miraclemet

I saw someone complain at someone else for saying they liked the movie cause that was a "spoiler" Im not taking any chances!

Ok so my local toy store here in Belgium must not have known that these arent supposed to hit the shelves until Jan 1. I spoiler tagged the ones related to Force Awakens. (there were also two new Frozen sets if that's your thing, and the new Lego City theme had some kick-butt Prison Island sets. Like Alcatraz. I think these are supposed to retail $30-35 very cool set, the escape pod opens so the figures can play in it. my favorite set for sure. you can put the Han minifig in and then when he drops down it spins around and comes up with the carbonite block. I love hoth, so this one is great for sure Some mini-sets (think they're supposed to retail around $15) vaguely Force Awakens-y, so spoiler tags

wonder if they'll replace it with a Force Awakens Starkiller base? I saw a few of them in the store this week, but man $400 is a lot, regardless of it being discontinued...

Is Shaft now a member of the Masters Of The Universe? :gossip:there's a "H" in mother

this is a sketch on a blank front comic. You can tell because 1) its a yellow label which is part of the "signature series" 2) it says on the label (below the book title) "Signed & Sketch by...." which means the person did the sketch. Sketchs might occur at a con, or they might be done in private. The better quality the sketch, the more likely it was done via special opportunity. The above one was probably a pre-order, or a special opp. here's one that George Perez did at a con (Im assuming) sometimes you also see "Sketch Variant" books. These are produced by the publisher and are the pencil or inked art for the cover (prior to adding color). Here's one: how you know it's not an original sketch 1. It's in a blue label 2. It says "sketch cover" on the left of the label where they designate variant types of comics. Sometimes you'll see signed sketch variants, those get yellow labels because they are authentic, witnessed signatures, but the book art itself is production art, not unique hand drawn art. You can tell because 1. it still says "sketch cover" on the left side 2, The description beneath the comic title says "Signed by..." not signed and sketch....

I see someone who is trying really hard to make you happy. I do not see a deal in the scenario you described above. I think the bolded part is where JDonkey is asking "where's the deal?" he countered with 135, but you never say you said yes to the 135, just that you moved forward with getting paypal funds together.... so did he know you accepted his $135 terms?

I do love custom bound hardcovers, but it's no better deal than picking up the Alias Omnibus for $80. The omnibus is oversized (bigger than a comic) while the custom bindings have some additional content adding to the story... so either way it's a win for $80 for someone who actually wants to read the stories.

To such a buyer who would claim Item Not as Described on a forced paypal return on a CGC graded book, I'd say congrats on your return and the result of it also being your last purchase on the forum. No one would ever sell to someone who did a Not as Described return on a slab. The only reason someone would have for a return of a slabbed book is if there is a defect on the front or back cover that is not visible in the photo/scan. I've purchased a graded book that when it arrived looked super tan. I was unhappy but bit the bullet and resold it (with tanning disclosed). +1. The unspoken rule here is that if you buy a slab and it arrives in fine shape, then there's no justification for a return. People make exceptions and work things out with sellers but the unwritten rule is "hey if are into the whole buying CGC books, then you're cool with CGC grades, so no futzing about condition discrepancies, this isnt eBay." If someone pushes a return using PayPal's policy, then that buyer will either end up on the probation list (for non-completion of a transaction), or just end up on everyone's personal "No Fly" list. I will say I've done a cgc return many years ago. The book was very tanned once I received it, and when I looked at the pictures the book looked very different. I never made an accusation but I think the scan/photo was "sweetened" to downplay the tanning. I told the seller it was too tan for my tastes in hand and we did a return (I ate the return shipping costs). He didn't balk at the return which was good on him, but I think it also might have been because he knew he had sweetened the scans.

How is an overarching 13 episode story that also works to flesh out the protagonists backstory in a relatively non-traditional way (we got to avoid the whole "origin" episode!) the same as the hourly procedurals you've mentioned that introduce a crime and wrap it all up within 44 minutes until next week where nothing carries over and we do it all over again? Your criticism is Jessica Jones isnt likable? She's not SUPPOSED to be likable... I thought Luke Cage was certainly likable. It wasnt Daredevil, but it was just one step back, and still better than most stuff on TV.

