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Iconic1s

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    Impress me.

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    On 4/17/2024 at 7:58 PM, universal soldier said:

    :drool: 

     

    A little rarer than I like but looks delish. Hopefully you slow roasted to get all that flavor to seep into the meat.

     

    Thank you!  

    I rub it the night prior and place in fridge uncovered.  Take out a couple hours early and then cook it at 175 Fahrenheit until internal temp is 120.

    I know 175 is low but it’s the only way I get it to cook evenly throughout :bigsmile:

    Bizarre Refusal to Transfer Ownership

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    This is really weird!  I had a seller once that refused to transfer a book a couple years ago. There were no allegations or theft or anything like that, they just wanted to be difficult.  They had it in one of their competitive sets so I think they wanted to keep it for the points… I suspect they figured I’d buy it but not register it so they could get the cash and “keep” the book. 

    Usually when you try to add it to a set, they get a notification and can then release it.  If they don’t allow the transfer then usually it goes through in a couple days.  I think in my case they denied the transfer…

    I ended up explaining all this to the Registry Admins and including a pic of me with the book, and it was immediately transferred.  Very strange they won’t do the same for you!

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    Amazon Prime's FALLOUT series starring Walton Goggins (4/12/24)

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    Finished the entire series Wed & Thurs. I’ve only ever played Fallout 4 but probably have a few thousand hours into it, with about a dozen playthroughs… have spent a ton of time just building settlements (of course I have a mod for unlimited settlement supplies).

    I really liked this series… for me, most enjoyable was looking at all the detail in the sets to look like the game environment.

    This series flew by and once finished felt very much like a mere intro… there is a lot more they can now do!!  Really excited for Season 2!!

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    Giant Size X-Men #1 Just Graded 9.9. It Begins.....

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    My problem is not with any grade, it’s CGC’s public relations.  I wish they would just grade books and let nature take its course from there.

    When they publicize something like this then in my mind, everything becomes suspect… I mean, when it comes right down to it shouldn't this book have simply went from QC to shipping and no one inside CGC would have even known to make a big deal out of it?

    Just be the best at grading and shut up, then no one will have a reason to wonder what motivations are for this grade, this grade now, etc.  Also makes me sick whenever I see CGC ranting and raving about some record sale (especially when it’s at Heritage)… just so shady.  It’s almost as if they want to suck every penny possible out of people that enjoy this hobby (shrug) 

    Could we get a new This score needs fixing thread?

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    On 3/26/2024 at 12:35 PM, Yorick said:

    Hmmm...  I guess I'll have to give it a try.  When you change the Slot Order, does it display in that sequence for anyone else viewing the set?

    Yes, once you save and go back to the set desc or gallery it will display in the order you assigned.  If you skipped a number because you left a space for a book to be added in the future, no one will be able to tell other than you.

    Note - I do think there MIGHT be a way to create a slot for a “wanted” book rather than an “owned” book but I have not played around with that feature.

    On 3/26/2024 at 12:35 PM, Yorick said:

    So when I first input the books, I assign each a Slot Number?  If I forgot to put a book in there, I can go back a edit the Slot Numbers of subsequent books?

    Yes and yes.

    (If you don’t input numbers then it puts the next added book on top of the list as a default.)

    Could we get a new This score needs fixing thread?

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    On 3/26/2024 at 12:11 PM, Yorick said:

    This is problematic for me because I am still working on completing the sets.  What's the point of building a set when I am missing an issue in sequence?  When I finally obtain it, I have to put it at the end of the list???  If I'm missing the first issue, I can't even begin...

    :tonofbricks:

    No Sir, you would still be able to add any book later, anywhere you want to… you’d just have to renumber the existing books.

    OR, you could plan out the sequence ahead of time (1 through whatever) and omit the numbers where you don’t have that book yet, and then when you add that book later give it the planned number and it will slide right in there.

    I can also re-order any of my existing sets by just changing the Slot Order number anytime I change my mind.

    I hope this clears it up!  Sorry if I was confusing the first time around. 

    Could we get a new This score needs fixing thread?

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    @Yorick @ADAMANTIUM

    Just to follow up, I experimented a bit.

    I can edit the custom set and sort it by the various fields (slot desc, cert #, etc). It will sort and save but when you go back to Set Desc it reverts back to either the order they were entered (if all 0’s) or the Slot Order (if you ordered them with numbers).

