Chip Cataldo

On 4/2/2024 at 6:28 PM, LDarkseid1 said:

 

How dumb. Imagine having so much free time you can make asinine videos about nothing.

On 4/1/2024 at 10:52 PM, Topnotchman said:

 

So, these guys are m0r0ns?

Announced on Hasbro Pulse. Coincidence? 

On 4/1/2024 at 7:59 PM, october said:

Did you read up on what he did? He was somewhat creepy and suggestive to a 17 year old. He could have slept with her and it wouldn't be a crime in 39 out of 50 states. 

I did not see the age. When I saw "underage" posted I thought of my 11-year-old daughter. If someone had tried to "solicit sexual favors" from her then I'd be in jail for murder. 

On 4/1/2024 at 5:45 PM, Sauce Dog said:

...being a groomer / creep utilizing his position to solicit sexual favours from younger women needs to be called out.

You don't think this deserves the harshest punishment? It just needs to be "called out?"

On 3/29/2024 at 8:36 AM, Dr. Balls said:

We did, however, pivot over to For All Mankind, which is good so far, and they've racked up 3 or 4 seasons, so it was time to give that one a go.

One of the best shows ever. It's amazing.

On 4/1/2024 at 2:22 AM, DougC said:

Enjoyable collections of complete Drek you say?

Behold my stuff!

Also have a sealed case of trading cards (plus tons of boxes), the Dark Dominion's are the free "we are sorry for missing deadlines" with various signatures and apology letters. The letter in the bottom left is a missive from the Defiant offices to someone asking for a couple missing zero issue cards. The B&W add is a color guide preview for the eventual back cover advertisement, various pins, mailers, and such.

all of this is completely worthless to pretty much everyone; so I generally pick up items super cheap when something new pops up.

That's the drekkiest drek that ever drekked a drek! Cool stuff!

On 3/30/2024 at 9:03 PM, jdraheim said:

I guess I was one of the lucky ones.  20 years ago I moved to Valencia, CA and I needed a storage unit for my comic collection.  My collection was smaller then but now I have 135 short boxes - about 14,000 comics.   I kept about 300 comics at my house (the most valuable), but everything else was kept in this storage unit.  It was climate controlled. It had a security code system to access the facility.  For added security no one ever saw what I had in my storage unit, and the people who knew I had comics in storage never knew which facility I used.  I went there almost weekly to file away my latest acquisitions, and I would run over there more frequently after an earthquake or heavy rains.  In 20 years I never had a problem.  I recently retired and moved out of state and I can now put all my comics in my new house. 

This picture makes my OCD sing a sweet melody.

On 3/29/2024 at 12:39 PM, shadroch said:

I can buy fresh copies for less.  The problem is selling them.  It is harder to find a Spawn 1 in VG than it is to find a NM one.

Really? The last 3 I sold were $29 for a VF and then $45 and $50 for NM/MT.

On 3/29/2024 at 12:11 PM, littledoom said:

I thought we agreed that seller's estimated high grades were off in his listings? Most 90s comics like those highly collected first app keys tend to be high grade so I wouldn't expect someone to expect the same price for all vintage keys like Hulk 181 where the prices vary much more in different grades

No worries. There's a communication breakdown somewhere, but that's one of the main aspects of this entire forum. Lol.

On 3/29/2024 at 11:46 AM, littledoom said:

When did I say NM? There's so many copies that the prices can range, they're out there

You were replying to a post that was talking about the Spider-Man #1 sale of 18 copies in NM. The subject was NM copies of "something" as regards to the high print run.

I can find a copy of Hulk #181 for $200 because the print run was so high. It's coverless, but hey. That doesn't apply to the current conversation. We're talking about high grade copies.

On 3/28/2024 at 7:47 PM, BlowUpTheMoon said:

Wrong date on label. 

Plus all the creator info. I highly doubt Peter David wrote that one.

Tom Foolery that takes away from the subject of the thread topic is a staple of this entire forum.

On 3/28/2024 at 10:07 PM, the blob said:

are those on card stock or magazine pages?

The fold out inserts? They are the weight and feel of Bronze comic covers.

On 3/28/2024 at 3:56 PM, Stefan_W said:

Too tin foil hat for me. But even if one is completely distrustful of CGC, there is are still practical considerations that come into play. For instance, if shady stuff like what you describe is happening, at least some employees will notice. In any organization people come and go, and not all leave on the best terms. So if what you are describing is going on the door would be open for a disgruntled employee to start talking about grade manipulation, which is extremely serious. 

Again, it doesn't make any sense when you unpack the process. But people will believe whatever they believe. 

I get that, but we've never heard anything about anything on how they do things and they've obviously had a lot of people leave.

Not one person has said boo about Ewart, the invisible books or the Clayton Crain garbage. They've had the same employees in all departments this entire time?

I'm not saying that there's a conspiracy, but the lack of ONE person talking to anyone about their former employer and what's gone on there (positive or negative) is strange.

On 3/28/2024 at 3:48 PM, ADAMANTIUM said:

...so it can feel like, "this better be the best movie ever!" regardless  

...which if you're talking about anything these days you've lost that bet before you entered the building. Lol.

On 3/28/2024 at 3:42 PM, Stefan_W said:

What sounds reasonable kind of starts to break down in my eyes when one begins to unpack the in-the-trenches process. 

...but no one really knows what that process is. Matt himself could be walking a particular book through the process if he so chooses...we don't know.

Given the last big scandal, an employee could have printed a 9.9 label and put it on a supposed 9.8, right?

I mean, you'd hate to assume that, but the probability of that happening isn't 0.0%

Oh, my bad. Didn't know you were talking exclusively about IMAX. Those are $16 here, last I knew.

Matinee tickets here are $7.75. Where the hell do you guys live???

What I don't understand is not coming up with some horrid monster to fight.

Oh, it's another gorilla. Wheeeeeeee...

How would it slice the top & bottom parts?

"Monetary incentives?" 

On 3/25/2024 at 12:49 AM, littledoom said:

When the print run is so high, copies can sell anywhere as low as that. Same for Superman 75, Spawn 1, etc.

Spawn #1 in NM for $5? Where's that?

Ah, okay. Still pretty damn cool.