group confessional...comic gimmicks you fell for.

Moe's Tavern · Post by **Moe's Tavern** » Tue Jul 26, 2005 11:07 am

I think the Magneto zero cover is awesome, as long as you don't open it up.

Redtrax · Post by **Redtrax** » Tue Jul 26, 2005 11:31 am

Acetate covers, still love them

napalm · Post by **napalm** » Tue Jul 26, 2005 1:03 pm

Chromium covers...ahhh what the hell, they look nice...

Daniel Jackson · Post by **Daniel Jackson** » Tue Jul 26, 2005 1:12 pm

Moe's Tavern wrote:I think the Magneto zero cover is awesome, as long as you don't open it up.

Ha,ha,ha,ha... good one, Moe.

Jaknife · Post by **Jaknife** » Tue Jul 26, 2005 1:20 pm

depluto wrote:X-Force 1

forgot that one. mines still unopened and has a deadpool card inside.

dave · Post by **dave** » Tue Jul 26, 2005 9:20 pm

how about 3 copies of darker image to get all 3 cards?

i bought all the x-cutioner song books too-quit x-men shortly thereafter...

bloodshot #1 for $6.50 too-still have it-WITH the same price tag on it!

ibreakhorses · Post by **ibreakhorses** » Wed Jul 27, 2005 12:14 am

The Eclipso comic with the lame chunk of purple plastic stuck to the book.

Escaflown4 · Post by **Escaflown4** » Wed Jul 27, 2005 12:24 am

slym2none wrote:
X-Men #1 - Let's face it. Who didn't fall for this one?

Again, yes - but I have a full run of X-Men as I have bought every issue since, as well as having a complete run of Uncanny from #94 to current.

If you didn't know before, I am somewhat of an X-Nut...

Glad I'm not the only X-Nut here =p. Anyways I'm still collecting the current uncanny issues just so I can say I have the complete run of the series. Unfortunately their stories could never compare back to the byrne/claremont days.

As for gimmicks, I bought most of them during the 90's, but the only gimmick I felt was worthy was X-O #0 (Chromium cover) and Ghost Rider#15 (Glow in the dark cover). Also I still think X-Men #275 is one of the best gatefold covers out there.

whetteon · Post by **whetteon** » Wed Jul 27, 2005 8:48 am

Ah yes, another fan of the Ghost Rider 15 glow in the dark. I still love that book. Even the gold 2nd print is pretty cool if not tacky. I'm also a fan of the Silver Surfer 50 and the bagged and multi-colored Spider-Man 1's. And don't get me started on the Valiant platinum and gold issues (which is why I own them all today I guess) In fact, a handful of the early 90 comic gimmicks were pretty neat.

shaxper · Post by **shaxper** » Wed Jul 27, 2005 10:48 am

Escaflown4 wrote:Also I still think X-Men #275 is one of the best gatefold covers out there.

Heck yeah! That cover got me started on my obsessive hunt to acquire every X-Men action figure ever released in the Gold and Blue unifrorm.

depluto · Post by **depluto** » Wed Jul 27, 2005 10:49 am

shaxper wrote:Heck yeah! That cover got me started on my obsessive hunt to acquire every X-Men action figure ever released in the Gold and Blue unifrorm.

What's the tally on that one?

cinlach@aol.com · Post by **cinlach@aol.com** » Wed Jul 27, 2005 11:26 am

let me preface this by saying this a bit off topic...

hearing you guys talk about the x-cutioners song storyline made me remember that i've got an uncut sheet of the cards.

i don't know where it came from...i don't remember buying it...i don't remember anyone giving it to me. i just found it in a packing tube a couple of years ago.

has anyone else seen one? what's the deal with these things?

riftt · Post by **riftt** » Wed Jul 27, 2005 4:00 pm

Polybags are what screwed me the most when I was a kid.

