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Literally 25 people within 3 pts. of coveted 6th position!
- Point Five, AJD, Darwination and 2 others
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At risk of being labeled sexist, can we have an empowered woman who is also sexy to look at?
Can we cater to the male gaze just a tiny, little bit?
I consider myself fairly liberal, and am against discrimination, and demeaning of women, and all those things.
But, I mean, it's Red Freaking Sonja.
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Well, on the plus side, those pages from the grading guide at least suggest that the grade didn't come completely out of the grader's ***, agree or otherwise disagree as we might.
I would have said that was pretty "heavy" rust, and the paper migration looked pretty "significant" to me, though, sure, I guess it could have been even worse.
- jcjames, Lninefingers, TSwift25 and 1 other
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On 4/30/2024 at 1:53 PM, Bosco685 said:
I would see this movie if it ever got made. I place the odds of it ever getting made (with Robbie staring, at least) as....low.
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Wait, you want how old I am now? How about how old I was when I actually bought all my comics....
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On 5/1/2024 at 2:23 AM, Get Marwood & I said:
I would have called those staples a "major" defect all day every day. I think there is zero chance the book gets a grade like that if the defect was visible.
Still surprised. Didn't CGC publish a grading guide recently? Were rusty staples not covered in it? Seems like this particular kind of defect ought to be easily quantifiable as far as "grade." Even moreso than a stain, which can be of so many varied sizes and locations and hues.
I liked the book as part of this contest because it narrowly focused in on this one singular defect, so - theoretically - you could really see how CGC viewed such a defect. Unless, unfortunately, there's actually no standard and it's just how one individual grader feels about it....
- Warlord, Point Five, Sandflea and 1 other
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On 4/30/2024 at 8:41 PM, Point Five said:
There’s a lesson here. If you’ve ever been tempted to buy a CGC slab WITHOUT looking up the grading notes… maybe an ebay BIN OMG OMG gotta get it before anyone else does! — print up the grading notes to this Secret Wars #8 and post them on your wall.
8.0. Good grief.
Wasn't there, once upon a time, a thing about non-visible defects being notated on the Blue Label?
I know they changed that a little bit ago so that not "all" defects would be notated anymore, but I thought these hidden defects would still be noted. So now nothing is noted anymore? And it's just "you can check the grader's notes."
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The only one I felt completely helpless on was the Secret Wars. I had zero clue how much of a hit a book that looked otherwise nice would take from just those staples.
I blind guessed 7.0
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On 4/27/2024 at 9:54 PM, CGC Mike said:Hi guys
I enjoy the posts in these threads. The build up for the reveal, the reactions afterwards, all good. I have also noticed that there is very little bickering/arguments in these contests. I enjoy seeing that. The sole reason I do these are to provide fun contests for the members. If they no longer are fun, there is no point in doing them. In the last contest, the books were all golden age. This happened because we had to use a different source, and that was what was available. Some people found GA books to be very hard to grade, and requested later material. It seems that no GA books in this contest is causing some difficulty as well. Maybe half GA and the rest later books is the answer. I can make this happen. I can also request easier books. I think we can find a selection that will better satisfy the majority of participants.
You can't please all of the people all of the time. Or some of the people any of the time. I think mixing it up has been great.
I appreciate these contests and everything you do for this community.
- Darwination, SpidersComics, paqart and 2 others
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- Point Five, CJ Design, SpidersComics and 1 other
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4 pts.
Three of that on the Spotlight. I kind of thought that was whatever they call it "distributor spray" and not a stain, but I wasn't sure. So I hedged with the other small defects I could see and called it 9.0
Otherwise, somehow three bullseyes.
Take it.
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On 4/23/2024 at 8:51 PM, Beige said:
The whole GOT franchise is dead.
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On 4/23/2024 at 9:19 PM, PVOG said:
Question, so I procured a couple new modern comics at my lcs. They are and look absolutely mint, under scrutiny, however, I did not open them and flip thru pages. I inspected under light and bl. Looks virtually untouched. If I buy a book in this condition, would it make sense to clean and press? I'm thinking of sending them in in this condition, without cleaning and pressing.
My thoughts are,, if it is mint, just handling it more has the absolute potential to lessen the quality through handling. And being serviced. Thoughts and advice please? (I also do not want to dig it out just to take pics, please imagine I'm your head, perfect condition, lol)
There are some who suspect that if you use CGC's pressing services, you get a bump in the grade. Pretty sure there is no way to verify this.
Kind of like the old Publisher's Clearinghouse magazine sweepstakes where they claimed you did not need to buy a magazine to be entered, but people suspected that if you bought a magazine you had better odds.
That said, people do send in books (esp. modern books) with no pressing and they do get 9.8s, so it's certainly possible. You probably do increase your odds with a press. I think the chances you actually hurt the grade are not that high. May just be another cost/benefit thing, i.e. how much more would it be worth.
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Where would I be if I had skipped out on that one really bad contest!
Or, maybe it was more than one bad one actually. I can't even remember.
I usually have (at least) one really bad round, I remember that!
Still, these are fun!
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On 4/22/2024 at 10:07 PM, Cman429 said:
5 points this round. I knew one of those three NM books would be a 9.6 and one would be 9.2 so I spilt the difference and guessed 9.4 on all them. In my experience the difference between those grades is basically a dart throw.
Same!
One grade off each of the other two, so, 4 pts for me this round.
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I think with Dave Stevens, sadly by virtue of dying young, there's also a limited output issue. By which I mean that it's realistic to actually collect all his covers. And that's appealing to many people.
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It's just another one for the "what were they thinking" file. How do you spend so much on something so underwhelming? How is it even possible? You can make Godzilla Minus One for 10 million. Did they really not see?
Or is it all just what William Goldman said "Nobody knows anything."
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On 4/18/2024 at 5:15 PM, paperheart said:
Heh. Old movies. P'shaw.
My list for the next 8 looks (very) roughly something like:
Civil War
The Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare
Challengers
The Fall Guy
Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes
If
Furiosa
Bad Boys: Ride or Die
Possibly some additions or substitutions in there depending on what else might be showing.
Do not mock my tastes, or lack thereof!
GRADE IS IN!! PGM ASM 1 1.8 Should I Crack This??
in Hey buddy, can you spare a grade?
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Idle question whether you cracked it out yourself and sent it in raw (possibly through a 3rd party presser) or just sent it in for "reholder", possibly with CGC in house press service?