Bragging rights - your best deal of late?

justin · Post by **justin** » Sun Aug 28, 2005 5:26 pm

greg wrote:There can't be many of these out there...
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vi ... 6554964860
(Predator vs. Magnus Platinum - printer's proof)

I have been watching this for the duration of the auction debating whether or not to bid, happy it went to a board member!

-j

betterthanezra · Post by **betterthanezra** » Sun Aug 28, 2005 5:28 pm

Yeah Nice pick up Greg I was also watching that....

-Brian

Daniel Jackson · Post by **Daniel Jackson** » Sun Aug 28, 2005 5:34 pm

Nice score, Greg.

jedimarley · Post by **jedimarley** » Sun Aug 28, 2005 5:45 pm

Very cool Greg.

x-omatic · Post by **x-omatic** » Sun Aug 28, 2005 6:16 pm

greg wrote:There can't be many of these out there...
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vi ... 6554964860
(Predator vs. Magnus Platinum - printer's proof)

Very nice Greg. I would have bid if I had read the description more carefully. "complete with all the inside pages and cover"

magnusr · Post by **magnusr** » Sun Aug 28, 2005 6:46 pm

greg wrote:There can't be many of these out there...
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vi ... 6554964860
(Predator vs. Magnus Platinum - printer's proof)

Congratulations. A very cool item.

/Magnus

childres · Post by **childres** » Sun Aug 28, 2005 10:58 pm

Nice deal Greg!

rhinox01 · Post by **rhinox01** » Mon Aug 29, 2005 12:33 am

Greg always finds the snazziest stuff. :littlesmile:

Daniel Jackson · Post by **Daniel Jackson** » Mon Aug 29, 2005 11:50 am

That's why he's Da Man!

greg · Post by **greg** » Mon Aug 29, 2005 12:33 pm

Since the seller mentioned working for Dark Horse for 9 years,
I asked about the print run on Predator vs. Magnus Trade Paperback.
He said that he didn't know, but that he would check with some of his
friends who would probably have that type of information.

His preliminary research is telling him 2,500 copies...
but he hasn't concluded that the number is correct.
I'm hoping to hear from him again.

Brother J · Post by **Brother J** » Mon Aug 29, 2005 2:08 pm

I BIN'd some decent deals on Valiants off eBay recently:

Magnus #0 (no card) $7.99 ($2.99+ $5.00 shipping)

Turok #47, Bloodshot #51, and X-O #68 all in sweet NM condition, 99 cents each plus $3.50 shipping.

Daniel Jackson · Post by **Daniel Jackson** » Mon Aug 29, 2005 2:50 pm

Brother J wrote:I BIN'd some decent deals on Valiants off eBay recently:

Magnus #0 (no card) $7.99 ($2.99+ $5.00 shipping)

Turok #47, Bloodshot #51, and X-O #68 all in sweet NM condition, 99 cents each plus $3.50 shipping.

Wow, very cool Bro J.

Brother J · Post by **Brother J** » Mon Aug 29, 2005 3:40 pm

Knightt_333 wrote:

You mother fu.... GREAT JOB, man !!! How did you spy those out ?

eBay store items, sometimes you can find some steals in there along with all the overpriced dreck. It's not really a secret, but I just think a lot of folks forget to check there when they are looking for the newest listed items. That's my tip for the day!

billandedsdeals · Post by **billandedsdeals** » Mon Aug 29, 2005 5:17 pm

Brother J wrote:
Knightt_333 wrote:

You mother fu.... GREAT JOB, man !!! How did you spy those out ?
eBay store items, sometimes you can find some steals in there along with all the overpriced dreck. It's not really a secret, but I just think a lot of folks forget to check there when they are looking for the newest listed items. That's my tip for the day!

That is how I just scored ra1 0-9 (no 4) for 9.99 with .99 shipping!!
Ebay stores are sometimes good to me!!!

