What was your first Gold/Variant

tarheelmarine · Post by **tarheelmarine** » Mon Jul 31, 2006 9:44 am

gowaltrip wrote:Rai and the Future Force #9 V.V.S.S.

As much as some people here don't like the name, the cover for that issue was pretty cool.

slym2none · Post by **slym2none** » Mon Jul 31, 2006 12:02 pm

gowaltrip wrote:Rai and the Future Force #9 V.V.S.S.

Y'know, I still don't have one of those...

-slym

tarheelmarine · Post by **tarheelmarine** » Mon Jul 31, 2006 12:34 pm

There is one on eBay.

http://cgi.ebay.com/RAI-9-VVSS-Signed-a ... dZViewItem

slym2none · Post by **slym2none** » Mon Jul 31, 2006 12:40 pm

There's almost always one of these on eBay. Heck, Zach has one in his store... but I seem to have had bad luck with these (I have actually had one in my hands on two different occaisons,) - thanks for the link though.

-slym

tarheelmarine · Post by **tarheelmarine** » Mon Jul 31, 2006 12:46 pm

Yea, I have seen them start for .99 before as well. But I think $10 (incl S/H) is a fair price to pay.

gowaltrip · Post by **gowaltrip** » Mon Jul 31, 2006 2:10 pm

slym2none wrote:
gowaltrip wrote:Rai and the Future Force #9 V.V.S.S.
Y'know, I still don't have one of those...

-slym

I sold mine a few years back...

Regret it...

Trenton Sy · Post by **Trenton Sy** » Mon Jul 31, 2006 3:01 pm

A&A gold - from a guy at a local farmers market who ran a little comic stand let me order from Previews when I was in grammer school/hs so I thought it was the coolest thing to have books put aside for me. He got one in his order and since I was the biggest Valiant guy that bought from him he threw it in my bag for $2.
Stil have it

Daniel Jackson · Post by **Daniel Jackson** » Mon Jul 31, 2006 3:18 pm

slym2none wrote:There's almost always one of these on eBay. Heck, Zach has one in his store... but I seem to have had bad luck with these (I have actually had one in my hands on two different occaisons,) - thanks for the link though.

-slym

At least its a easy one to obtain I think the only one easier to get would Magnus #25.

Blood of Heroes · Post by **Blood of Heroes** » Mon Jul 31, 2006 6:43 pm

I traded a kid my Harbinger #0 blue version for his pink one. He didn't like it because it was pink. Too bad for him.

Daniel Jackson · Post by **Daniel Jackson** » Mon Jul 31, 2006 7:05 pm

Blood of Heroes wrote:I traded a kid my Harbinger #0 blue version for his pink one. He didn't like it because it was pink. Too bad for him.

Great trade. I take it he didn't know the value of it?

dave · Post by **dave** » Mon Jul 31, 2006 9:39 pm

i got an x-o 0 gold sent to me from valiant...i sent in a picture of the humvee my lt had wrecked (with both of us in it) along with a story of how he was the "x-o" (our executive officer) and i was the "man-o-war"
(only guy in my unit at the time who had been deployed in to the gulf).

it was signed by layton and jorge gonzales...came with a note from jennifer maldonado. still have all of it!

Elveen · Post by **Elveen** » Mon Jul 31, 2006 9:50 pm

dave wrote:i got an x-o 0 gold sent to me from VALIANT...i sent in a picture of the humvee my lt had wrecked (with both of us in it) along with a story of how he was the "x-o" (our executive officer) and i was the "man-o-war"
(only guy in my unit at the time who had been deployed in to the gulf).

it was signed by layton and jorge gonzales...came with a note from jennifer maldonado. still have all of it!

What did the note say?

dave · Post by **dave** » Mon Jul 31, 2006 10:10 pm

from memory:
it said something like dear david, thanks for supporting valiant, jorge gonzales has your photgraphs on his wall for inspiration...it was pretty cool

400yrs · Post by **400yrs** » Mon Jul 31, 2006 10:10 pm

slym2none wrote:Mine was Magnus #0 I won from eBay, then I got Harby Pink for Christmas, and finally Unity Red from Hobo. Total spent on these issues by me = $12.85.

-slym

You shyster!!

I think mine was probably X-O 15 pink. Of the golds, probably a deathmate gold.

dave · Post by **dave** » Mon Jul 31, 2006 10:13 pm

no wonder you're so bitter.

400yrs · Post by **400yrs** » Mon Jul 31, 2006 11:04 pm

dave wrote:no wonder you're so bitter.

depluto · Post by **depluto** » Tue Aug 01, 2006 12:37 am

dave wrote:i got an x-o 0 gold sent to me from VALIANT...i sent in a picture of the humvee my lt had wrecked (with both of us in it) along with a story of how he was the "x-o" (our executive officer) and i was the "man-o-war"
(only guy in my unit at the time who had been deployed in to the gulf).

it was signed by layton and jorge gonzales...came with a note from jennifer maldonado. still have all of it!

Very cool!

depluto · Post by **depluto** » Tue Aug 01, 2006 12:39 am

Mine was an A&A gold. I sent a letter to Valiant saying I thought the gold books were a bad idea. They changed my mind with this ...

slym2none · Post by **slym2none** » Tue Aug 01, 2006 12:56 am

depluto wrote:Mine was an A&A gold. I sent a letter to VALIANT saying I thought the gold books were a bad idea. They changed my mind with this ...

