Valiant Serial Number Contest

Daniel Jackson · Post by **Daniel Jackson** » Wed Nov 25, 2009 9:44 pm

sanman wrote:At the time I was reading most of the Valiant books and I remember buying the ones that I didn’t read hoping that I’d win the prize…

…but no golden ticket.

I did the same with the Valiant Era II cards and actually had two sets because of the sendaway cards. The funny thing is that I never bothered with the actual set—guess I gought caught in the hype.

I did have a complete Era I set with all of the chase cards. I lost those but replaced them about a year ago—still one of my favorite sets next to the first Marvel Universe.

I thought the Valiant era cards were extremely well done and remain among my favorites as well.

slym2none · Post by **slym2none** » Wed Nov 25, 2009 9:48 pm

I only have a Unity set.

-slym (thinks that shouldn't surprise anyone)

xodacia81 · Post by **xodacia81** » Wed Nov 25, 2009 9:49 pm

slym2none wrote:I only have a Unity set.

-slym (thinks that shouldn't surprise anyone)

Did you hear about this new invention? It's called fire...

sanman · Post by **sanman** » Wed Nov 25, 2009 9:51 pm

I forgot about the Unity set. Is it worth tracking down?

slym2none · Post by **slym2none** » Wed Nov 25, 2009 9:52 pm

xodacia81 wrote:
slym2none wrote:I only have a Unity set.

-slym (thinks that shouldn't surprise anyone)
Did you hear about this new invention? It's called fire...

Bite your tongue! Besides, if I only collect Pre-Unity (and the Unity books) then why have the card sets after that?

This is the only surviving card set I have, too - all my X-Men cards were sold a while back. Of course, I probably couldn't sell the Unity cards, but oh well, I am not trying to.

-slym

slym2none · Post by **slym2none** » Wed Nov 25, 2009 9:53 pm

sanman wrote:I forgot about the Unity set.

Bite your tongue!

Is it worth tracking down?

...not really.........

-slym

sanman · Post by **sanman** » Wed Nov 25, 2009 9:54 pm

...maybe that’s why I don’t have one.........

sanman · Post by **sanman** » Wed Nov 25, 2009 10:00 pm

slym2none wrote: Bite your tongue! Besides, if I only collect Pre-Unity (and the Unity books) then why have the card sets after that?

In a way that’s probably why I don’t have the second set—I had the actual comics and it wasn’t all that exciting. On the other hand, I had very few Pre-Unity books at the time so having the Era I set was very cool (and still is).

I’m surprised that DC or Marvel never did a collection of comic cover cards. I probably would have bought it. Did anyone here by the Gold Key Turok set that came out not too long ago?

slym2none · Post by **slym2none** » Wed Nov 25, 2009 10:05 pm

Era 1 set was pre-Unity?

Eh, oh well... I am just not in a position to care about cards anymore. I wonder if those old Star Wars cards are worth anything??? I have a stack of "well-loved" blue, yellow, and red-bordered Star Wars cards from the 70's.....

-slym

slym2none · Post by **slym2none** » Wed Nov 25, 2009 10:06 pm

sanman wrote:...maybe that’s why I don’t have one.........

I'll sell you my set...

-slym

sanman · Post by **sanman** » Wed Nov 25, 2009 10:15 pm

slym2none wrote:Era 1 set was pre-Unity?

Eh, oh well... I am just not in a position to care about cards anymore. I wonder if those old Star Wars cards are worth anything??? I have a stack of "well-loved" blue, yellow, and red-bordered Star Wars cards from the 70's.....

-slym

Era I was mostly Pre-Unity. The last cover is HARD CORPS 4--so every cover through six months after Unity. The chase cards are especially nice too.

Back in the day I pulled the Unity covers and assembled the two puzzles just for kicks. They didn’t fit together as well as you might think.

And yes, I've looked into buying the Star Wars cards and they were pricey. Only in NM-M condition though...