Good series , 13 hours I felt like were well spent. I agree with others, that Luke Cage came out as the best, most interesting character. Mike Colter played him just right, and he was well used in the series. Looking forward to his own show. Effects were ok, maybe a little underwhelming. I could tell when there was cable work being done just because the motions were not very believable. Not sure if that's more about insufficient stunt/FX budgets or the actors just weren't good "action" actors. Really enjoyed the reappearance of Rosario Dawson as Claire Temple near the end. I really hope she continues to get peppered into the shows on Netflix (she's listed on the Luke Cage show imdb, so she'll be back for sure). I thought the Wil character was pretty weak. Seemed to be more of a plot device than anything with any depth. The actor (also named Will) never seemed to land on an acting style, and I cant tell if that was just bad acting or an intentional choice related to the super soldier meds. The Robyn neighbor was a mix of annoying and eye-roll inducing... Could have lived without her. Thought Tennant was a fine villain, but I agree on the idea that the ending was anticlimatic,

I think this THREAD's peaked....

here's the question. what's the definition of a netflix show "blowing up"? -there are no ratings to pimp it (not like Walking Dead getting to have every ad say that it's the highest rated show on cable, or on TV or whatever) -there's no week to week heat because the whole season gets dumped at once for binge-ing. -because of the whole season dump there's less cultural conversation (I follow TV closely and we saw something similar happen with House of Cards, people were all over the map on where they were in their watching so it stagnated the public conversation about the show because you could only talk to people who were in the same place as you, or you had to spoiler-check yourself constantly) Im not criticizing, im just saying it'll be interesting to watch the speculation/market movement for a TV show (vs the movie related books) and for a streaming/season dump TV show model vs the more traditional network model. The outcome could have repercussions on how people project further movement on H4H1 and other Netflix related comic books that are currently hot.

5 BINs and one "auction" with a reserve (for the SS copy) if Im not mistaken... could swear that one of the main "bidders" on the reserve SS copy is the same buyer/seller of one of the $800 copies (just based on the feedback number)

*cough* lots of people post here with underlying agendas some people spend hundreds, or thousands of posts hocking, and pumping and pimping their wares some of the perceived "hostility" is just long term members tired of attempted manipulation by other boardies. thus every post (especially from new people) is met with an assumption of agenda...

it seems like there are two camps at the moment 1. those who have the book and love the current state of the market and don't care how it got to that point and whether sales are legit or market manipulation 2. those who don't have the book and are looking at the reported sales with a critical eye and are questioning the market based on duplication of serial numbers around sales, repeated sales by the same seller, repeated buys by the same buyer and what appears to be quick turn-arounds on books bought and then resold within a few days. group 1 has a vested interest in defending the market, group 2 isnt going to move them off that. and with that

low print run, first appearance of the new Captain Marevl (Kamala Kahn) who has gotten very popular (she appears in costume on the cover of the 2nd print, though just in plainclothes in the book itself)... and maybe market manipulation...

did the seller provide pictures? last public sale of the AF15 was back in 2013

where does it show that the buyer didnt pay? or are you just doing your own inference? Here's the most recent "sales" history of that ONE cert Sep-30-2015 $550 Cert# 0616531001 Oct-03-2015 $750 Cert# 0616531001 Nov-07-2015 $870 Cert# 0616531001 and I dont even know how many other times it was "listed" on the market think a book Sold, and then flipped 4 days later? Think It was sold, paid for shipped out, recieved and then relisted and sold again all within 4 days? Also if the $870 sale was a nonpayment sale, why'd the seller up his price 15% instead of just relist it at the same price it had previously "sold for" (all of this is moot because the Nov 7 was a completed sale, and its recorded as such.

so here is some information on ALL the sales of the CM17 2nd in 9.8 Of the 19 "sales" of the book recorded since the book came out there are 13 books that have changed hands of the 8 books that have only changed hands one time (no multiple sales) 1/2 of them were early on (for much lower value than current "sales") the other 5 books have changed hands multiple times. 4 of the 5 books that were "sold" multiple times were sold twice within a few days of each other. all of them were sold and then resold at the higher price points ($500-800). It's certainly possible that the 4 legit looking sales in the last 4 months could have been influenced by the 11 fishy ones. disclaimer, I have no interest in collecting modern comics. I do not own a CM17, and I'll never own one. I AM interest in watching the market trends (why I subscribe to GPA even though I rarely buy) so I hope someone can see that this is not some fanboy jealousy hate or whatever they think is going on..

links?

it does if it's someone fake selling a book to try and drive up or prop up the market.

every "hot" list write up reads like someone desperate who is sitting on multiple copies of this book that they bought at "full market value"

When it comes to old Sci-Fi there's EC, Planet Comics and then everything else... and I'll tell you the "everything else" does not come to market much (as one of those collectors). The good thing about Horror (and PCH, Pre-Code Horror) in general is that there is lots to collect out there, so that's a good thing for getting into that area of the hobby. (see how I directed him away from my interests? heh heh heh... ) I concur with the others, getting copies of the Gerber GA books will give you tons of entertainment and education and be great source material going forward. and yes there is good bit of reprint material out there so you can enjoy consuming those stories as well as collecting the originals!

someone probably argued "slippery slope" (leading towards mystery boxes)... I agree it's a silly thing..