TMNT #1 Club 19 19

[sorrenmj]

On 9/13/2021 at 7:05 PM, SpeedforceKJ said:

I hate to say it but i think the #2 first print is long out my price range. I regret selling the set but needed some money to help pay for my wedding. I was happy to at least get a chance to get another 2nd #1 and a copy in much better condition then i had before. My biggest regret outside of just selling it was I only got $500 for the whole lot. 

Ah, well hopefully you will get lucky and find an affordable raw copy which you can slab and come back high grade? If I see a raw affordable high grade candidate I will let you know

[sorrenmj]

On 2/28/2021 at 7:29 AM, Gazoony said:

For value I absolutely agree, I would choose the 2nd print too. But if I had to choose only one to keep for the rest of my life and couldn't sell, I'd pick the first print and love it forever. 😃

This is how I feel about it too. I'd love a 1st print no matter the grade. I got excited thinking about owning a 1st print in 0.5!

[WolverineX]

On 9/13/2021 at 2:12 PM, sorrenmj said:

This is how I feel about it too. I'd love a 1st print no matter the grade. I got excited thinking about owning a 1st print in 0.5!

We got to find one for you. I know one boardie owns 6 copies

[sorrenmj]

On 9/13/2021 at 7:15 PM, Wolverinex said:

We got to find one for you. I know one boardie owns 6 copies

6 copies! Some boardie made a very smart acquisition! I'd love a 1st print but honestly could never afford the costs these are going for, sigh 8>/. I possibly could afford a super duper lower than low grade copy, you know the one that was rescued from a landfill, if such a copy exists. I will definitely keep looking out for copies in any case. Who knows, sometimes it's possible these things can happen!

[WolverineX]

On 9/13/2021 at 2:23 PM, sorrenmj said:

6 copies! Some boardie made a very smart acquisition! I'd love a 1st print but honestly could never afford the costs these are going for, sigh 8>/. I possibly could afford a super duper lower than low grade copy, you know the one that was rescued from a landfill, if such a copy exists. I will definitely keep looking out for copies in any case. Who knows, sometimes it's possible these things can happen!

If there's a will there's a way. Maybe you could also liquidate some of your other Comics if you do find a copy

[sorrenmj]

On 9/13/2021 at 7:24 PM, Wolverinex said:

If there's a will there's a way. Maybe you could also liquidate some of your other Comics if you do find a copy

I do have other TMNT comics I could perhaps trade if the opportunity comes along. Thanks a lot for your suggestions. I'll definitely bear this in mind 

[sorrenmj]

On 4/9/2021 at 5:03 AM, spracknetch23 said:

Dug this out to admire today. 8 years ago I picked it up here on the boards. Most expensive single book I ever purchased at the time, by far.

Gorgeous!

[sorrenmj]

On 5/6/2021 at 1:07 AM, Subby1938 said:

New add . Happy to have early number 1 back in PC. I used to own first print 9.0 and traded it away few years ago and missed that book. This one matched my other early book grades and fills the void . I have zero urge to keep chasing at this point . I’m happy . 

You have a perfect set of 9.6's!

[oakman29]

The time for #2 first prints, and #3 & #4's are now . All water rises with tide, and pretty soon they won't be affordable. 

[sorrenmj]

On 7/12/2021 at 11:32 PM, Subby1938 said:

The guy wouldn’t consider parting ways how much he loves this book

I would be exactly the same. No money would separate me and my 1st print! Well if I had one that's how I would feel!

[sorrenmj]

On 7/27/2021 at 12:13 AM, ghn999 said:

Those are my tmnt 1 copy!

How is this possible?! Excellent collection!

[Gump24601]

I've been on the lookout for a #2 and #3 first prints in 9.8 this year and have watched the prices follow the wave and I think for these books (and a couple of others) are on their way down now. 

If you look at HA hammer prices alone last week a #2 OW/W went for $1920, the month before one went for $2880 and another back in June: $4320.

#1s are obviously a different story but I feel other previously bumped up books are coming down to where they used to somewhat be. 

[sorrenmj]

On 9/4/2021 at 5:00 PM, rich_TMNT said:

If I'm able to get a reprint done from the negatives, the goal would be to reproduce it as closely as possible to TMNT #1 1st printing (but I'd need to commission the covers - front back and interiors - since I don't have the negatives of those).  So, 3,275 copies (to replicate the 1st printing print run) would be part of it - along with probably the book containing the articles about the negatives.  

Definitely something I won't give up on.  

I read somewhere the negatives were signed by the creators (bar P Laird). Would this affect using the negatives to reprint the pages? If there's a mailing list I can sign up to registering interest please let me know 

[rich_TMNT]

On 9/13/2021 at 5:53 PM, sorrenmj said:

I read somewhere the negatives were signed by the creators (bar P Laird). Would this affect using the negatives to reprint the pages? If there's a mailing list I can sign up to registering interest please let me know 

Yes, all six of the flats the negatives are arranged in are signed by Kevin Eastman, Steve Lavigne, and Jim Lawson.  But, they didn't sign the actual negatives - they signed around them.  Their signatures wouldn't ever impact reprinting.  The biggest hurdle is actually finding a printer that can still make printing plates from negatives arranged in flats.  That printing technology went bye bye long ago.  There isn't any type of mailing list or anything for updates - just my website.

Edited September 14, 2021 by rich_TMNT

[sorrenmj]

On 9/14/2021 at 1:22 AM, rich_TMNT said:

Yes, all six of the flats the negatives are arranged in are signed by Kevin Eastman, Steve Lavigne, and Jim Lawson.  But, they didn't sign the negatives themselves - they signed around them.  Their signatures wouldn't ever impact reprinting.  The biggest hurdle is actually finding a printer that can still make printing plates from negatives arranged in flats.  That printing technology went bye bye long ago.   

That's really cool to see the negatives like that. Thanks for sharing

[jeranimal]

Wow! I didn't realize this 35th anniversary box set was worth this much.  
 

[oakman29]

On 9/14/2021 at 6:04 AM, jeranimal said:

Wow! I didn't realize this 35th anniversary box set was worth this much.  
 

I'm a bit surprised,  then again these days? Nothing surprises. 

[sorrenmj]

On 9/14/2021 at 7:31 PM, oakman29 said:

I'm a bit surprised,  then again these days? Nothing surprises. 

The set is still available on the idw website for $49

[sorrenmj]

Did anybody ever buy their #1 direct from K Eastman/P Laird and have it mailed to them back in 1984? If so how was it shipped? In a cardboard box, like you would expect today or some kind of bubble mailer? Just curious to know. I cannot imagine that what has now become such a valuable comic ever being shipped to customers in some kind of bubble mailer! Just curious is all

[tvindy]

On 9/16/2021 at 2:30 PM, sorrenmj said:

Did anybody ever buy their #1 direct from K Eastman/P Laird and have it mailed to them back in 1984? If so how was it shipped? In a cardboard box, like you would expect today or some kind of bubble mailer? Just curious to know. I cannot imagine that what has now become such a valuable comic ever being shipped to customers in some kind of bubble mailer! Just curious is all

My brother did that. He learned about it from an ad in the Comics Buyer's Guide and ordered it. I don't recall how it was shipped, but it arrived undamaged. (I don't think bubble mailers existed back then.)