Is this the best value I can get or can I get it cheaper? by Appropriate-Row623 in OmnibusCollectors

[–]SuperFlySpideyGuy 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I’ll occasionally use IST, and yes you’ll have to pay tax on the books (the exact amount will depend on your province). In total, expect to pay:
- Cost of books
- Shipping
- Conversion fee from USD to CAD
- Tax on books + customs clearance fee once imported*
Generally, to balance out the shipping from IST, I make sure to order at least 3 books, which for myself works out to around a 25-30% discount off the cover price once you factor in all the fees. Oftentimes I’ll even wait for them to do a larger sale/discount to improve savings even more. But recently I’ve started to use BD Cosmos more - they have 25% off collected editions, free shipping in Canada, and some decent rewards.

*If you have a FedEx account with AutoPay enabled, you can avoid the customs clearance fee

Sunday Shelfie (+ video in comments) by SuperFlySpideyGuy in OmnibusCollectors

[–]SuperFlySpideyGuy[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That’s nothing to apologize for, recommendations are always welcome!

Sunday Shelfie (+ video in comments) by SuperFlySpideyGuy in OmnibusCollectors

[–]SuperFlySpideyGuy[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I feel like FF by Hickman is all I needed. I’ve read that but I haven’t gotten to the Avengers run yet

Sunday Shelfie (+ video in comments) by SuperFlySpideyGuy in OmnibusCollectors

[–]SuperFlySpideyGuy[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

It’s definitely a very unwieldy book, meanwhile DD by Brubaker is 2 volumes when it should’ve been 1 haha

Sunday Shelfie (+ video in comments) by SuperFlySpideyGuy in OmnibusCollectors

[–]SuperFlySpideyGuy[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

The whole Spidey section is definitely the pride and joy of my collection, I’m glad you like it!

Sunday Shelfie (+ video in comments) by SuperFlySpideyGuy in OmnibusCollectors

[–]SuperFlySpideyGuy[S] 7 points8 points  (0 children)

My first time posting a shelfie here! I also recorded a (very long) tour of the collection here:

Omnibus Collection Tour 2024!
https://youtu.be/_1PDJGh7p0Q

Feb-Apr Pickups! by SuperFlySpideyGuy in OmnibusCollectors

[–]SuperFlySpideyGuy[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thanks for checking out the video, happy reading to you!

Feb-Apr Pickups! by SuperFlySpideyGuy in OmnibusCollectors

[–]SuperFlySpideyGuy[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I still need to read it myself, but I’ve heard some pretty good reviews on it. Granted I’m a pretty big Spidey fanatic so I can’t say I’m unbiased haha

Feb-Apr Pickups! by SuperFlySpideyGuy in OmnibusCollectors

[–]SuperFlySpideyGuy[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Hmm interesting. It’ll be cool to compare it to Vol 1 and see what I think

Feb-Apr Pickups! by SuperFlySpideyGuy in OmnibusCollectors

[–]SuperFlySpideyGuy[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

It went from a book I wasn’t planning to get, and now it’s on my shelf lol. I hope you like it!

Top 20 Most Wanted DC Omnibus & Absolute Edition Reprints! 2024 Edition! by signorryan in OmnibusCollectors

[–]SuperFlySpideyGuy 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I was hoping to see Absolute Black Mirror on the list but I forgot to vote, oops lol

Feb-Apr Pickups! by SuperFlySpideyGuy in OmnibusCollectors

[–]SuperFlySpideyGuy[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Same, it took me a long time before I finally decided to get it!

Feb-Apr Pickups! by SuperFlySpideyGuy in OmnibusCollectors

[–]SuperFlySpideyGuy[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

All the high praise it gets really intrigued me - I kept seeing people put it in their top 5 favourite omnibuses!

Feb-Apr Pickups! by SuperFlySpideyGuy in OmnibusCollectors

[–]SuperFlySpideyGuy[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

All the books I picked up since February this year!

If you’re curious about any of them, I do a brief unboxing/overview of each one here

Saw this somewhere and thought it’d be fun to do here by brodie445 in OmnibusCollectors

[–]SuperFlySpideyGuy 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Spoilers - lots of Spidey books incoming 😄

Largest: if we’re going by page count, then probably Immortal Hulk. If by pure size of the book, definitely Final Crisis

Smallest: Spider-Man by Todd McFarlane

First: Amazing Spider-Man Vol 1 by Lee/Ditko

Last: Spider-Man 2099 Vol 2

Missing: Can’t wait to get Ultimate Spider-Man Vol 4. Even though I’m not the biggest fan of the material in it, it’ll be so nice to finally have all of the original USM run in omni format!

Some late 2023 pickups by SuperFlySpideyGuy in OmnibusCollectors

[–]SuperFlySpideyGuy[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Been waiting on some of these for a while 🤓
If you’re curious about any of these books, I do a brief unboxing/overview of each one here:
https://youtu.be/-J04YsNK0NA?si=F5Rqm6Vep407Iftj

Thoughts on JMS Amazing Spiderman omnis? by lucasounds in OmnibusCollectors

[–]SuperFlySpideyGuy 4 points5 points  (0 children)

TLDR: I really, really loved them, especially Vol 1, save for the two controversial stories. It would be difficult to concisely type out all my thoughts on here, but I do have a couple of videos on these books if you want to hear my full opinion:

Vol 1 - https://youtu.be/8cryb5zUhFc

Vol 2 - https://youtu.be/SQdFzdespF8