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Uncanny Avengers... I think not.

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gaz973

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I don't fully understand the angst on this subject. If you like chasing variants, go nuts. If you don't, just buy the cover that most appeals to you and leave it at that.

 

Surely you all have enough free will where you are not likely to feel coerced into buying covers you don't want?

 

Also, it's promotional tools like this which allow retailers to carry and support low print run books which on their own wouldn't sell enough to be worthwhile stocking. It's a little like an actor doing a blockbuster movie to subsidize an art house film. 2c

A lot of it has to do with the fact that many collectors, such as myself, are completists. Factor that in with a limited collecting budget, a desire to have the books graded by a third party grading service, and the fact that it's nothing other than an obscene money grab and it makes it hard to stomach.

 

I am no stranger to variant covers. I have 91 Astonishing X-Men books. The series is only on issue 54. It would be nice to branch out and collect a few of the new titles. However, given a situation where there are eighteen variants of number alone, it makes it impractical. I would also be fearful of the number of variants other issues might have in the future.

 

You pesky completionists with your urges to collect all variants are the reason that Marvel have their urges to create all the variants. :baiting::foryou:

You aren't a true collector. I wouldn't expect you to understand. :baiting:

:cry::sorry:

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Webhead1981

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I had been giving serious thought to collecting Uncanny Avengers from Marvel's new NOW line that begins this month. However, once I found out that issue #1 consisted of EIGHTEEN different covers, I decided to give it a pass.

 

Bite me Marvel. I hope the variant cover craze crashes, burns, and dies the fiery death it so richly deserves.

 

I blame all of this on Walking Dead #100.

 

:P

 

Amazing Spiderman #700 - 1 in 700 variant!

I kid you not

 

ASM 700 1 in 700 Variant? WTF? I will wait for the 9.8 slab. lol

 

Yup, 6 variant covers along with the standard cover and here are the ratios

 

Ditko 1 in 200

Anniversary 1 in 50

Marcos Martin 1 in 50

Ramos Wraparound 1 in 50

Coipel 1 in 50

Quesada 1 in 700 variant

 

Crazy. One of the reasons I stopped buying variants.

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MagnusX

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Creativity is dead in comics so this is the only way they can sell new books.

 

[font:Book Antiqua]I TOTALLY DISAGREE WITH YOU IN THIS POINT...[/font]

 

(tsk)

 

And I don't care what you disagree with. :gossip:

 

 

 

:cry::sorry:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

:whatev:

 

 

 

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cheetah

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I had been giving serious thought to collecting Uncanny Avengers from Marvel's new NOW line that begins this month. However, once I found out that issue #1 consisted of EIGHTEEN different covers, I decided to give it a pass.

 

Bite me Marvel. I hope the variant cover craze crashes, burns, and dies the fiery death it so richly deserves.

 

I blame all of this on Walking Dead #100.

 

:P

 

I had told Dre I was going to collect this one but 18 covers is too much. The series won't last more than 2-3 years and I don't want 100+ slabs for the run. Marvel killed me on ASM with all the variants and now they are doing it again.

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DrWatson

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Bite me Marvel.

 

lobo.gif

Lobo. :cloud9:

 

[font:Book Antiqua]Hey Mr. Diggler...!

 

I was watching you Avatar,

and decide to raise the bar...

 

Canada Flag...![/font]

 

:headbang:

You know, I don't come into your threads, although there are NUMEROUS opportunities, and mess in them. So, I would appreciate the same courtesy.

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joeypost

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I don't fully understand the angst on this subject. If you like chasing variants, go nuts. If you don't, just buy the cover that most appeals to you and leave it at that.

 

Surely you all have enough free will where you are not likely to feel coerced into buying covers you don't want?

 

Also, it's promotional tools like this which allow retailers to carry and support low print run books which on their own wouldn't sell enough to be worthwhile stocking. It's a little like an actor doing a blockbuster movie to subsidize an art house film. 2c

 

It's also the entire reason why the industry crashed in the early 90s.

