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solm4st3r

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    Modern Star Wars Comics that are heating up

    in Modern Age Comic Books

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    34 minutes ago, sonicyouth1 said:

    I’ve seen several hundred copies over the years pass through Todd’s warehouse in Elwood city and it’s  uncommon. Maybe 5 out of 100 copies had that much color rub. Of course my sample is anecdotal.

    Awesome thread guys. 
     

    So, on to spec news.. LEGO summer 2021 set list names with preliminary images have just been revealed and we have a “Mandalore set on throne”  being released. The minifigure appears to be Mandalore the Indomitable/Ultimate. It makes sense to think Disney is up to something here which gives rise to SW:TotJ Sith war #1 and especially #6 receiving some more attention. 

    #1 is the first appearance of Mandalore the Indomitable.

    #6 is the first appearance of Mandalore the Ultimate.

    Cheap copies are drying up. #1 can still be won in auction for less than $10. The LEGO minifigure appears to be the same Mandalore in the cover art. 
     

     many thanks everyone for keeping me informed on these insanely hot Star Wars keys!

     

     

     

    I think that Mandalore Lego set will be an Ahsoka vs Darth Maul set based on Season 7 of Clone Wars.

    Very Very Large Summer Sales Thread 7-16-20 CLOSED

    in Copper / Modern Age Only

    Posted

    3 minutes ago, DTM700 said:

    I can't speak for others but only myself. I missed a Star Wars Legacy 1 in @maidenmate91's thread which put the series on my radar. You can thank him for the uptick in sales (thumbsu

    It was a great series. Way better than the sequel trilogy movies IMO. I have the entire run myself so that's why I noticed the recent sales. Cool to see interest in Dark Horse Star Wars comics.

    Best score you ever got off eBay...

    in Comics General

    Posted

    2 hours ago, Ryan. said:

    And on the flip side there are buyers who will actually take advantage of a seller who made an acknowledged mistake hm

    I saw the Buy It Now price so I bought it and paid right away. The seller messaged me saying that he was upset about listing the wrong price but that it was his mistake and he would honor the sale anyway. I don't think I was taking advantage if he chose to sell the comics at the price he listed. I didn't pressure him to sell either.

    GAME OF THRONES Rules Thread

    in The Movie Forum

    Posted

    58 minutes ago, shadroch said:

    What am I missing? Mercenary Captain is on a white hose with bangs. Dragon flies by and wipes out the mercs. We see a picture of the horse, seemingly dead. 

    Later, out of what must be tens of thousands of dead people and animals, the now revived horse and Arya team up. 

    Death rides a pale horse. Can we get any more cliché?

    It took twenty years but Sienfield no longer has the worst wrap up of any popular series.

    I vote for Dexter as the worse show ending ever.

    GAME OF THRONES Rules Thread

    in The Movie Forum

    Posted

    My predictions for the final episode. This is not what I would like to happen but what I think happens:

    Spoiler

    Jon Snow tries to confront Daenarys after sacking King's Landing but Grey Worm intervenes. They fight to the death. Grey Worm dies and Jon is mortally wounded. Jon Snow dies in Daenarys' arms. Daenarys, left totally alone and wrought with guilt over her actions, now faces a vengeful Arya and certain death. Daenarys will commit suicide (probably poison or jumping off a high point similar to Tommen) before Arya kills her. Drogon is freed. Tyrion and Davos return North to Sansa and Brienne who is possibly pregnant with a Lannister . Arya goes to a different continent, and possibly has Gendry join her. The Iron Throne is abdicated and each kingdom becomes independent.

     

    The fallacy of "IH181 is overvalued/overpriced"

    in Comics General

    Posted

    On 3/14/2019 at 12:01 PM, NoMan said:

    I don't see it. Don't see any or it.

    Kids today don't collect comics. They don't care. Of course your wonderful children and their friend or two love to read and they know ASM 129 from Rom 1 to IH 181 to what-the-heck ever, however, the majority of young people today want and do stare at screens all day. They don't read anything tangible nor do they care to hence no nostalgic factor for a comic book. That means in 20 - 25 years mostly no one is gonna want your precious collection entombed in plastic. 

    I don't care how well the MCU movies are doing now. (When I get really bored I go to movie section of the boards and see people arguing about grosses and have to laugh. You guys got points in these films or something?) The majority of of kids (and adults, sadly) would watch a monkey throw its waste matter discharged from its bowels on a wall if that's what was playing at the multiplex. I've worked in the entertainment industry in Los Angeles for 30 years and that's how the head honchos talk about you, Dear MCU Fanatics. I KNOW YOUR CHILDREN ARE SPECIAL AND LIKE TO READ AND WANT QUALITY ENTERTAINMENT. AND THEIR FRIENDS! I'm simply talking about the majority of young people. A couple of smart kids brought up by a couple of smart folks here can't support this hobby. 

    I don't care how many people flood conventions. It's all dress up. Most cosplay girls look like harlots off to the strip club and get mad when the guys look at 'em. The guys, hell, I don't know what their deal is. It's creative and at least people aren't shooting each other, so it's all good. The point is the comic back issue folks are shoved off to a tiny corner. Why? Because selling comic books IS NOT THE DRAW like it used to be because the majority of people aren't buying. Duh! 

    Some of you here see back issue market booming cause that's all you know. It's what all your friends do. It's like going to a Narcotics Anonymous meeting and thinking everyone in the world is shooting heroin in the vein that runs between your big toe and the toe next to it. No, the entire world is not doing that. Just you and your dumb friends. 

    I say this not to be mean. I'm in the same boat. I have many nice comics and one phenomenally nice one. I betting that someone in 25 years just might be interested in the phenomenally nice one, the others, not so much. 

    The talk here is 95% what something is worth or what something will be worth. The other 5%, unfortunately, is if something is a good read. Tells it all right there, doesn't it?

    Pull your head out of your long boxes and look around.

    Not even the Chinese can save this hobby.

    And BTW,  if you think variants are a smart buy, you're unreachable. But please keep buying them, cause I think it's kinda funny and makes me laugh.

    AND another BTW, before some one blathers but that's what I like to collect so that's what important! (variants, 9.8s in plastic, can it be a 9.9 with a press? MCU movies on streaming whatever) Again, no duh! Enjoy away. That's what life is about but know this: No one in the future will want them. And it will be a hassle for someone to deal with once you're dead, just like your Grandma's little QVC Home Shopping Club POS collectables. Heck, even your Dad's stamp/coin collection. But! But! But that upside down airmail stamp is still worth a lot of money. Yes! And the others?

    Are there even that many of us here? 

     

     

     

    Sad but probably true. :/