This was back when I didnt have enough money to afford many comics, but Wizard said I had to buy two - one to keep and one to open - of these comics. So when Rise of the Midnight Sons came around I was hit pretty hard.

jcdenton · Post by **jcdenton** » Wed Jul 27, 2005 7:53 pm

Speaking of polybags, has anyone noticed severe degradation as a result of storage in these things? I have a bagged and unbagged X Force #1 and the bagged one is noticeably discolored compared to the unbagged one. I might post pics later when I get the chance.

slym2none · Post by **slym2none** » Wed Jul 27, 2005 8:03 pm

jcdenton wrote:Speaking of polybags, has anyone noticed severe degradation as a result of storage in these things? I have a bagged and unbagged X Force #1 and the bagged one is noticeably discolored compared to the unbagged one. I might post pics later when I get the chance.

Please do post some pics... there is all sorts of un-substantiated information about this very "problem" but I have yet to actually see anything (and I have been one to spout out some of this information as, if not fact, then assumption.)

-slym

shaxper · Post by **shaxper** » Wed Jul 27, 2005 9:21 pm

depluto wrote:
shaxper wrote:Heck yeah! That cover got me started on my obsessive hunt to acquire every X-Men action figure ever released in the Gold and Blue unifrorm.
What's the tally on that one?

Forge
Wolverine
Banshee
Morph
Joseph (Savage Land)
Cable (close, but not the exact uniform)
Cyclops (circa X-Men #1. Close but not exact)

Still looking for more. Many other figures wear similar uniforms, but not the exact one.

The Spider · Post by **The Spider** » Wed Jul 27, 2005 10:08 pm

shaxper wrote:
depluto wrote:
shaxper wrote:Heck yeah! That cover got me started on my obsessive hunt to acquire every X-Men action figure ever released in the Gold and Blue unifrorm.
What's the tally on that one?
Forge
Wolverine
Banshee
Morph
Joseph (Savage Land)
Cable (close, but not the exact uniform)
Cyclops (circa X-Men #1. Close but not exact)

Still looking for more. Many other figures wear similar uniforms, but not the exact one.

Did you see this? Not an action figure, but still interesting:

http://www.toywiz.com/kmars4wlv.html

shaxper · Post by **shaxper** » Wed Jul 27, 2005 10:19 pm

Man, it would be sweet if they released a whole Kubrick set of those!

oldjello · Post by **oldjello** » Thu Jul 28, 2005 11:38 pm

Wetworks...
Oh...and Valiants...(still going on...)

childres · Post by **childres** » Fri Jul 29, 2005 8:30 pm

Spiderman 1. I thought I had all the variants until everyone started talking about the gold upc copy sold from K-Mart. By that time the price was high and there was no way I was going to pay it.

Still I got the green unbagged, the green bagged, the green newstand bagged, the silver unbagged, the silver bagged & the platinum. Oh yeah, and I got McFarlane to sign a green and a silver for me. Way too many spidermans.

-Joe

Flinx · Post by **Flinx** » Sat Jul 30, 2005 9:48 am

Chuck wrote:ALL OF THEM

Plus the one gimmick not mentioned yet - the dreaded guest appearance.

slym2none · Post by **slym2none** » Sat Jul 30, 2005 1:23 pm

Flinx wrote:
Chuck wrote:ALL OF THEM
Plus the one gimmick not mentioned yet - the dreaded guest appearance.

Good point! Observe...

Not even Spider-Man, nor Power Pack's "guest appearance" over in Uncanny X-Men, was ever gonna help this lame-*SQUEE* title!

-slym

davidb · Post by **davidb** » Sat Jul 30, 2005 7:18 pm

Has the massive company-wide crossover shown up yet? Once upon a time I had complete sets of Eclipso and Armageddon 2001...

dave · Post by **dave** » Sat Jul 30, 2005 7:21 pm

i forgot about all the "guest" appearances-valiant got me a few times with appearances by bloodshot and turok! how funnny. does anyone know for sure how much those issues are worth? i'm gonna go look for them in wizard...brb

slym2none · Post by **slym2none** » Sat Jul 30, 2005 7:32 pm

dave wrote:i forgot about all the "guest" appearances-valiant got me a few times with appearances by bloodshot and turok! how funnny. does anyone know for sure how much those issues are worth? i'm gonna go look for them in wizard...brb

.....

-slym