What's going on with the Harbinger 7 flamingo cover?

[nonplayer]

Well I'm going to take a positive look at the whole thing.
Back in the day for me.
Comic book hunting, lucking out and finding a gem. This is the fun of it.
Having or finding something valuable, or rare.
I remember finding my xo 1 or magnus 12 or compleating my set of turok.
Now a days big collectors. Get there first and have the cash. I live in a small town and my shop is a speck of sand on a beach. I think its good cuz it mixes it up a little alows smaller shops the opertunity to be able to get a rare book
Ive resorted to buying comics from collectors paradise so I can get variants. With out them its impossible for me to get rare books. You guys are so lucky to have kick *SQUEE* comic shops and comicons. Some of us have crap and get crap.
I really think pull boxes are rarer than reg covers. Comic shops have to ask for the pull box. Most dont.
I would think there would be atleast half as much pull boxes as reg covers.

[kevinbastos]

My LCS always lists their future arrivals Thursday (for the following Wednesday). It wasn't listed on invoice, so I took a chance, and pre-ordered on eBay for $8 shipped. Turns out the gamble paid off. Of course, it hasn't arrived yet...

[iggy101us]

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Ended at $30 + shipping

[hawkeyeps]

My LCS always lists their future arrivals Thursday (for the following Wednesday). It wasn't listed on invoice, so I took a chance, and pre-ordered on eBay for $8 shipped. Turns out the gamble paid off. Of course, it hasn't arrived yet...

I noticed this as well, I check the new releases at Diamond every Monday. Typicaly if there is a pullbox variant it's listed on the sheet, they don't list incentive variants.

This issue was not listed so I assumed it was a variant (maybe 1:20), that being the case I went to the "big shop" to see if I could get it and they had 4 on the shelf mixed in with a stack of about 20. I bought the best one then went to my regular LCS which orders pretty low on Valiant and they had both covers for me which really surprised me. I ended up getting 2 so I'm happy but reading this thread makes me think something is definetly fishy and it's only a matter of time before I end up on the *SQUEE* end of that stick.

I wish VEI would come clean about this but that is not likely as the whole XO 6 fiasco is still unanswered.

[erwinrafael]

Well I'm going to take a positive look at the whole thing.
Back in the day for me.
Comic book hunting, lucking out and finding a gem. This is the fun of it.
Having or finding something valuable, or rare.
I remember finding my xo 1 or magnus 12 or compleating my set of turok.
Now a days big collectors. Get there first and have the cash. I live in a small town and my shop is a speck of sand on a beach. I think its good cuz it mixes it up a little alows smaller shops the opertunity to be able to get a rare book

Exactly. This was the fun in variants back then. You can only get it by luck. I wish that those days would come back as I am getting annoyed by all this completist whining of not getting everything. Variants are supposed to be fun, like striking gold unexpectedly. I hope there would be a variant where they would just be distributed randomly with no ratios and you would just wait in anticipation as to what cover would appear in your pullbox..

[MarkRoseHFX]

Exactly. This was the fun in variants back then. You can only get it by luck. I wish that those days would come back as I am getting annoyed by all this completist whining of not getting everything. Variants are supposed to be fun, like striking gold unexpectedly. I hope there would be a variant where they would just be distributed randomly with no ratios and you would just wait in anticipation as to what cover would appear in your pullbox..

I used to think of the completists that way too but now I realize they're mostly just venting. I treat them like you said. I've done a lot of hunting around and managed to luck out getting some of the 1:20s at cover price and once I got one for even less. There's also almost always contests out there like for example on Valiant's twitter. I know some people aren't really into twitter or don't get it or whatever but it's always really easy to enter. Sometimes they even just give everybody who participates a prize. they're incredible generous. I've gotten a few prizes now and it's helped me build up a decent tiny collection of cool stuff on a shoestring budget.

[cavemold]

http://www.ebay.com/itm/290833358177?ss ... 1423.l2649

Ended at $30 + shipping

Thats pretty but not at 30 bucks

[Dallow Spicer1]

Grrrrrrr my copy has loose centre page (detached from top staple!). Presumably this has happened during the printing/assembly process? Oh well, win some lose some!

[MarkRoseHFX]

Got a copy yesterday my LCS had it held for me. Is this a 1:20? I noticed that started putting pullbox variant on the front covers and this one just says variant edition.

