Guess these grades 0

[Apg9176]

You guys are pretty good. I'll hand it to you. Thought miswrap wouldnt count aginist grading though? Not 9.9 or 10 if perfect otherwise right?

[Dick Pontoon]

I think I'm seeing the same things that Point Five is, and if he was too harsh on #361, I may have been too loose!

There sure looks like a bend to me on the LLBC #238 that appears to go all the way through to the front. There's also some spine tics/creases i see on the back, to the right of the top of the Cobra box, and then above that near the bottom corner of the main ad illustration

[Apg9176]

You guys are pretty good. I'll hand it to you. Thought miswrap wouldnt count aginist grading though? Not 9.9 or 10 if perfect otherwise right?

[Apg9176]

Just so you guys know all the books were pressed before being sent in

[Apg9176]

Okay so I'm gonna show you 361 grading. Here was the finale grade for 361 I just received last week. I have side by side photo of another 361 i got back thats 9.8 from couple years ago. In my opinion think they were real quick to grade. Again Subjective but i find hard to believe when comparing the 2. You guys be the judge

[Point Five]

Re the 9.0 #361, the white marks I saw on the back cover upper left corner are present on the 9.8 too, so scratch that idea... my bad. It's either part of the art or a production flaw and wouldn't count against the grade.

When I zoom into the 9.0 #361 front slab pic, I do see a hint of tear at the bottom staple, what looks like a small color tick (bend?) in the lower right corner, and a few gentle spine ticks. But I'm just throwing out guesses at this point. I agree with you that the book looks nicer than its given grade, but that's not unheard of.

 

[Apg9176]

wait till show you other 2 tomorrow. But all the guess have been pretty good so far

[Point Five]

Sure, fair enough.

Just curious: on the back cover of the #252, are these smudges on the book or on the case?
 

[Point Five]

On 1/27/2022 at 9:06 AM, Apg9176 said:

You guys are pretty good. I'll hand it to you. Thought miswrap wouldnt count aginist grading though? Not 9.9 or 10 if perfect otherwise right?

That's correct; the miswrap has no effect on the grade.

 

[Crops068]

238 - 8.5

361 - 9.2

252 - 9.0

[Apg9176]

It's just the case

[billsid]

On 1/27/2022 at 11:02 AM, Point Five said:

Sure, fair enough.

Just curious: on the back cover of the #252, are these smudges on the book or on the case?
 

Maybe I'm seeing things but it looks like a small chip at the edge of the cover by the INTELLIVISION  just to the left of the yellow car also looks like some small spine ticks maybe 3 or 4??

[Mr. Zipper]

This is the challenge of grading from digital images. The flaws that CGC may ding the most for -- non color breaking bends... thumb dents, etc -- don't show up in most photos and scans. The 361 obviously has some flaws that are not apparent in the photos.

Edited January 27, 2022 by Mr. Zipper

[Point Five]

On 1/27/2022 at 1:46 PM, billsid said:

Maybe I'm seeing things but it looks like a small chip at the edge of the cover by the INTELLIVISION  just to the left of the yellow car also looks like some small spine ticks maybe 3 or 4??

Agreed, light spine and edge wear. Again, in broad strokes these are all nice books anyone would be happy to own. They just aren't "the very nicest of the nice", and it sounds like they were graded accordingly.

 

[WilliamLunt]

what do the grading notes say?

[SOLAR BOY]

238-----9.4

361----9.0

252----9.2

 

Edited January 28, 2022 by SOLAR BOY

[Apg9176]

Here you guys go All 9.0 grades. You can say they were real consistent with this batch I received back. To answer the question. NO absolutely no grader notes. Here's your 9's thanks for your money. I'm sorry I can agree with 252 being even 9.2 but the 238 abd 361 shouldn't been lower than 9.4 

[Point Five]

Well, honestly I'm pleasantly surprised for you. 9.0 is... a good grade! They're nice books for sure but I wouldn't say they're literally flawless.

I already mentioned my thoughts on the #361's small flaws.

Is this not a soft corner crease/bend/impression on the back of the #238? If you tell me it's nothing I'll believe you, but I can see it (faintly) in both photos.
 

[WolverineX]

9.0, 9.2, 9.0

[Apg9176]

I think I got hosed on the 238