    In other words the only way to order them is either by the order you enter them, or a manual number.

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    Could we get a new This score needs fixing thread?

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    On 3/25/2024 at 1:51 PM, Yorick said:

    When you make a custom set, did you need to pre-plan the issue sequence before creating the set?  For example, I attempted to create a custom set (a while ago, and haven't tried since) and I was randomly adding in the books I wanted as I pulled them from my long boxes.  Once they were entered, I could find no way of correctly sequencing them by release date or title and issue number.  Is there a "sort" feature/button?

    It kept adding each book to the top of the list as I added them.  I had to go through and manually number each one based on how I wanted it… it is very painful!

    Now, when I add a book I have to renumber the books AFTER where I want it to be and then insert it in there by assigning it an order number. It’s time consuming!

    I don’t know if there is a way to sort them any other way cause I wanted mine in a very specific order.

    Could we get a new This score needs fixing thread?

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    On 3/22/2024 at 2:28 PM, ADAMANTIUM said:

    So I'll know and thank you :) would I leave the "custom set" description as the regular "description" that I have already, or is it a different type of area with all knew info?

    Like you said making "comparisons" when some of those slabs were both in the "competitive and custom" sets, does the description add to that the way it is? Like I don't mind just adding books and making a new Set Profile description, but as for the individual slabs, I'm pretty happy with the descriptions.

    Like if I can just add the books to a custom, and then the set description itself type why I think it is cool or go together? I hope that is a clear question lol 

    I had both set descriptions the same for a long time but I just recently made a completely different set description for the custom set… this allowed me to use different pics in the SET desc area.

    If you change the pics or descriptions of a BOOK it will change that book in BOTH sets though.

    Could we get a new This score needs fixing thread?

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    On 3/20/2024 at 4:29 PM, ADAMANTIUM said:

    I appreciate that clarification, as I've been updating  :)

    Idk what constitutes needing a custom set? As compared to the regular sets, when it comes to those 3 criteria?

    I had made a custom set of my distorted holograms last year, but didn't win and I deleted or readied them back to regular sets and idk why.

    I have what I sample through series and genres, but am not sure what best constitutes needing a custom set? Short of adding all my slabs to a custom lol

    I don't really know what I'm asking for in response, but custom means to me genre, character , or subsection of label notes to signature series.

    Now that some of those are being broke out into their own respective sets, idk if I'm going at this wrong.

    For example it seems like I remember if added to a custom set those books wouldn't be considered in the regular sets ??? OR something to that effect.

    i feel if I broke books out of some of my sets, it may sound weird, I'd feel like I was cheating or making a gimmick of my respective sets to win? Maybe not literally, I'm sure there is a common bond within enough of my books or even back cover pictures to form a custom set.

    I just want to assure those interested, it isn't that I'm lazy to do so, I just feel custom sets aren't as straight forward in my minds description so idk what the criteria or reasoning in how they are bulit?

    Hello!  I have my competitive Death of Superman set (99 books) with my best copies (point wise) but also made a Custom DoS Set with all of those +131 others because I wanted to show both Universal and Signature Series books side by side, plus a bunch of other Doomsday related books like TPB’s and 30th Anniversary reprints, and also books that had something to do with the storyline but would never be in the competitive set.

    I hope this is a good example for you of where books could be in both types of sets.

    Catch-all Set?

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    Hello, I think what you would want to do is create a custom set.  That allows you to add all of your books, and organize them however you’d like.

    From that point, if you end up creating any competitive sets, when adding books to that set it will show you which books are available for each slot (from your inventory).

    I personally don’t know of another way to add books to the registry without a set for them to go into.  

    Signature Series comics shouldn't be in competition against non Signature Series for rankings.

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    On 2/24/2024 at 2:06 PM, Yorick said:

    If I were so inclined, I'd just use the serial numbers from feebay listings of a series and punch them in.  CGC cannot verify whether I own the book or not.

    This is why I take all my own pics with my books on the same table, leaning against the wall.  Never want anyone to have doubts.

    Used to drive me nuts (still kinda does) when people supposedly have all these books but don’t care enough to add pictures to their sets!  This possible cheat was made a bit easier once CGC started scanning all books.