Snoop Dogg, world famous rapper, actor and music producer, announced the listing of 10,000 avatars created in their own image and likeness in
The Sandbox
, the decentralized metaverse. A third of the avatars on sale have exclusive designs, such as the Dope Doggies, created by the artist team of The Sandbox together with Snoop Dogg and the Classic Doggies inspired by the artist’s discography. All the others have been automatically generated but are still produced as one-of-a-kind pieces. The ten thousand avatars are divided into categories of different rarity: Human: 63%, Blue: 11%, Aliens: 10%, Zombies: 7%, Dogg: 5%, Robots: 3%, Golden: 1%. Each purchase costs 150 Sand, the currency used in the metaverse (about $ 500 at the current exchange rate) and will allow users to The Sandbox to stand out with a character to use in the mansion that Snoop Dogg is building within the metaverse, but also out in other experiences, starting with the new Alpha Season that will be announced soon. The sale is scheduled from 22 to 23 February for users who have access to the early pass, recognized for the owners of some NFTs, and from 23 to 24 February for all others. The buyer will carry out the purchase and only at a later time will discover the type and rarity of the avatar assigned with a mechanism similar to a lottery. Since each avatar is an NFT, whoever buys them can then resell them on the markettriggering a form of collecting that stems from the rarity of the piece but also from the fact that some of these avatars will be used in the new Snoop Dogg video clip which will be shot entirely within The Sandbox.