After ‘coming to life’ for a commercial with Eugenio Derbezthanks to technology deepfake, The Chavo of 8 continues to move forward to enter the digital world. The most famous Mexican character in Latin America released his own album version for the World Cup Qatar 2022 in digital format. Unlike panini albumthis has NFT’s instead of adhesive stamps.
Last June, Chespirito Groupowner of the character created by the deceased Roberto Gomez Bolanoslaunched a contest to find the artist who would design the first Official NFTs of El Chavo del 8. Also participating in the project Valeria Perez Rios, granddaughter of ‘chespirito’and two experts in digital assets.
Now, four months later, the collection of non-fungible tokens call El Chavo del 8 Soccer Clubthe first of this endearing character who joins the list of Mexican NFTs.
It is a series of digital illustrations alluding to the highest soccer tournament reinterpreted by ‘the boy with the barrel’. These tokens or stamps make up an album where the 11 main players of the 32 participating teams are represented.
What do the El Chavo del 8 NFTs include and how much do they cost?
In honor of the most famous inhabitant of the neighborhood, exactly 8,888 collectible tokens of the character. “Each token will have an official certificate of authenticity from the Chespirito Group within the blockchain,” he says. Chespirito Group it’s a statement.
For each sticker tokenized you will have the possibility to participate in a world cup pool, predicting the next World Champion. The winner could get a $10,000 equivalent prize“as long as 100% of the collection is sold,” the company clarifies.
By purchasing a digital collectible you will have access to exclusive releases of official El Chavo del 8 products, among other benefits that increase the more tokens you have.
Fans of El Chavo, soccer or NFTs will be able to buy from a single ‘stamp’ for $25 (about 500 Mexican pesos). There are also packs of 5 tokens for $115 (2,300MXN), 10 collectibles for $250 (5,000 MXN) and 100 tokens for $2,125 (4,250 MXN).
The El Chavo del 8 NFTs are available from October 20 on its official website. The pool starts on November 20 and the winners will be announced on December 21, just a few days after the grand final of the World Cup Qatar 2022.
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