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6 hours ago, STORMSHADOW_80 said:

I think the size of that room needs a 1:1 scale statue

Of the Hulkbuster armor.

On 3/23/2018 at 7:43 PM, jdw1991 said:

Set up a comic wall this week.

Thanks again for this idea.  I decided to do 12' straight across instead of rows, and got a couple more printed short boxes.  I did decide to tie some clear hanging wire across it just to keep things from falling off.

Got some old computers just used for video conversions.

Hah, we have that same rack in our utility room.  Never occurred to me to just flip it and mount it like that.  Clever.  I might end up stealing that since it's been months and I still haven't forced myself to go to Ikea for those mosslanda picture ledges.

3 hours ago, jdw1991 said:

Set up a comic wall this week.

That's pretty slick. Any details on what you used or side shots?  Are they just held in place by gravity or somehow bound to the wire frame behind them?

1 hour ago, lizards2 said:

The right wall shelving is deep enough so that it has short boxes two deep or a longbox.  The left wall is only one shortbox deep.  I used to be able to walk all the way to the back, but as books were added, they filled up the center too.

 

That is impressive and terrifying.  Do you have a total count of how many books you have?  I can't even fathom a guess.

18 hours ago, ExNihilo said:

Also, for those Graded Book Pods, can the glass be removed and then taken to a framer and fitted with museum glass?  I guess I just feel more comfortable getting the real deal instead of a UV protector sheet.

(Side note: do they sell those protector sheets individually?  And how well do they work?  It seems like a good thing to buy for CGC cases if they work.  Might as well go UV protector sheet + Museum glass for max UV protection.)

I've got no natural light on that side of the basement so I didn't opt for the UV coated versions.  Each slot has it's own removable cover, which isn't glass but just clear acrylic. 

21 hours ago, Sludgesicle Man said:

Favorite room in the house.

I'm not even a big DC fan but that room is so tasteful and clean.  Are those the IKEA Mosslanda black shelves we've seen in a few rooms or something else?  Keep meaning to get down to my local IKEA but an IKEA run is just such an ordeal.

On 3/8/2018 at 12:59 PM, AGGIEZ said:

Where'd you get this? I want to hang that in my mancave!!

Right here:  http://www.gradecomstore.com/graded-book-pods/

There are holes on the back for hanging.

The boxes were a combination of amazon and ebay

Did I miss him telling us what the grail was amidst all these amazing cover scans?  Or is he ignoring us on purpose in favor of some big reveal thread?

15 hours ago, jzeze said:

Organs, who wants to buy a couple of my kids, any interest in a 9,7, and 1yr old. Probably could trade them for a bats #1 6.0.

I dunno, what grades are they?

8 hours ago, Shawnismaximus said:

The fact that one person owned all these (and is selling them to buy something even more expensive) is completely mind blowing to me.

Here I thought I was pretty cool for owning a copy of New Mutants 98 lol.

Hey be proud of your collection no matter what dollar amount it's worth.  I thought sales like this were only to be found on high price auction house sites, so it's neat to see it here on these boards.  I'm lucky I'm so into Wolverine and X-Men or I'd be insanely jealous of all this old Superman/Batman stuff.  Ah hell, I still am.

Oh yeah, definitely love short boxes with artwork.

My dad stayed up until 3am putting together the USS Flagg Christmas Eve, then mom woke up before I did in the morning to wait in the living room with a camera to get a photo of my face when I walked in the room and saw it.  It blew my mind.  Somehow despite being a nerdy enough kid that I saved all instructions and boxes for every lego set I had, I thought it was perfectly fine to cover the Flagg in Garbage Pail Kids stickers.  Later on sold it at a yard sale.

I'm curious what those two empty soda cans are?

Just bought a bunch of Wolverines I needed (well... wanted), all arrived exactly as described and very well packaged.  Thanks a bunch!

Glad I bookmarked this thread last fall.  I'm curious since your'e the Wolverine guy, if you have a full set of the Old Man Logan run for purchase?  I would like that Micheal Turner 66b so to that, but before anything ships I'd be interested in hearing if you have the rest of the run available.

Also to the 50-55 B&W variant run for $15.  I'm wishing there was a text list recap of everything that's left over but I think that's it for now. Let me know about the OML run, thanks!

22 hours ago, Dreamtoreal1 said:

Hulk 181 7.5 cgc beauty

Looks great.  I think 7.5 with nice covers are really that sweet spot of something that's not prohibitively expensive but still looks great.  Of course I'm biased since that's what I have.  I can take it when people post their 8's and 8.5's, but once I see those 9+s I get that tinge of jealousy.

On 1/27/2018 at 3:52 PM, Mean_Green said:

Recently moved and finally got some shelves up.

 

Just recently got a raw #340 so I'm loving those. I'm curious where you got the shelves?  I was thinking of making something custom, but when I saw several people using those super affordable black picture shelves from Ikea I thought maybe I'll just do that instead, but I'm wondering where you got those and how deep they are. Are there ridges in them to prevent movement or did you stick some weather stripping or something on them to hold everything in place?

4 hours ago, Grib said:

This is both beautiful and scary. I couldn't sleep at night working about the picture frame hook on the wall or the anchor bolt, etc...you get the picture (pun intended).

I was actually surprised when I first looked at the back of that frame.  The way it mounts is you have to screw three screws into the wall (I did use anchors for all three) and there's a hole for the head of the screw to slide in the top center, then a track for the whole frame to slide to the side.  When you put the top in and slide all the way over, then you push the two in the bottom in, and slide it halfway back, so there's really no way to get it off that isn't very intentional.  Of course there's no glass or anything in front of the CGC case itself, so I'm taking the risk that someone doesn't chuck a paperweight across the room into it, but I actually didn't know what graded comics were until I started looking for comic book frames when we moved into this house.  So if I owe this new hobby of mine to that frame, I may as well give it my best three.

per PM for:

Hellblazer #1

New Mutants Annuel #2

New Mutants #87

Got to deal with Tim in person since I lived nearby.  Great guy, great comic, thanks again!

2 minutes ago, revat said:

If interested, I can find another copy of war journal 7 in the same grade and price. Let me know if you’re interested.  

I absolutely am, even if it's a different grade or price I'd like to get one. Thanks!

I'm just gonna type these out rather than going through and quoting them each:

Infinity War 1-6 set

Infinity Gauntlet #2 set

Infinity Gauntlet #3 set

One of the X-Force #8's

Signed New Mutants #19

X-Factor #1

Wolverine #100

You keep adding stuff I like so start a pile I suppose until I see where this all ends!  Sorry I missed out on War Journal #7, still missing that one.

Edit: ooh and Uncanny X-Men #268 and that Hulk 340 Danish edition please!

I'm definitely a value collector too, but I set my sights even lower with my 8.5.  I do think it looks great now that I completed my trifecta, and I'm just not interested in spending enough money on a better looking X-Men #1.  I've got a pretty ragged raw 95, but I can't work up the excitement to spend a decent amount on #94 when Wolverine is the only one excluded from the cover (aside from his head in the corner.)  I'm sure I'll pick one up eventually for completion's sake.

15 hours ago, wolverine180 said:

Congrats. Very nice set and awesome frame to display them in

Yeah I really like this stuff by Collector's Resource for both graded and raw books.  I got that triple-graded one then a tri-folding one that's like five feet tall to hold 12 raw books and cover the back of a desk with wires and my wife really likes it.  Here's the link if anyone's curious:

http://stores.thecollectorsresource.com/graded-book-pods/