What are the comic shops saying about X-O 1?

StarBrand · Post by **StarBrand** » Wed May 02, 2012 2:33 pm

What are the comic shops you guys go to saying about X-O 1? Is it selling for them?

bobby97801 · Post by **bobby97801** » Wed May 02, 2012 2:41 pm

I picked up mine and they told me they only got two. Let me say that again two!

Elveen · Post by **Elveen** » Wed May 02, 2012 2:50 pm

bobby97801 wrote:I picked up mine and they told me they only got two. Let me say that again two!

that shop is losing out on some $$$.

Tim · Post by **Tim** » Wed May 02, 2012 3:00 pm

The shops near me didn't even get copies for the shelf I'm told.

caxiotis · Post by **caxiotis** » Wed May 02, 2012 3:01 pm

My shop had about 20 of the regular cover and 20 of the pullbox variant. There is excitement as expect them to sell a bunch of them during their fcbd sale on Saturday.

I also bought the Aja varian today for $8. Thought it was A pretty good deal

MarrowMan · Post by **MarrowMan** » Wed May 02, 2012 3:21 pm

I went to a bunch of different shops, not one had a 1:50

I assume they didn't order many (The Idiots)

I wanted that talking cover damnit.

caniac · Post by **caniac** » Wed May 02, 2012 3:54 pm

The one I went to got 5 but the owner couldn't be bothered to get one out of the box for me 4 hrs after they opened. He could have cared less

bobby97801 · Post by **bobby97801** » Wed May 02, 2012 4:00 pm

caniac wrote:The one I went to got 5 but the owner couldn't be bothered to get one out of the box for me 4 hrs after they opened. He could have cared less

what a jerk

tated250 · Post by **tated250** » Wed May 02, 2012 4:51 pm

caxiotis wrote:My shop had about 20 of the regular cover and 20 of the pullbox variant. There is excitement as expect them to sell a bunch of them during their fcbd sale on Saturday.

I also bought the Aja varian today for $8. Thought it was A pretty good deal

Well thats a heck of a deal as I PAID 15 for mine.

MarrowMan · Post by **MarrowMan** » Wed May 02, 2012 5:08 pm

tated250 wrote:
caxiotis wrote:My shop had about 20 of the regular cover and 20 of the pullbox variant. There is excitement as expect them to sell a bunch of them during their fcbd sale on Saturday.

I also bought the Aja varian today for $8. Thought it was A pretty good deal
Well thats a heck of a deal as I PAID 15 for mine.

Not to brag, but I got 3 for $6 each.

sonicdan · Post by **sonicdan** » Wed May 02, 2012 5:17 pm

I ordered several via mail order but wanted to pick it up at a shop today.
The store in Lincoln NE had SOLD OUT by at NOON when I stopped in!
Who knows how many they ordered but I gathered it was more than 5 less but than 20.
I made a polite suggestion that they may want to up their orders on Harbinger #1 and X-O #2.
DAN

Trenton Sy · Post by **Trenton Sy** » Wed May 02, 2012 5:31 pm

My LCS ordered 50 equal number of PB and regular cover - they have sold about 30 so far. They were allocated on the Aja cover but sold a QR earlier in the day. Positive reaction so far. Only downside is that X-O is the last comic on the shelf of new releases as they put them out in alphabetical order.

greg · Post by **greg** » Wed May 02, 2012 7:21 pm

Went to three shops today.
Nord cover at the first: $4.34 with tax.
Ribic cover at the second: $4.34 with tax.
Aja cover at the third: $16.15 with tax.

Supporting the locals.

Ross2 · Post by **Ross2** » Wed May 02, 2012 7:41 pm

My LCS says they have them on reserve for me. I hope they/I can wait til Saturday to get them!!!

Dr. Solar · Post by **Dr. Solar** » Wed May 02, 2012 8:22 pm

They seemed to be selling well at my shop. I had my regular and pullbox versions waiting, there were about 5 more copies on the shelves. My LCS proprietor said it had been selling well.

zoso20 · Post by **zoso20** » Wed May 02, 2012 8:45 pm

the closest LCS to me only had 2 of the pullbox variants and I snagged them both.

FormerReader · Post by **FormerReader** » Wed May 02, 2012 8:49 pm

The LCS I go to is posting on the CGC boards that sales did not go well today. I told him I'll be in for my two copies Saturday.

betterthanezra · Post by **betterthanezra** » Wed May 02, 2012 8:49 pm

Besides the copies I ordered. He (my LCS) had 4 copies for the shop....4

-Brian

jmatt · Post by **jmatt** » Wed May 02, 2012 8:50 pm

Trenton Sy wrote:Only downside is that X-O is the last comic on the shelf of new releases as they put them out in alphabetical order.

Same here. And it was kinda hidden by the shelf above.

I was there at 11:30, he had 5 Ribics and 5 Nord on the shelf.

SJS4 · Post by **SJS4** » Wed May 02, 2012 8:56 pm

jmatt wrote:
Trenton Sy wrote:Only downside is that X-O is the last comic on the shelf of new releases as they put them out in alphabetical order.
Same here. And it was kinda hidden by the shelf above.

I was there at 11:30, he had 5 Ribics and 5 Nord on the shelf.

My shop also puts them alphabetical, but the way their shop is set up this probably helps X-O because its the first comic you see when you walk in.

Rufusharley · Post by **Rufusharley** » Wed May 02, 2012 9:04 pm

I was able to get the reg., pull, 1:20, and 1:50 from a store very close to me. (but i think they just got enough to get me the 1:50 one). And from another store a bit further i got the reg, pull, and 1:20. they didn't get enough to get the 1:50

first place is stoked about valiant. the second is neither excited nor pessimistic.

Elveen · Post by **Elveen** » Wed May 02, 2012 9:08 pm

The place I went to ordered 80 (I think he said, but it was not the boss) and the only Variant they had was the Aja for $18.

betterthanezra · Post by **betterthanezra** » Wed May 02, 2012 9:10 pm

Elveen wrote:The place I went to ordered 80 (I think he said, but it was not the boss) and the only Variant they had was the Aja for $18.

Too bad they didn't spring for another 20 copies to get the 1:50 they could have sold that by it's self to easily cover that extra amount..

-Brian

superggraphics · Post by **superggraphics** » Wed May 02, 2012 11:08 pm

The store that I'm doing my FCBD appearance at for Man Of God #1 (I lettered the back up stories and helped with the prepress work) had 4 copies each of X-O #1 (Ribic and Nord covers) and he is one of PA's better stores as far as dollar volume and sales go. He hasn't seen any of the dropoff or crunch as far as sales go across the board that a lot of retailers moan about and he brought in the book even tho there were no preorders or interest in it. I pointed the issue out to customers as they came in and they seemed interested. I let them know that Moose Baumann is the colorist on the book, as well as the colorist on the Man Of God covers, so hopefully those remaining 6 copies (of course I snagged one of each) will be gone by Saturday when I show up at the shop. The book is great as far as a reboot of the original concept and hats off to Dino and crew for putting out such a high quality product and a great read. I just hope that the speculators and hoarders don't give VEI a false sense of what the actual sales figures are going forward and kill the line before it gets started proper (we want the books ordered in actual readers hands who hopefully will come back for more). Joe (the shop owner) also has a pile of the reserve order POS counter cards and I'm going to ask him to let me have them at my table to try and get people interested in ordering and trying the books.

George E Warner

etos45 · Post by **etos45** » Thu May 03, 2012 12:11 am

My LCS got at least enough to get the 1:20 cover, but I forgot to see how many were on the shelf. He didn't get the 1:50, though.

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