ADAMANTIUM Posted May 26, 2021 Share Posted May 26, 2021 (edited) Mine were received back from pressing on 4/30 And been sfg since only a couple of weeks, but given the received of 4/30 Are they keeping up with turn around times? Has it really been a longer than normal wait? Feels longer but Edited May 26, 2021 by ADAMANTIUM onlyweaknesskryptonite 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iggykoopa Posted May 27, 2021 Share Posted May 27, 2021 2 hours ago, colossus127 said: Did you pay for fast track? I havnt heard about anyone getting a Mirage Edition Magazine back as of yet, just Last Ronins, so you might be one of the first. I did not. Everything was regular and I paid no fast track on anything. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
colossus127 Posted May 27, 2021 Share Posted May 27, 2021 8 minutes ago, iggykoopa said: I did not. Everything was regular and I paid no fast track on anything. Sweet, thanks for the reply. It seems they are finally getting out the last of the signing with the Mirage Edition Magazine sized ones. As of now(to my knowledge) Fugitoids and Original Mirage TMNT are what most people are waiting on, so you getting yours is a good sign. iggykoopa 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iggykoopa Posted May 27, 2021 Share Posted May 27, 2021 32 minutes ago, colossus127 said: Sweet, thanks for the reply. It seems they are finally getting out the last of the signing with the Mirage Edition Magazine sized ones. As of now(to my knowledge) Fugitoids and Original Mirage TMNT are what most people are waiting on, so you getting yours is a good sign. Hopefully you don’t have the same shipping woes that I had! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rexinnih Posted May 27, 2021 Share Posted May 27, 2021 20 hours ago, ADAMANTIUM said: Mine were received back from pressing on 4/30 And been sfg since only a couple of weeks, but given the received of 4/30 Are they keeping up with turn around times? Has it really been a longer than normal wait? Feels longer but Let's set up the mutual support group SFG for my two back from pressing since 4/26. Had a "standard" get back from restoration removal and pressing "received" on 5/3 that was just delivered to me yesterday. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ADAMANTIUM Posted May 27, 2021 Share Posted May 27, 2021 4 minutes ago, rexinnih said: Let's set up the mutual support group SFG for my two back from pressing since 4/26. Had a "standard" get back from restoration removal and pressing "received" on 5/3 that was just delivered to me yesterday. Funny you should ask or say... I called them just now they said mine was graded the "other day and hasn't moved along the process yet Bare in mind mine still says sfg, so soon is what I hope. rexinnih 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ryan. Posted May 27, 2021 Share Posted May 27, 2021 My magazine just moved from Received to SFG. ADAMANTIUM 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ADAMANTIUM Posted May 27, 2021 Share Posted May 27, 2021 I leave the tab open most of the time .... when I see a post here, I give it a refresh to update Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Buzzetta Posted May 28, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted May 28, 2021 Yay ! This went from a 9.4 to a 9.6 cgcsketcherz, Bird, ADAMANTIUM and 3 others 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
colossus127 Posted May 28, 2021 Share Posted May 28, 2021 Great.....looks like another week waiting, and next week is a 4 day work week, so good luck getting anything done at CGC. Might as well just call it a week and start fresh on the 7th guys!....... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Still Only 35c Posted May 29, 2021 Share Posted May 29, 2021 (edited) Got email from customer service yesterday after asking for clarity on why we are having substantial delays with Eastman signing. This is what I got back... Quote Regarding the Eastman signing, there is a delay in the encapsulation department as a majority of the submissions for that signing were magazine sized books and these do take longer in encapsulation. We are sorry for the delay and are working to get those completed and shipped as quickly as we can. Unfortunately, I don't 100% buy this rationale. I've submitted a number of magazine submissions over the years and never experienced delays like this (usually the magazines are encapsulated at most within a week of grading). I still suspect they are having issues with supplies; otherwise why else would these books by sitting in encapsulation for over 7 weeks now? I just wish they were honest with us especially as they originally quoted TATs of 3 weeks pressing and 3 weeks grading... Edited May 29, 2021 by Every Day A Story ADAMANTIUM and mytastebud 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bruce Eaton Posted May 29, 2021 Share Posted May 29, 2021 12 hours ago, Every Day A Story said: Got email from customer service yesterday after asking for clarity on why we are having substantial delays with Eastman signing. This is what I got back... Unfortunately, I