[GGSAE]

Got a copy yesterday my LCS had it held for me. Is this a 1:20? I noticed that started putting pullbox variant on the front covers and this one just says variant edition.

All variants say variant on their, pullbox or retailer.

[bobby97801]

I just got one on eBay for $12 shipped.... there is just not a lot on eBay and none in my area shops

[skot]

for the people that have them does your copy seem to have waves in it? ie: not flat pressed

[MarkRoseHFX]

Got a copy yesterday my LCS had it held for me. Is this a 1:20? I noticed that started putting pullbox variant on the front covers and this one just says variant edition.

All variants say variant on their, pullbox or retailer.

The A&A #5 Braithwaite cover had pullbox variant written next to the UPC code, my flamingo harby #7 just says variant edition

[GGSAE]

Got a copy yesterday my LCS had it held for me. Is this a 1:20? I noticed that started putting pullbox variant on the front covers and this one just says variant edition.

All variants say variant on their, pullbox or retailer.

The A&A #5 Braithwaite cover had pullbox variant written next to the UPC code, my flamingo harby #7 just says variant edition

oh really? i guess they changed that...

[MarkRoseHFX]

Got a copy yesterday my LCS had it held for me. Is this a 1:20? I noticed that started putting pullbox variant on the front covers and this one just says variant edition.

All variants say variant on their, pullbox or retailer.

The A&A #5 Braithwaite cover had pullbox variant written next to the UPC code, my flamingo harby #7 just says variant edition

oh really? i guess they changed that...

The A&A #5 was the first time I saw that said pullbox variant. you're right though previous to that I believe all of them just said variant edition.

[tarheelmarine]

Exactly. This was the fun in variants back then. You can only get it by luck. Variants are supposed to be fun, like striking gold unexpectedly. I hope there would be a variant where they would just be distributed randomly with no ratios and you would just wait in anticipation as to what cover would appear in your pullbox..

I've done a lot of hunting around and managed to luck out getting some of the 1:20s at cover price and once I got one for even less. .

The hunt is part of the fun

[nycjadie]

I received both from my LCS in Seattle. The Flamingo copy was perfect, no waves.

They didn't get any copies of the X-O #6 Character Design issue. I had to resort to eBay for that. I did get the Zircher variant at 20% off cover price.

[Chiclo]

I passed through Lubbock over the weekend and stopped at the comic shop there. They had a small stack of Flamingo covers for cover price so I grabbed one while I was there.

[lorddunlow]

Picked my books up 2 days ago - skunked on the Flamingo cover. Oh well, at least the interlocking covers are awesome!

[Phoenix8008]

I passed through Lubbock over the weekend and stopped at the comic shop there. They had a small stack of Flamingo covers for cover price so I grabbed one while I was there.

You lucky dog. If I had found a stack of those at cover price, I would have scooped up a few.

[GGSAE]

I swung by my newly subbed LCS (switched from a different location) and grabbed my books, didn't see any flamingos on the shelf. It's possible someone else grabbed one, but I did find a Harby #3 1:20 variant in the back issue bins for cover, so that leads me to believe probably not. Strangely enough I seem to be the only one interested in the Valiant Variants there, and they're ordering a decent number (enough to get some of the retailer variants).

[Elveen]

I have a HUGE problem.

I was at a store a few days ago and I bought a bunch of books. They had 2 flamingo covers on the shelf, so I grabbed them.....

Well I'm sorting through my box and the Flamingo books are not in there! They vanished! Some how they must have been left at the store.

uggh

[drmirage]

I have a HUGE problem.

I was at a store a few days ago and I bought a bunch of books. They had 2 flamingo covers on the shelf, so I grabbed them.....

Well I'm sorting through my box and the Flamingo books are not in there! They vanished! Some how they must have been left at the store.

uggh

[GGSAE]

I have a HUGE problem.

I was at a store a few days ago and I bought a bunch of books. They had 2 flamingo covers on the shelf, so I grabbed them.....

Well I'm sorting through my box and the Flamingo books are not in there! They vanished! Some how they must have been left at the store.

uggh

How many books do you buy?

[Elveen]

I have a HUGE problem.

I was at a store a few days ago and I bought a bunch of books. They had 2 flamingo covers on the shelf, so I grabbed them.....

Well I'm sorting through my box and the Flamingo books are not in there! They vanished! Some how they must have been left at the store.

uggh

How many books do you buy?

I had a good sized stack of back issues.... and the harby #8s.