. Moody Mobb is the first one.
Moody Park Collection: Moody Mobb’s first set of eight characters, each made as a 6″ plush and a 9″ Tech Moody.
Drop: A planned release, when a set number of new pieces go on sale at a set time and price.
Edition: A numbered batch of one design, where every piece has its own number.
Run size: How many pieces of an edition will ever be made.
Never reprinted: Once an edition sells out, no more are ever made.
Celebrity drop: A one-of-a-kind design made with a famous person. There are one or two at a time, at least eight months apart.

6″ plush: A soft collectible with no battery, Bluetooth, NFC, chip or other electronics inside. There are 22,220 of each character.
9″ Tech Moody: The larger Moody, with a secure chip inside that a phone can read to check that it is real.
Sealed: Still in its first wrap, never opened.
Kit: A closet of clothes and accessories for a Moody. Every item in it is one of a kind.
Moody Mansion: A display house for Moodys. Only 22 are made, at $222,000 each.
Celebrity mansion: A mansion made for a celebrity drop, starting at $444,000. Only 22 are made.
Vehicle: A car or bike made to fit a 9″ Tech Moody. There are 2,222 for each character.

Authenticate: To check that a piece is real, using more than one test.
Serial number: A 22-digit number that belongs to only one piece. A made-up number fails the check right away.
Authenticity code: A printed code on the label sewn into a plush. It must match that plush’s serial number.
Serialized plate: A small numbered plate under one foot of a plush.
Chip: A tiny secure computer part inside a 9″ Tech Moody. Each scan gives a new answer, so an old scan cannot be reused.
Passport: A piece’s own record page, with its edition, its number and its history.
Check result: The answer after a check: registered, mismatch, counterfeit, frozen or inconclusive. If the Registry cannot be reached, the answer is inconclusive, never counterfeit.
Frozen: A piece reported stolen or in a dispute. It cannot be sold until the problem is solved.
Burned: A piece that was destroyed or damaged past repair. It can never be sold again.

Issue price: The price a new piece first sells for in its drop.
Modeled value: An estimate based on the MMX system and the market information available.
Verified value: A value that comes only from real sales that were paid, checked and completed.
MMX: One number that follows the modeled prices of all 9″ Tech Moodys together. It started at 1,111.
MMX-S: One number that follows the modeled prices of sealed 6″ plush.
Composite: One number that combines every market The Village follows.
Index base: The starting level of every index: 1,111.
Market cap: The number of pieces times their price. It is a price tag, not money anyone has been paid.
Print: One finished sale and its price.
Tape: The live list of sales, newest first.
Bid: The price a buyer offers to pay.
Ask: The price a seller is willing to take.
Order book: The list of open bids and asks, best prices first.
Spread: The gap between the highest bid and the lowest ask.
Supply: How many pieces exist: all that were made, minus any that were burned.
Simulated: Made by a computer model to show how things work, not taken from real sales. The site always labels it.
Sell-out: Every piece in a run sold once at its issue price. This is money taken in, not profit.
Secondary GMV: The total dollar amount of all completed resales.

Primary sale: Buying a new piece from Moody Mobb in a drop.
Resale: One collector selling a piece to another.
Card processor: The licensed company that handles card payments. It keeps a small fee.
Escrow: A licensed company holds the buyer’s money until the sale is finished, then pays the seller. If the sale fails, the buyer gets the money back.
Village fee: The fee CPH earns when a resale is completed.
Sales tax: Tax the law adds to a sale. It goes to the state.
Payout: The money a seller receives after a resale is finished.
Commingling: Mixing customers’ money with the company’s own money. The Village never does this.
Operating account: CPH’s own business bank account, kept apart from customer money.
Refund reserve: Money set aside in its own account to pay refunds.
Revenue: All the money a business takes in from sales, before costs.
Profit: The money left after every cost is paid.
P&L: Short for profit and loss: a report of money in, money out, and what is left.

Collector: Anyone who owns a piece.
Provenance: The verified history of a collectible, including who owned it and when it changed hands.
Transfer: Moving a piece to a new owner. It only happens through the Registry.
Passing it on: Giving a piece to family through a Registry transfer, so its history goes with it.
Not an investment: A Moody is a collectible to keep and enjoy. Its price can go down, and no one promises it will go up.

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