don't 100% buy this rationale. I've submitted a number of magazine submissions over the years and never experienced delays like this (usually the magazines are encapsulated at most within a week of grading). I still suspect they are having issues with supplies; otherwise why else would these books by sitting in encapsulation for over 7 weeks now? I just wish they were honest with us especially as they originally quoted TATs of 3 weeks pressing and 3 weeks grading... Honesty goes a long way. My gut is that magazine encapsulation uses a different apparatus than a standard comic and they have fewer of those and can only do so many in a day. A large number of mags means extended turnaround time. They should have been able to anticipate this and adjust TATs accordingly. Scheduled for grading as of 4/26/21....sigh. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buzzetta Posted May 29, 2021 Share Posted May 29, 2021 1 hour ago, Bruce Eaton said: Honesty goes a long way. My gut is that magazine encapsulation uses a different apparatus than a standard comic and they have fewer of those and can only do so many in a day. A large number of mags means extended turnaround time. They should have been able to anticipate this and adjust TATs accordingly. Scheduled for grading as of 4/26/21....sigh. My gut is that they are overwhelming themselves with all of these creator signings to begin with on top of the glut of non-submission items being sent in. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DAL1283 Posted May 30, 2021 Share Posted May 30, 2021 19 hours ago, Buzzetta said: My gut is that they are overwhelming themselves with all of these creator signings to begin with on top of the glut of non-submission items being sent in. Have they ever done a signing where such a large percentage of the submissions are magazine size? I mean, all of the Last Ronin submissions are magazine, in addition to the original Mirage. I imagine this case was unique in their experience so not being able to anticipate the bottleneck is understandable. That said...I'd really like to get my Mirage books back! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ADAMANTIUM Posted June 2, 2021 Share Posted June 2, 2021 My last Eastman my Nintendo Power... Technically was received back from pressing on 5/12 so today it marks 3 weeks, so I called, they said it's graded though it says sfg on my end still.... So I'm kind of hoping that it is soon, hope I get a grade bump from 8.5 to 9.0 too! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ADAMANTIUM Posted June 2, 2021 Share Posted June 2, 2021 14 minutes ago, ADAMANTIUM said: My last Eastman my Nintendo Power... Technically was received back from pressing on 5/12 so today it marks 3 weeks, so I called, they said it's graded though it says sfg on my end still.... So I'm kind of hoping that it is soon, hope I get a grade bump from 8.5 to 9.0 too! the received 4/30 shipped to me on 5/13 so this received 5/12 has been a minute, but if they're going to keep to the 3-4 week tat for grading, it should move soon I hope Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alarment Posted June 2, 2021 Share Posted June 2, 2021 My book is still sitting at sfg since 5/5/21, but just emailed and got this response within 30 minutes. So there is hope (I hope). Your “magazine” TMNT #2 is currently in Encapsulation, Magazines are taking longer than usual but should finish in the next two weeks ADAMANTIUM and rexinnih 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ADAMANTIUM Posted June 2, 2021 Share Posted June 2, 2021 3 minutes ago, alarment said: My book is still sitting at sfg since 5/5/21, but just emailed and got this response within 30 minutes. So there is hope (I hope). Your “magazine” TMNT #2 is currently in Encapsulation, Magazines are taking longer than usual but should finish in the next two weeks well that's at least good news, given the promised 3-4 week promise for grading and 6-8 for pressing and grading.... I was hoping for at least by a week from Friday or June 12th to have them marked shipped I hope anyway peace! alarment 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rollinrebel Posted June 4, 2021 Share Posted June 4, 2021 (edited) According to CGC's turnaround time, and God willing, my books will ship next week. This is my first time submitting and I'm wicked nervous about the grading! Now I just need to find a distraction to keep me from hitting refresh 100 times a day. Line Item: 001 Comic Description: TMNT: The Last Ronin 1 10/20 IDW Publishing Line Item: 002 Comic Description: TMNT: The Last Ronin 1 11/20 IDW Publishing Second Printing/Thank You Edition Line Item: 003 Comic Description: TMNT: The Last Ronin 1 10/20 IDW Publishing Kevin Eastman Studios Sketch Edition Edited June 4, 2021 by Rollinrebel ADAMANTIUM 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ryan. Posted June 4, 2021 Share Posted June 4, 2021 Just called to check on my magazine sub and the rep told me they got overwhelmed with the amount of magazine submissions for the signing. ADAMANTIUM 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
