YANKEE, I have some extra AF Vol 1 issues if you are looking for some back issues. Just let me know.
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YANKEE, I have some extra AF Vol 1 issues if you are looking for some back issues. Just let me know.
Thanks, I'm planning on buying up hopefully as many back issues of vol 1 as I can. My local comic store has a lot of them, but ones I know they don't have that im eager to find are
issue 5: Because PUCK!
Issue 12: best ending in alpha flight history
Issue 17: I find this concept really interesting as about half of the book is lifted directly artwork and all from a previous issue of xmen, and it adds a new layer of depth and commentary to it,
Issues 31, 32, 33, 34, 35
Issue 43. Because of the kick ass cover art
issue 60: finish the story from my already purchased issue 59
issues 75 and 77
Issues 93,94,95
issue 100
Issue 105
issue 106:
issue 130
Mycomicshop has done well by me in the past. You won't even have to pay those exorbitant postage fees!
I was going to mention mycomicshop.com. they have been my go to place for back issues and good prices.
Can I recommend using this link for MyComicShop?
http://www.mycomicshop.com/?AffID=1055159P01
As it helps fund the podcast I do. :)
I finally got all the (expensive) pieces to the Marvel Legends build-a-figure Puck...Yay! I only had his head for a long time (now I have an extra head...lol).
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He's not really in scale (his head is too small, for 1 thing) with the other Legends figs, but he'll do...lol.
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Congrats!
I think I've resigned myself to missing out on that one!
I apologize for the sideways photos, on my phone they're upright, but when I upload them, they show up sideways...sigh. Crazy phone.
Yeah, me too. I made the mistake of figuring out how much it'd cost for a Puck when I wouldn't buy the other figures on their own.
Koenig - don't worry about the sideways-ness. There are ways around it. :)
~ Le Messor
"Getting lost teaches you how to read a map."
~ Cynthia Copeland Lewis, Really Important Stuff My Kids Have Taught Me
I didn't have trouble finding those figures... don't recall them being expensive either, except for one. There was one that was expensive, but the main thing yeah, the main thing I remember is the little tiny Puck head embedded in the plastic case OMG hysterical!!!
Oh, I had no trouble finding them... I had a lot of trouble caring about them, and therefore justifying the expense for a Puck figure.
The cheapest I found them was $20 each, I could only find two of them that way, and $60 was way too much for something so small.
~ Le Messor
"Genius is one percent inspiration and ninety-nine percent perspiration."
~ Thomas A. Edison
Are you guys talking about the Marvel Universe Puck or the Marvel Legends Puck? The Marvel Legends Puck is not an easy find and each part of him can be very expensive.
Dana
The Wolverine Legends BAF Puck.
Today I recieved a package from Forum member Mekko Hotvle. In exchange for me sending a couple historical books his way, he sent me some extra AF back issues that my local comic store didn't have. He sent 14 issues in all, most notably issue 4, my all time fav from volume 1 issue 5, 14-17, issue 50, issue 120 ( with the registration act poster!) the chaos war one shot, and First Flight! Thanks Mekko!
To be honest, the one I sent Yankee was my extra I bought to open and read. I still have one sealed.
And to be honest, I'm never the kind of guy who would buy something and never use it. Probably why i don't work in a museum lol
I visited a comic shop while in Nebraska recently. They had the AF two-pack sets and was wanting to sell together for $75.00. Is that a good deal?
Is that the old ones from the mid-90s?
Are they available anywhere else?
I'd check eBay and the like to compare.
~ Le Messor
"He gives twice who gives quickly."
~ Publisus Mimus
Could be no worse than trying to buy figures from a comic con. Well the ones I been to anyway. But I will be searching for price quotes. I am also looking for the mini-mates sets.
At the end of the day, as with all collectibles, the figures are only worth what you as the purchaser are prepared to pay.
When the figures came out they were $7.99 per two-pack, so that's quite a bit over the original RRP.
The question is whether you feel the value has increased or decreased.
Looking on eBay I can find each pair for $10-$15 so I'd say $75 is too much, personally.
However it all depends on if you want to deal with eBay and if you think paying an extra $30 is worth the hassle of not having to buy them individually and the time spent on that + waiting on post etc.
I recently bought Alpha Flight 52 and 113, the latter being one of only a handful of V1 issues I never read before
It's not vital to the story though, especially in a shared universe.
Actually, the reason I heard was because they're not cinematic.
Though the reboots and stuff have made for some funny footnotes in Squirrel Girl;things like that.Quote:
* see SG #1 2015... the first SG #1 2015...
~ Le Messor
"He doesn't know the meaning of the word fear. In fact, I just saw his grades and he doesn't know the meaning of a lot of words."
~ Bobby Bowden, Florida State footballer, on player Reggie Herring
The issue is, this is an Alpha Flight story.
If you take two panels to explain then that's taking two panels away from the characters whose book it actually is.
If it's not vital to the story you have to make a decision that the audience is well read enough to fill in the gaps themselves, or will go off and research it independently.
If Wolverine were to guest star in an issue of Alpha Flight do we need to put panels in explaining his entire backstory?
If so then it'd just be 20 pages of Wolverine with no AF.
(Taking it to the extreme, just to prove a point, I know ;) )
I'd rather see an extra two panels of my favourite characters than have non-vital information about characters that I don't care about; as long as the story makes sense.
Similar sort of thing with footnotes, although to a lesser extent.
I was blessed recently in getting some great AF books that helped complete Volume 3 and 4, get the Omega Flight run and TPB. I was also able to get the AF Classic TPB #2-3. and as of today, I am only lacking issue AF Vol. 1 issue 127 (can't seem to find this issue for some reason)/ Vol.2. #14,17.
Yeah, AF Classic TPB 1 is going to have to be on my "lucky to find cheap" list. Did they ever do a TPB for AF Vol. 2?
The Seagle years?
Nope, never collected again either physically or digitally.
on a side note, I should be receiving a package off all AF Vol 1 issues (minus #127) to help almost the complete run today!!! Getting an extra #1 to hang on my office wall too. haha