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 Pictures? We don't need no stinking pictures.
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Quote:Originally Posted by michaelekrupp Same here, always had a pleasant experience with J&S Comics. |
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 We should have the forum rate our packages.
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| I never really ordered comics when I was young, or albums and what not. One thing I do remember ordering from was some weird ass catalog called Things You Never Knew Existed. It was gag things mostly but as a 12 year old it was a pretty awesome magazine and I may have purchased a whoopy cushion or two. | ||
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Quote:Originally Posted by brysb They are still on EBay. I purchased a Phantom Lady hardcover slipcase book from them several months back. |
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 Masculinity takes a holiday.
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Quote:Originally Posted by michaelekrupp I had a subscription to CBG probably when I was 17 and 18 (1987-1988). It's still my favorite subscription that I had. It really helped me indulge my fantasy that I could turn my collecting into a profitable venture. I thought that with this kind of inside information I would be able to buy up multiples of things that were going to be hot and resell them within months at a profit. Never thought about the logistics of how or where I would actually resell those books, I guess I just figured that the local LCS would be happy to give me back more money than I had given them. It was probably a good 25 years before I resold a book that I bought from that era. But I could pour over that CBG for a couple of nights alone in my bedroom, learning about the market and who was selling what for how much. |
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 It's like the Roach Motel for comic collectors.
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| I used to sell in CBG as Quality Comics. That would be late 80's to mid 90's. Then the web kind of killed off that venue. So you pack up your tent and move to where the buyers are. Not as involved as much these days, and that's ok, too! | ||
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 I’m Kinda Married To A Celebrity.
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| Not comic related, but geek mail-order related for sure: As a kid, I loved ‘Ghostbusters’. My parents got me the Ghost Zapper toy one year. It was awesome. It projected a ghost on your wall you could pretend to battle with the zapper. When you paired this with the Trapper, it made for a fun time. I pulled some pics from the web for reference.   Anyway, the Zapper came with a mail-order option for a second reel for the projector.  The mail-way second reel is now considered fairly rare. I wish I still had it. I remember it took months to arrive. They promised 6 weeks or something and it took twice that long. For a kid of 6 or 7, that’s a loooooong time. |
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 Beaten by boat oars
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| I had that zapper and a trap. Loved Ghostbusters! | ||
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