StarBrand · Post by **StarBrand** » Wed Nov 25, 2009 10:22 pm

If someone had won this I'm sure we'd have heard about it...

tmcneil82 · Post by **tmcneil82** » Wed Nov 25, 2009 10:23 pm

I'm sure there would have been promotions in the books. Wonder if its in some random storage place now?

Chiclo · Post by **Chiclo** » Wed Nov 25, 2009 10:28 pm

I've often thought about digging though my serialized books and seeing if I have any winning serial numbers just for the hell of it.

Does anyone know of having a winning serial number? There were quite a few of them.

sanman · Post by **sanman** » Wed Nov 25, 2009 10:35 pm

Kinda sad once you think about it. If any one of us had won the collection we would probably know. I wonder if the winner even appreciates the prize anymore.

When I started collecting Valiant again I was holding the last serial number book I needed, thinking about how awesome the serial number contest was and how bad I wanted to win it. It was a cool feeling—owning the universe...

sanman · Post by **sanman** » Wed Nov 25, 2009 10:37 pm

Chiclo wrote:I've often thought about digging though my serialized books and seeing if I have any winning serial numbers just for the hell of it.

Does anyone know of having a winning serial number? There were quite a few of them.

I haven’t checked my numbers against the list since the contest. I probably should since most of my Post-Unity comics were lost and had to be replaced.

IanAlexavier · Post by **IanAlexavier** » Wed Nov 25, 2009 10:57 pm

Daniel Jackson wrote:
IanAlexavier wrote:On the books that Ive torn apart to bind, Ive pulled out the serial number inserts to double check them against the winning numbers... ya never know
Hoping that maybe VEI will honor them....

Na, just for fun!

tmcneil82 · Post by **tmcneil82** » Wed Nov 25, 2009 10:59 pm

sanman wrote:
Chiclo wrote:I've often thought about digging though my serialized books and seeing if I have any winning serial numbers just for the hell of it.

Does anyone know of having a winning serial number? There were quite a few of them.
I haven’t checked my numbers against the list since the contest. I probably should since most of my Post-Unity comics were lost and had to be replaced.

.... i have a picture of the winning numbers on my phone......so i can check if i run across one at a shop............yeah, that lame

Daniel Jackson · Post by **Daniel Jackson** » Thu Nov 26, 2009 12:04 am

IanAlexavier wrote:
Daniel Jackson wrote:
IanAlexavier wrote:On the books that Ive torn apart to bind, Ive pulled out the serial number inserts to double check them against the winning numbers... ya never know
Hoping that maybe VEI will honor them....
Na, just for fun!

Eh, go ahead and ask 'em anyhow....

slym2none · Post by **slym2none** » Thu Nov 26, 2009 1:58 am

Chiclo wrote:I've often thought about digging though my serialized books and seeing if I have any winning serial numbers just for the hell of it.

Does anyone know of having a winning serial number? There were quite a few of them.

I remember checking every one I had back in the day, so I was not the winner.

-slym

ian_house · Post by **ian_house** » Thu Nov 26, 2009 4:12 am

And who got the worlds largest comics panel. The one that made up Solar Alpha & Omega. Thats always really bugged me. The sure size and value means it must be around SOMEWHERE!

superman-prime · Post by **superman-prime** » Thu Nov 26, 2009 11:31 am

i have a set kinda i have a sealed case of unity cards plus 3 boxes for posterity

Daniel Jackson · Post by **Daniel Jackson** » Thu Nov 26, 2009 11:43 am

superman-prime wrote:i have a set kinda i have a sealed case of unity cards plus 3 boxes for posterity

Yeah, that ought to make for a set or two...

superman-prime · Post by **superman-prime** » Thu Nov 26, 2009 12:01 pm

ya im planning on it sooner or later

Phantom · Post by **Phantom** » Tue Jun 17, 2025 4:15 am

Does anyone still check these - I do.
Always hoped for a winner - and get cgc.
Would be so magical to own.

I always check, even any unbagged issues in back issue £1 bins

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