Taking requests for potential 9.8s...

ckb · Post by **ckb** » Wed Dec 15, 2004 7:09 pm

...I'm getting ready to send in a pre-screened order, and wanted to offer to take a few requests for books that you would normally not see in a slab to be slabbed. Maybe your favorite cover is X-O 10 or Solar 14, and you want a 9.8+ showpiece. I'll supply the book, and don't ask for stuff like Turok 47 or pre-unity - I'm talking commons here.

If I get a 9.8+ back, you will buy it for $24, postage paid, to anywhere in the US. If I don't, oh well...

No money changes hands until I get the book back from CGC.

And a pre-emptive strike - please don't give me a hard time. If this is uninteresting to you, just pass it by. This is something that may be stupid to some but appeal to others.

Schmakt · Post by **Schmakt** » Wed Dec 15, 2004 9:05 pm

cool idea.

nothing I'm looking for slabbed at the moment. If I think of something, will let you know.

myron · Post by **myron** » Wed Dec 15, 2004 9:13 pm

ckb wrote:...I'm getting ready to send in a pre-screened order, and wanted to offer to take a few requests for books that you would normally not see in a slab to be slabbed. Maybe your favorite cover is X-O 10 or Solar 14, and you want a 9.8+ showpiece. I'll supply the book, and don't ask for stuff like Turok 47 or pre-unity - I'm talking commons here.

If I get a 9.8+ back, you will buy it for $24, postage paid, to anywhere in the US. If I don't, oh well... No money changes hands until I get the book back from CGC.

And a pre-emptive strike - please don't give me a hard time. If this is uninteresting to you, just pass it by. This is something that may be stupid to some but appeal to others.

I'd look at any EW through about number 7 (already have #8 slabbed)

or A&A again any one through 7...those in the realm of possibilities?

LMK

whetteon · Post by **whetteon** » Wed Dec 15, 2004 9:57 pm

Would Rai 0 count as pre-unity or post-unity? I never did figure that one out.

Escaflown4 · Post by **Escaflown4** » Wed Dec 15, 2004 10:09 pm

Rai 0 is Post Unity as it was released after the Unity crossover.

400yrs · Post by **400yrs** » Wed Dec 15, 2004 10:20 pm

neat idea!

Would you be able to do any of these:
A&A 0, 3
Solar 22, 46?

Just trying to think of some nice common covers!!

ckb · Post by **ckb** » Wed Dec 15, 2004 11:49 pm

I've got a bunch of A&A 0s and Rai 0s that I'm going to screen at 9.8, so those are definitely in. You don't have to commit on those.

I do have nice enough copies in quantity on EW 1-8 and A&A 1-8 to attempt it for any of them. Solar 22 as well. Solar 46 - I have to check my copies.

Use the cover database here to look for ideas. Try to pick one or two issues each, and I will concentrate on those.

Looking Again · Post by **Looking Again** » Thu Dec 16, 2004 1:46 am

Oh I am so definitely in for Rai 0... gonna look around to see about other cool covers, maybe Harbinger 13 or X-O 9

justin · Post by **justin** » Thu Dec 16, 2004 1:53 am

I have always been a sucker for Stefano Raffaele's covers especially Eternal Warrior #37!

-justin

**I would do that if you think you have a 9.8 on this book**

DawgPhan · Post by **DawgPhan** » Thu Dec 16, 2004 7:56 am

Yeah sign me up for a Rai 0..This is pretty cool.

ckb · Post by **ckb** » Thu Dec 16, 2004 9:23 am

Ok, I'll break out some more Rai 0's and include those. I would have never imagined. I wonder if I can convince them that some are the "glossy" variant. Hmmm.

I was going to ship this weekend but will wait until next week so I can screen these commons and fill out another invoice of 30 books. Maybe even two invoices, 60 books. I've gotten a good response.

Just some ideas:

x-o 9-13
Solar 14-18
Rai 8

Bloodshot 1,5,6
Harbinger 13,18,23,24
Hard corps 1,2

ooh forgot shadowman. I always liked these:

6,8,13,14,15,19,20,21

mrwoogieman · Post by **mrwoogieman** » Thu Dec 16, 2004 9:36 am

CKB,

I think it's very cool of you to bring this offer to the boards before sending the books in to CGC.

It's really a no-lose situation for everyone, provided the $24 price tag is agreeable.

If I didn't have a few raws already that were 9.6-9.8, I'd ask for a Ninjak 1, I think that chromium cover would look very cool in the CGC holder.

Good luck on the pre-screens. Give the books a little more than a passing glance to save on those rejects!

ckb · Post by **ckb** » Thu Dec 16, 2004 10:25 am

mrwoogieman wrote:Give the books a little more than a passing glance to save on those rejects!

