5-18 VF FCBD drmirage Group *Photos* SHIPPED

[lorddunlow]

I plan on dumping my case on my bed and rolling around in them Indecent Proposal style. Everybody in my group okay with that?

[drmirage]

These books are limited to 3,000 copies. LOL

I think your group would call in a strike if you did that.

I plan on dumping my case on my bed and rolling around in them Indecent Proposal style. Everybody in my group okay with that?

[hawkeyeps]

I plan on dumping my case on my bed and rolling around in them Indecent Proposal style. Everybody in my group okay with that?

That has pubic potential and would be in line with the Valiant tradition.

Everybody gets some "little extras"

[lorddunlow]

I plan on dumping my case on my bed and rolling around in them Indecent Proposal style. Everybody in my group okay with that?

That has pubic potential and would be in line with the Valiant tradition.

Everybody gets some "little extras"

...and already used in the quotes thread!

[MarkRoseHFX]

yeahhhhh so i'm glad i'm in hawkguy's group

[hawkeyeps]

yeahhhhh so i'm glad i'm in hawkguy's group

Exactly my guys get posters and sketchbooks, LD's group gets pubes

Canada 1 Josh 0, Boom Shaka La!

[lorddunlow]

yeahhhhh so i'm glad i'm in hawkguy's group

Exactly my guys get posters and sketchbooks, LD's group gets pubes

Canada 1 Josh 0, Boom Shaka La!

You just wait, when I ship mine out - shock and awe, baby, shock and awe!

[drmirage]

Alright!!! I did my first count. I came up with 299 copies in my case. (its better than 285 copies right?) Damages from top and bottom stacks are less than 10%... which does not include the middle stack damage books. Also, from looking at the case.. All the books have very minor spine tick/ticks on the spine mostly on the front cover. (non color breaking, its very minor but visible).

These books are the same condition books that you would get from the LCS (maybe a little better in some ways) since no one has really handled them.

Overall, to be conservative, about 80% of the books come up as solid NM copies.

In summary, if you did an order with my group.... please expect these ratios.
240 NM or better copies (80% of the books)
59 VF- or better copies (20% of the books)

I will finish bagging and boarding all the books Friday night. Hopefully we can start shipping early next week.

[nonplayer]

This is great news:-)

[MarkRoseHFX]

yeahhhhh so i'm glad i'm in hawkguy's group

Exactly my guys get posters and sketchbooks, LD's group gets pubes

Canada 1 Josh 0, Boom Shaka La!

You just wait, when I ship mine out - shock and awe, baby, shock and awe!

does this mean they get bonus crabs with it?

[lorddunlow]

yeahhhhh so i'm glad i'm in hawkguy's group

Exactly my guys get posters and sketchbooks, LD's group gets pubes

Canada 1 Josh 0, Boom Shaka La!

You just wait, when I ship mine out - shock and awe, baby, shock and awe!

does this mean they get bonus crabs with it?

Guess everyone will just have to wait and see.

On a serious note, I'll be going through my box this weekend.

[caniac]

Alright!!! I did my first count. I came up with 299 copies in my case. (its better than 285 copies right?) Damages from top and bottom stacks are less than 10%... which does not include the middle stack damage books. Also, from looking at the case.. All the books have very minor spine tick/ticks on the spine mostly on the front cover. (non color breaking, its very minor but visible).

These books are the same condition books that you would get from the LCS (maybe a little better in some ways) since no one has really handled them.

Overall, to be conservative, about 80% of the books come up as solid NM copies.

In summary, if you did an order with my group.... please expect these ratios.
240 NM or better copies (80% of the books)
59 VF- or better copies (20% of the books)

I will finish bagging and boarding all the books Friday night. Hopefully we can start shipping early next week.

Sweet!

[hawkeyeps]

yeahhhhh so i'm glad i'm in hawkguy's group

Exactly my guys get posters and sketchbooks, LD's group gets pubes

Canada 1 Josh 0, Boom Shaka La!

You just wait, when I ship mine out - shock and awe, baby, shock and awe!

I'm shocked there's a pube on my comic...awww

[nutflush76]

BTW, thanks for all the hard work in getting these books out to us!

[drmirage]

Welcome! I will start shipping on Monday / Tuesday. Since these are all domestic, everyone in the group will get theirs before Friday May 17th.

[FormerReader]

Thanks for all the work you've put into this.

[stp1503]

I can't wait. Thank you again for everything!

[drmirage]

Update: May 12th - After looking through all the books and putting them in bags and boards, I made three separate groups of books:

Group 1 (Grade C Books) 30 books VF- or better
Group 2 (Grade B Books) 30 books NM- or better
Group 3 (Grade A Books) 240 books NM or better

I'm not a professional grader, but some of Group 1 and 2 can overlap each other. That being said, some of Group 2 and 3 can also overlap each other as well. Basically I screened all 300 books to determine which 60 were the worst copies from the case. The 60 books were then split in half after.. So the worst of the worst 30 copies defaulted to group 1. Then the rest of the 30 copies went went to Group 2.

A member asked me if I select better condition books for other specific members who I know. The answer is unquestionably no. Similar to the WonderCon exclusives, all the bonus items are randomly selected before shipping. For this offer, the packs will be put inside an envelope / box and I chose the packs in no particular order when placing the mailing label before shipping.

I did this so that the books will be evenly distributed prior to shipping. When you guys receive your package, you will notice the Group 1 and Group 2 books are at the ends of each pack. If the package does get damaged in transit, it is more likely that the books towards the end of the pack will get damaged.

The ratio of the packs are as follows: For every 10 books that was ordered, 8 will be from Group 3, 1 will be from Group 2 and 1 will be from Group 1.

Now when compiling, the 240 books from group 3, the books are selected fom different sections of the long box, so every order gets different books from different sections of the box.

For some reason, doing 300 books to 19 members seemed a lot more challenging than 21 members for the Wondercon Exclusives. I took me more than 5 hours to bag and board, sort and prep the books before packing. This does not include the final mailing labels and boxing, which I will do on Monday.

Here are some photos:


You can see Group of 240 books in the Long Box. While Group 1 and 2 are separated by columns.


After the groups of books are compiled, here is what we have. I have not completed double boxing the 10 packs yet.

Lastly, I recounted all the books and I did get an exact count of 300 books. I guess I miscounted the other day when I said I only received 299 books.

If all goes according to plan, the boxed 10 packs should fit inside a USPS legal flat rate envelope and the 20, 30 and 40 packs should fit in a medium flat rate box.

The ETA to have these mailed out is in May 13th Monday.

[caniac]

You are the man Elery! Thanks!

[Carson]

EPIC effort! Great job Elery.

[hawkeyeps]

Our case just made it to Canada today, they are in Vancouver

Hopefully they get to Calgary soon

[lorddunlow]

Our case just made it to Canada today, they are in Vancouver

Hopefully they get to Calgary soon

They still have to be routed through Nunavut.

[caxiotis]

Thanks for doing this. It is a lot of work

[hawkeyeps]

Canada case cleared customs and is now in transit from Richmond, BC to Calgary, AB!

Might get these tomorrow

[MarkRoseHFX]

Our case just made it to Canada today, they are in Vancouver

Hopefully they get to Calgary soon

They still have to be routed through Nunavut.

yeah dude didn't you know all of our mail comes by dog sled