ausXwing

I use a 4mil Mylar with a half-back board placed in the centre of the book, (trimmed to size so it doesnt stick out)

Ok, for your personal collection as you will handle it carefully

8 minutes ago, F For Fake said:

I appreciate it, but I feel like you guys are trying to talk me down from a ledge re: buying these books. To be very clear: unless I find them at a price I like, I won't be buying them. It's ok, guys, really. I've spent more money on much stupider things before. I never claimed to be a wise man. But yeah, it is unlikely that I'll be buying them, which will leave the collection incomplete. Such is life. But this is a message board full of CGC collectors who are competing for registry prizes. I'm surely not the first one here to consider a purchase to complete their collection that they weren't thrilled about.

Edit: should have quoted, was addressing @ausXwing here.

F4F, as a comic collector with mild case of OCD, many a time I've walked out of a LCS with an expensive variant (that i didn't really like but needed to get ??) only to suffer regret as I travel home. So the print the cover option has worked great for me, as I feel the title is as complete as I'm going to get it. 

39 minutes ago, F For Fake said:

Not sure how you came to that conclusion based on what I wrote. I don’t buy moderns at all, and haven’t bought a Marvel book in years, but I am an Alien completist. As I said, I haven’t bought any of them yet. I’m going to wait and see what the prices are like when they’re released. If I can get them for a couple hundred bucks, that’s not a big deal relative to what I spend on my collection. But if they land and stick at $300-$500 each, or whatever, that’s likely the point where my collection is no longer complete. If I liked the covers better, it would be an easier pill to swallow. But the 1:500’s appear to just be virgin variants of covers I’m already not terribly excited about.

F4F, just print a Hi res copy of the 1:500 virgin variant cover, bag & board it. Believe me once you've done that you'll loose the urge to have to spend the money ...

I used to be indecisive, but now ... um I not so sure 

We should just man up .... open the packages, enjoy reading our comics,

and laugh at the 1diots bulk buying dunny paper and just hope that they are also buying condoms so the can't breed.

Called into my LCS with my daughter in tow, and took a photo and posted it up on Facebook with a comment "channelling our inner Sheldon"

Apparently, they get a little mad if you tag them in a post like that ... go figure 

I had the first 50issues back in the day but lost them all (long story)

Just recently picked up the Origins books 1,2 & 3. That'll do I thought, but then I got an individual issue and the dreaded OCD kicked in, so now I'm on the hunt for the first 50 again ....

Here's a couple more, got a slight DG theme going on ...

(That's just the mylar that has the crease)

Not my holy grail, more like the ugly step sister but still a great addition to the collection - Revolver Smoking Gun

Need to take better pictures thou :-)

Some recent arrivals (not all JSC, but connected), just waiting for the JSC store exclusive to arrive (sorry for crappy picture)

I just received a couple of books this way from an LCS that's been around for ages.

They were quite snug in the bag, no chance of any movement.

I quite like it as you can view the back cover art work/adds. If a 4mil mylar is used and handled carefully I can't see a problem with storing this way