That's pretty cool, Irish. One can pretty much read the entire letter!!!

-slym

Daniel Jackson · Post by **Daniel Jackson** » Tue Aug 01, 2006 6:43 am

depluto wrote:Mine was an A&A gold. I sent a letter to VALIANT saying I thought the gold books were a bad idea. They changed my mind with this ...

The line in the letter "we intended for them to be free, we cannot control what happens to them when they hit the open market"..... I think they knew full well they were creating a premium for the retailers to resell. Saying any different is just a bunch of baloney.

The Mighty Drew · Post by **The Mighty Drew** » Fri Aug 04, 2006 12:52 am

True story... and I finally have some people to brag to that can appreciate it!

The guy that owns the comic shop I go to is cool as hell. A few years ago, he had a special sale of comics, action figures, and other comic-related items in the backyard of his house. He invited all of his regulars to attend.

Basically, he needed to unload some of his massive stock, particularly the stuff that was cloging up his house and garage that he just did not have room for in the store. To give you an idea, when he lifted his garage door, you were met with a wall of white boxes. His basement lookled like the warehouse at the end of "Raiders of the Lost Ark". I do not exagerate.

Anyway we were all shopping and getting drunk. Back Issues were 10 cents each, or you could fill a long box for 10 bucks. Most of the comics were what we call "CHUD", named for a local annual convention that sells "Comics Here Under a Dollar", or Comics Highly UnDesired". All retailers in attendance are not allowed to sell anything for more than a buck. VH2 collectors, take note: This is Nirvana for you.

Anyway, while perusing the forty or fifty back issue boxes laid out in his back yard, I found:

- Eternal Warrior #1 Gold Variant

- HARD Corps #1 Gold Variant

- Archer and Armstrong 0 Gold Variant

- Archer and Armstrong 0, signed by Jim Shooter, with some sort of Certificate of Authenticity.

I was a good customer. I showed them to the guy to make sure he didn't make some sort of mistake. He looked at them, and put them back in my box. He said that if they were here, they were here for a reason. And he didn't have as much to drink as the rest of us by that time.

So I filled a long box for 10 bucks. Most of the comics were unbagged, so I had roughly 300 books in it. So that means I got those three books for about 3 cents each.

Excuse me while I bask in the fond memory for a mo'...

Rufusharley · Post by **Rufusharley** » Fri Aug 04, 2006 1:43 am

That's a seriously cool story!

That having been said:.... "17) If you found a great VALIANT book for really, really cheap, then that's fantastic.
And, we hate you."

just kidding

welcome!

Elveen · Post by **Elveen** » Fri Aug 04, 2006 1:49 am

The Mighty Drew wrote:True story... and I finally have some people to brag to that can appreciate it!

The guy that owns the comic shop I go to is cool as hell. A few years ago, he had a special sale of comics, action figures, and other comic-related items in the backyard of his house. He invited all of his regulars to attend.

Basically, he needed to unload some of his massive stock, particularly the stuff that was cloging up his house and garage that he just did not have room for in the store. To give you an idea, when he lifted his garage door, you were met with a wall of white boxes. His basement lookled like the warehouse at the end of "Raiders of the Lost Ark". I do not exagerate.

Anyway we were all shopping and getting drunk. Back Issues were 10 cents each, or you could fill a long box for 10 bucks. Most of the comics were what we call "CHUD", named for a local annual convention that sells "Comics Here Under a Dollar", or Comics Highly UnDesired". All retailers in attendance are not allowed to sell anything for more than a buck. VH2 collectors, take note: This is Nirvana for you.

Anyway, while perusing the forty or fifty back issue boxes laid out in his back yard, I found:

- Eternal Warrior #1 Gold Variant

- HARD Corps #1 Gold Variant

- Archer and Armstrong 0 Gold Variant

- Archer and Armstrong 0, signed by Jim Shooter, with some sort of Certificate of Authenticity.

I was a good customer. I showed them to the guy to make sure he didn't make some sort of mistake. He looked at them, and put them back in my box. He said that if they were here, they were here for a reason. And he didn't have as much to drink as the rest of us by that time.

So I filled a long box for 10 bucks. Most of the comics were unbagged, so I had roughly 300 books in it. So that means I got those three books for about 3 cents each.

Excuse me while I bask in the fond memory for a mo'...

Hola compadre, cool story....

and welcome

The Mighty Drew · Post by **The Mighty Drew** » Fri Aug 04, 2006 3:27 am

Rufusharley wrote:That's a seriously cool story!

That having been said:.... "17) If you found a great VALIANT book for really, really cheap, then that's fantastic.
And, we hate you."

just kidding

welcome!

I thought of this rule as I was typing. I figured the existance of this thread provided me with an exception!

Thanks for the kudos and the welcome!

Drew

Rai-fan · Post by **Rai-fan** » Fri Aug 04, 2006 9:59 am

Armorines # 0 gold signed by the Calafiore & Gonzales.

It was my local store signing celebrating Dr. Mirage. They had 4-5 of the artists there, including Bernard Chang (Hi Bernard!). Forget what trivia question I answered to get it, but the one I remember from Bernard was simply: Name 8 members of the HARD Corps. (I couldn't do it.)

My best deal years later was getting a Unity 0 (red) from the same local store for full Overstreet ($4.00).