400yrs · Post by **400yrs** » Mon Aug 29, 2005 9:02 pm

Brother J wrote:I BIN'd some decent deals on Valiants off eBay recently:

Magnus #0 (no card) $7.99 ($2.99+ $5.00 shipping)

Turok #47, Bloodshot #51, and X-O #68 all in sweet NM condition, 99 cents each plus $3.50 shipping.

childres · Post by **childres** » Mon Aug 29, 2005 9:32 pm

Great deals guys!

mrwoogieman · Post by **mrwoogieman** » Mon Aug 29, 2005 10:08 pm

greg wrote:Since the seller mentioned working for Dark Horse for 9 years,
I asked about the print run on Predator vs. Magnus Trade Paperback.
He said that he didn't know, but that he would check with some of his
friends who would probably have that type of information.

His preliminary research is telling him 2,500 copies...
but he hasn't concluded that the number is correct.
I'm hoping to hear from him again.

That sound more realistic than the 10,000 figure, given its relative scarcity.

mrwoogieman · Post by **mrwoogieman** » Mon Sep 05, 2005 7:47 pm

Found Dark Passages 2-4 (two 4s) and Solar 2 and 3 in a quarter bin box in a shop in Ohio (Boardman). Pre-Unity in a quarter bin, still bagged and boarded with $7 price tags on them! Operation Rescue strikes again!

I also got several issues of Legend of Zelda Vol1 #1, Super Mario Bros Vol1 1 and Nintendo Comic System 1 for free from a guy who had the big idea of hoarding comics in the 1990's. Not the 80's or the 00's, just during the 1990's. It wasn't a pretty mass of books that's for sure...

slym2none · Post by **slym2none** » Mon Sep 05, 2005 9:18 pm

Valiant OCD wrote:
slym2none wrote:Over at comicspriceguide.com, on the for-sale section of the main site, I got Harbinger #'s 1 & 2, and Rai #'s 2, 3, 4, &5 - all for $60. I'm keeping my fingers crossed.....

-slym
good luck!!

Got 'em, well-packed, and great looking copies - except the Harbinger #1. It has an indentation on the cover, SIMILAR to (but I don't think that's what it is) someone using the comic for backing while writing on a piece of paper resting on the comic. It's a very straight line, but that's what the flaw reminds me of. This issue is still very nice even with that particular "flaw."

Still, overall a great deal!!!

-slym

myron · Post by **myron** » Tue Sep 06, 2005 12:05 pm

hit a couple of CS in the fox valley labor day weekend...first time I'd been in a CS in 6 months or more...found the following for 33 cents each...no shipping

...you do the math:

VH-2:

Ninjak 1 through 9 (variant and regular #1)
X-O manowar 1 through 9 (variant and regular #1)
Magnus 1 trough 5 (variant and regular #1)
Bloodshot 1 and 5
Shadowman 2
Eternal Warriors Time and Treachery (regular and Variant)
Eternal Warriors Digital Alchemy

VH-1
Bloodshot 4, 5 and 6

First Comics
Zero Tolerance 1 through 4
Nexus 1-8

Now here is a question for you VH-2 fans...should the variant cover of Time and Treachery be signed...I have a signed one, but the one I picked up Saturday doesn't have any sig anywhere on it...

I'm not really a VH-2 collectore but I couldn't pass these up

hulk181man · Post by **hulk181man** » Tue Sep 06, 2005 12:37 pm

Nice find Myron.

I think they signed several copies as a 'thank you' to retailers.

Daniel Jackson · Post by **Daniel Jackson** » Tue Sep 06, 2005 1:59 pm

myron wrote: Now here is a question for you VH-2 fans...should the variant cover of Time and Treachery be signed...I have a signed one, but the one I picked up Saturday doesn't have any sig anywhere on it...

I have two copies and neither of them has a signature. I don't think it makes much difference really, but it's cool that you have both.

speedracex · Post by **speedracex** » Thu Sep 08, 2005 1:54 pm

Got today at my LCS

Turok 45 - 47

Cover Price

ahhh

IMissValiant · Post by **IMissValiant** » Thu Sep 08, 2005 2:00 pm

my LCS laughed when I asked them if they had any Valiants

greg · Post by **greg** » Thu Sep 08, 2005 2:46 pm

IMissValiant wrote:my LCS laughed when I asked them if they had any Valiants

Don't draw attention to yourself.
Just dig through the back issues, find Unity 0 Red...
point out the $5 Overstreet price... pay it, and leave.