Truer words have never been spoken!

Directed attempts at 9.8 can actually simplify things, since very little is allowable. Because I have a quantity of these commons to choose from, I should be able to weed it down.

Still, I would find a 50% hit rate on a 9.8 pre-screen acceptable, with an expected rate more like 25%. With this in mind, the $24 price is basically a wash or a loss unless my hit rate is higher. But, I may get a 9.8 or two for my own set out of it, and find the extra's a home.

Thanks for the kind words.

X-O HoboJoe · Post by **X-O HoboJoe** » Thu Dec 16, 2004 10:50 am

If it's not too late, please sign me up for a Rai 0.

Schmakt · Post by **Schmakt** » Thu Dec 16, 2004 2:21 pm

X-O HoboJoe wrote:If it's not too late, please sign me up for a Rai 0.

you know... that really is a kick-*SQUEE* cover... if you have enough to please everyone else with any left over, I'd take one of those too.

ckb · Post by **ckb** » Thu Dec 16, 2004 4:09 pm

Looks like I'm submitting 20 Rai 0s....

Schmakt wrote:
X-O HoboJoe wrote:If it's not too late, please sign me up for a Rai 0.
you know... that really is a kick-*SQUEE* cover... if you have enough to please everyone else with any left over, I'd take one of those too.

greg · Post by **greg** » Thu Dec 16, 2004 4:19 pm

For $24 post-paid, here are some post-Unity (common) books
that I wouldn't mind getting 9.8s of:

Archer & Armstrong 0 (technically it's pre-Unity, but you listed it earlier in this topic)
Eternal Warrior 4
Eternal Warrior 5
Harbinger 10
Rai 8
Shadowman 8
Solar 14
...and I'd even pick up a Rai 0, if there's extra!

Hmmm... those are almost all post-Unity, and they're all from 1992. Weird.

Ummm... and Eternal Warrior 8... yeah, that breaks the 1992 pattern.

cshepard81 · Post by **cshepard81** » Thu Dec 16, 2004 5:03 pm

I'd be interested in a Rai #8 also if you have it. Thanks!

Looking Again · Post by **Looking Again** » Thu Dec 16, 2004 5:09 pm

Hmm I understand most of these issues... could someone explain to me how Rai 8 fits in this list? I am so tempted right now to just follow in greg's lead

greg wrote:For $24 post-paid, here are some post-Unity (common) books
that I wouldn't mind getting 9.8s of:

Archer & Armstrong 0 (technically it's pre-Unity, but you listed it earlier in this topic)
Eternal Warrior 4
Eternal Warrior 5
Harbinger 10
Rai 8
Shadowman 8
Solar 14
...and I'd even pick up a Rai 0, if there's extra!

Hmmm... those are almost all post-Unity, and they're all from 1992. Weird.

Ummm... and Eternal Warrior 8... yeah, that breaks the 1992 pattern.

BodaZoffa · Post by **BodaZoffa** » Thu Dec 16, 2004 6:37 pm

X-O #12
X-O #12
X-O #12
and... X-O #12

Boda

greg · Post by **greg** » Thu Dec 16, 2004 10:39 pm

Looking Again wrote:Hmm I understand most of these issues... could someone explain to me how Rai 8 fits in this list?

For me, Rai #1 - #8 are the "early set".

Rai #0 came along later, and really stands on its own...

Rai #9 is like a different animal altogether, with its "Future Force".

So if you're looking for post-Unity books that "feel" like pre-Unity...
Rai #8 is about as close as it gets.

Schmakt · Post by **Schmakt** » Thu Dec 16, 2004 10:56 pm

hmm... a few more... what about:
Magnus 21
Ninjak 1
Ninjak 5
Shadowman 8
Solar 22

ok... I'm done... I promise... I think...

Vault-Keeper · Post by **Vault-Keeper** » Thu Dec 16, 2004 10:58 pm

I wonder if CGC knows about the Glossy version of Rai #0?

Don't forget to check for bleed over on the Japanese logo!:)---Steve

greg · Post by **greg** » Fri Dec 17, 2004 8:13 am

Vault-Keeper wrote:I wonder if CGC knows about the Glossy version of Rai #0?

Don't forget to check for bleed over on the Japanese logo!:)---Steve

I don't know if CGC would specify any peculiarities for Rai #0,
but it's documented (as much as we know) here:
http://www.valiantcomics.com/valiant/rai0glossy.asp

ckb · Post by **ckb** » Fri Dec 17, 2004 10:46 am

About 10 of the copies I'm sending are glossies.

Vault-Keeper wrote:I wonder if CGC knows about the Glossy version of Rai #0?

Don't forget to check for bleed over on the Japanese logo!:)---Steve

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