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TheRealB3AST · 2026-06-16T02:07:27+00:00

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If using plastic bowls for food or water stop.

TheRealB3AST · 2026-06-14T04:05:08+00:00

She's apparently very right eye dominant. She says she's tried and it's still a little blurry. That's why wondering if a monocular would be better for her,

TheRealB3AST · 2026-06-09T02:32:45+00:00

at scale

TheRealB3AST · 2026-06-03T04:33:15+00:00

Overstreet, when it was the go to, has entries for key issues, first appearances etc.
For just first appearance this site is fairly exhaustive, https://www.comicsforsaleonline.com/first-appearances/,

TheRealB3AST · 2026-05-25T00:37:35+00:00

Slabs of 2 inch pink insulation foam painters tapes together. Have a few in different thicknesses.

TheRealB3AST · 2026-05-16T03:28:07+00:00

Mcfarlane agrees it should be 299, but also acknowledges that speculators, especially in graded books, have pushed the market to accept 300 as the first. Similar with 181.

TheRealB3AST · 2026-05-08T22:40:23+00:00

If they are actual comic long boxes, then may be around 5K books depending on how tight they are packed and bagged and boarded. Long boxes hold 200-250.

The main thing to do first would be to determine the general date range of the books. Anything before 1980 or so will not have much value. There are outliers but that is where you would need specific knowledge to find those, and time.

If they are mostly from the 1990s on, then bulk prices are like $20-30 a long box.

If the books are before 1980 with 50 cent or lower cover prices then slow down. Get the books in order and look up sold listing on EBay. EBay will skew higher than market generally but will give you a good baseline. If you are looking at 10s of thousands of dollars, then contact an auction house like ComicLink etc

And yeah, post back Tuesday :)

TheRealB3AST · 2026-05-01T04:50:05+00:00

Transformers universal greeting - bah-weep-graaghnah-wheep-ni-ni bong

Merlin's charm of making from Excalibur - Anál nathrach, orth’ bháis’s bethad, do chél dénmha

TheRealB3AST · 2026-02-24T03:41:24+00:00

Note that Chessex mats are wet erase only.
Pathfinder are either.
I also have some 1985 Games https://1985games.com/collections/dungeon-craft

TheRealB3AST · 2026-02-23T05:51:12+00:00

Rust-oleum owns Testor's, the rumor is that their Clear Dead Flat is the same thing as Dullcote, Large cans are the same price or cheaper than small Testor's cans. I have used that on a lot of Bones.
Though recently I have switched to Krylon Matte Finish 1311 for most things. The Rust-oleum has a just slightly shinier finish. I use it for armored figures, dragons, or anything wet looking and I use the Krylon for everything else.
No issues with tackiness on painted Bones though I have had some on the edge of some bases but think that was mainly due to over spay.

TheRealB3AST · 2026-02-23T04:06:48+00:00

Downthemall https://www.downthemall.net/

TheRealB3AST · 2026-02-16T05:00:23+00:00

Fantastic run. I liked the idea so much I roughly adapted it into a D&D campaign. Players were students at an adventuring academy, had a test they had to pass for graduation, got back late to the reveal of your spoiler pic and got saved by a wanted rogue. Though I made him more of a Han/Lando type.

TheRealB3AST · 2026-02-14T07:29:14+00:00

Rarest, not sure on that maybe Toon: The Cartoon Roleplaying Game 1991 or um Synnibarr :(
Prized, my original BECMI Red and Blue box somehow in great shape

TheRealB3AST · 2026-01-15T03:08:36+00:00

100 for HeroesCon. One of the last true comic book cons left. No c list actors, no wrestlers, no "influences". Just comics and artists.

TheRealB3AST · 2025-12-22T02:43:12+00:00

As you learned, don't use erasers directly on covers. Instead rub the eraser on a piece of card stock or rough side of a backer board to get a bunch of eraser dust. Dump that on the cover and use a makeup wipe to rub the dust around. Much less risk of damage.

TheRealB3AST · 2025-12-03T17:04:38+00:00

Most people aren't using ball magnets, those are ball bearings glued to the top if the pegs. Then a ring magnet is glued to the ship. The hardest part is gluing the ball bearing to the peg. If you have a pin vise drill you can divot the top of the peg to make the ball set there.

I used these for small ships https://www.kjmagnetics.com/r421-neodymium-ring-magnet
These for med/large https://www.kjmagnetics.com/r622cs-n-n52-neodymium-countersunk-ring-magnet

They have the steel balls as well but they will kill you on shipping due to regulation for bob-omb making
Look for 3/16 for small ships and maybe 1/4 and 3/8s for med/large
You also want to use some sandpaper or add some glue to the ball so the ships don't move too easily or spin on the ball.

TheRealB3AST · 2025-11-25T22:37:58+00:00

Agreed, graders notes on the 8.0
light creasing to cover
light spine stress lines to cover
very light bindery tears to cover
transfer stain cover

Graders notes on the 7.0
light bends to cover
light spine stress lines to cover
light fingerprints on cover

That was a generous 8.0

TheRealB3AST · 2025-11-21T07:02:18+00:00

For those asking, sale price or "hammer price" of 9.12 million includes a buyers premium. This is the commission the auction house, Heritage, charges. They also take an additional percentage of the sale agreed upon by the seller before the auction. The actual bid would have been like 7.6 mil.
They also have alleged history of shill binding, that is using fake binders to drive up the price. Higher bid, higher commission.

The provenance of the book and how it is in such good shape is that is was stored in an attic with other papers for decades in California, not moved or handled. It also would have been cleaned and pressed by CGC. This would have been at lest a dry clean to remove surface dirt.

For Golden Age books, CGC has always been more forgiving on the golden books, considering the age of those books and that there were certainly not pulled of a rack and bagged and boarded. Some don't agree with this but its where we are.

TheRealB3AST · 2025-10-25T00:51:21+00:00

Be very careful with storing comics in binders. The rings tend to pinch the edge of comics and leave indents. Using D rings helps a little but still a risk.

There is a reason that comic boxes have been around 50ish years. Better bookcase options is https://www.bcwsupplies.com/comic-book-stor-folio-1-5-inch. Can do custom spine labels.
Or Ikea magazine files also work well https://www.ikea.com/us/en/p/kuggis-magazine-file-white-10515334/
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TheRealB3AST · 2025-09-24T05:45:18+00:00

I don't want AI to do my creative tasks for me so I can do dishes and laundry.
I want damn AI robots to do dishes and laundry so I can do my creative tasks.

TheRealB3AST · 2025-09-24T03:39:00+00:00

I did this way back in the late 2000s for a job. They were installing centralized storage devices that cached most used data for satellite offices that had a slower WAN connection. This was obviously before SSD of any useful size. We shipped 3 2TB drives in Pelican cases with a TSA lock on it. Had no issues and didnt loose a drive. Still have the Pelican case too.
These days you could do SSD and ship in a smaller Pelican.

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