 

It certainly has the same feel as the 90's. Took about 3-4 years for the collapse. How many years have we had too many variants?

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MagnusX

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You know, I don't come into your threads, although there are NUMEROUS opportunities, and mess in them. So, I would appreciate the same courtesy.

 

[font:Book Antiqua]Excuse meeee....

 

I don’t have idea that you where so protective about your threads and who post in them, please continue.

 

And maybe you should post a list of who else it’s excluded to post in them...[/font]

 

:eyeroll:

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DrWatson

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You know, I don't come into your threads, although there are NUMEROUS opportunities, and mess in them. So, I would appreciate the same courtesy.

 

[font:Book Antiqua]Excuse meeee....

 

I don’t have idea that you where so protective about your threads and who post in them, please continue.

 

And maybe you should post a list of who else it’s excluded to post in them...[/font]

 

:eyeroll:

You aren't excluded. However, this is not a Babe Test thread. Furthermore, as Babe Test threads tend to become locked, I would prefer if it didn't get turned into one.

 

Go to the WC and start a Bikini Flag Babes of the World thread. I'm sure there are plenty of lurkers, and a few posters, dying to add some new material to their spank bank.

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MagnusX

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You know, I don't come into your threads, although there are NUMEROUS opportunities, and mess in them. So, I would appreciate the same courtesy.

 

[font:Book Antiqua]Excuse meeee....

 

I don’t have idea that you where so protective about your threads and who post in them, please continue.

 

And maybe you should post a list of who else it’s excluded to post in them...[/font]

 

:eyeroll:

You aren't excluded.

 

[font:Book Antiqua]Thank you.[/font]

 

However, this is not a Babe Test thread. Furthermore, as Babe Test threads tend to become locked, I would prefer if it didn't get turned into one.

 

[font:Book Antiqua]Dont worry, no more.[/font]

 

[font:Book Antiqua]However, trying to control (Edit, decide, delete) what someone else post in an open forum in Internet its going to give you a headache...[/font] 2c

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arexcrooke

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You know, I don't come into your threads, although there are NUMEROUS opportunities, and mess in them. So, I would appreciate the same courtesy.

 

[font:Book Antiqua]Excuse meeee....

 

I don’t have idea that you where so protective about your threads and who post in them, please continue.

 

And maybe you should post a list of who else it’s excluded to post in them...[/font]

 

:eyeroll:

You aren't excluded.

 

[font:Book Antiqua]Thank you.[/font]

 

However, this is not a Babe Test thread. Furthermore, as Babe Test threads tend to become locked, I would prefer if it didn't get turned into one.

 

[font:Book Antiqua]Dont worry, no more.[/font]

 

[font:Book Antiqua]However, trying to control (Edit, decide, delete) what someone else post in an open forum in Internet its going to give you a headache...[/font] 2c

Shouldnt be too hard if the posters remain somewht even close to on topic

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Jeffro.

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You know, I don't come into your threads, although there are NUMEROUS opportunities, and mess in them. So, I would appreciate the same courtesy.

 

[font:Book Antiqua]Excuse meeee....

 

I don’t have idea that you where so protective about your threads and who post in them, please continue.

 

And maybe you should post a list of who else it’s excluded to post in them...[/font]

 

:eyeroll:

You aren't excluded.

 

[font:Book Antiqua]Thank you.[/font]

 

However, this is not a Babe Test thread. Furthermore, as Babe Test threads tend to become locked, I would prefer if it didn't get turned into one.

 

[font:Book Antiqua]Dont worry, no more.[/font]

 

[font:Book Antiqua]However, trying to control (Edit, decide, delete) what someone else post in an open forum in Internet its going to give you a headache...[/font] 2c

 

Not if you're a mod

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DrWatson

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I have no desire to control what gets posted here or elsewhere on the Internet. I am, however, asking you to please stop posting certain things that you are posting in this particular thread. You can post whatever the hell you want to post in one of those fool Aunt Agatha or Jimmy Linguini threads. I could not care less.

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