Turok Evolution - EB Games ... discovered!

tbrezz · Post by **tbrezz** » Sun Feb 06, 2005 7:57 pm

who is lorall2000 the winner

Valiant_1 · Post by **Valiant_1** » Sun Feb 06, 2005 7:59 pm

"Honey, I don't care if the score is tied 7-7, I gots to watch me some TUROK action!"

Wow. Watching that auction end was 10 times better than READING the book.

MedicAR · Post by **MedicAR** » Sun Feb 06, 2005 8:00 pm

@$*%&@%!!! WHO THE IS lorall2000??????

For those of you in the back who may have missed it, I repeat:

@$*%&@%!!! WHO THE IS lorall2000??????

tbrezz · Post by **tbrezz** » Sun Feb 06, 2005 8:03 pm

Man you should have waited 5 more seconds always try to get in with 4 seconds left it works the best on snipe no time for anyone to snipe that. Sorry you lost them hopefully he puts more up

MedicAR · Post by **MedicAR** » Sun Feb 06, 2005 8:06 pm

Oh no, I wasn't bidding on the actual auction, I was just certain someone here would actually come away with these books and I was trying to get in some pre-emptive butt kissing!

ZephyrWasHOT!! · Post by **ZephyrWasHOT!!** » Sun Feb 06, 2005 8:32 pm

This actually probably ended better than the original one would have, though we'll never know...

I DO know that $50+ for these books is CRAZY.

mrwoogieman · Post by **mrwoogieman** » Sun Feb 06, 2005 9:45 pm

ZephyrWasHOT!! wrote:This actually probably ended better than the original one would have, though we'll never know...

I DO know that $50+ for these books is CRAZY.

Maybe not when at least six of them will be 9.6 or better...

Ricomortis · Post by **Ricomortis** » Sun Feb 06, 2005 10:44 pm

MagnusRF wrote:Who the heck is ricomortis????? And where do I go to hit him with a shovel????

Not a freaking clue who he is...here use my shovel.

Well...sorry I don't care for the book personally. I was gonna bid 600, but seeing how it was only 152 at the time I bid 300 I figured no one was going to bid on it after the first mishap. Now here is the real kicker...if I won, I was going to keep 1 crumby copy, GIVE one to greg, and then sell the rest to you guys for the cost of the auction divided by 8. Oh well...Superbowl was more important I guess....lol

We live, we learn, we lose....hmmm don't see the point.

MedicAR · Post by **MedicAR** » Sun Feb 06, 2005 11:03 pm

I thought that name looked familiar!

dino · Post by **dino** » Mon Feb 07, 2005 12:21 am

Oh man my snipe of 10,000 didn't go off! I was gonna give copies away for free to the ten top posters

Seriously though, these are a bit expensive unless people feel they are worth something cgc'd.

400yrs · Post by **400yrs** » Mon Feb 07, 2005 3:21 pm

mrwoogieman wrote:
ZephyrWasHOT!! wrote:This actually probably ended better than the original one would have, though we'll never know...

I DO know that $50+ for these books is CRAZY.
Maybe not when at least six of them will be 9.6 or better...

I wouldn't exactly trust the seller's grading. I received 2 auctions from him last week. The packaging was pretty poor - about 10 of the books were bent from HIS actual packaging (not damage in transit). The box the guy used to ship them was shoddy and looked like it had been used for 10 previous shippings.

Also, he described the books as VF/NM or better and many were not. I don't think the seller really has a clue regarding comics.

DawgPhan · Post by **DawgPhan** » Mon Feb 07, 2005 3:36 pm

400yrs wrote:
mrwoogieman wrote:
ZephyrWasHOT!! wrote:This actually probably ended better than the original one would have, though we'll never know...

I DO know that $50+ for these books is CRAZY.
Maybe not when at least six of them will be 9.6 or better...
I wouldn't exactly trust the seller's grading. I received 2 auctions from him last week. The packaging was pretty poor - about 10 of the books were bent from HIS actual packaging (not damage in transit). The box the guy used to ship them was shoddy and looked like it had been used for 10 previous shippings.

Also, he described the books as VF/NM or better and many were not. I don't think the seller really has a clue regarding comics.

First that sounds pretty scary for whoever won. Secondly I dont think that a huge premium will be placed on these books if they are graded, right now. Sure if a bunch of them turn up then there is a premium for them, but it is like the BS Plat. I dont think that it commanded a hgher price when it was graded.

mrwoogieman · Post by **mrwoogieman** » Mon Feb 07, 2005 4:08 pm

Well, I previewed these books last week while they were still running, and the copies were all stunners. I would guess at least six of them, maybe as many as eight, were 9.6 and better issues.

But if he's not packing them up properly, then they won't stay that nice for long!

400yrs · Post by **400yrs** » Mon Feb 07, 2005 4:25 pm

mrwoogieman wrote:Well, I previewed these books last week while they were still running, and the copies were all stunners. I would guess at least six of them, maybe as many as eight, were 9.6 and better issues.

But if he's not packing them up properly, then they won't stay that nice for long!

By scan or in person? A lot of the times the difference between a 9.6 and say a 9.2 can't be seen in a scan. For instance, interior flwas, spine flaws, and impressions (non-color breaking) often cannot be seen by scan alone.

If you saw them in person and they were that nice, I hope he does pack them well. Sheesh

MedicAR · Post by **MedicAR** » Mon Feb 07, 2005 4:34 pm

This is all good and well, but the question remains....

@$*%&@%!!! WHO THE IS lorall2000??????

mrwoogieman · Post by **mrwoogieman** » Mon Feb 07, 2005 6:09 pm

400yrs wrote:
mrwoogieman wrote:Well, I previewed these books last week while they were still running, and the copies were all stunners. I would guess at least six of them, maybe as many as eight, were 9.6 and better issues.

But if he's not packing them up properly, then they won't stay that nice for long!
By scan or in person? A lot of the times the difference between a 9.6 and say a 9.2 can't be seen in a scan. For instance, interior flwas, spine flaws, and impressions (non-color breaking) often cannot be seen by scan alone.

If you saw them in person and they were that nice, I hope he does pack them well. Sheesh

In person of course!

x-omatic · Post by **x-omatic** » Mon Feb 07, 2005 10:17 pm

mrwoogieman wrote:
400yrs wrote:
mrwoogieman wrote:Well, I previewed these books last week while they were still running, and the copies were all stunners. I would guess at least six of them, maybe as many as eight, were 9.6 and better issues.

But if he's not packing them up properly, then they won't stay that nice for long!
By scan or in person? A lot of the times the difference between a 9.6 and say a 9.2 can't be seen in a scan. For instance, interior flwas, spine flaws, and impressions (non-color breaking) often cannot be seen by scan alone.

If you saw them in person and they were that nice, I hope he does pack them well. Sheesh
In person of course!

Does this have anything to do with the first auction being pulled?

ckb · Post by **ckb** » Tue Feb 08, 2005 1:13 am

We should all thank magnusr for making him pay a mint. Thanks, Magnus!

MagnusRF wrote:This is all good and well, but the question remains....

@$*%&@%!!! WHO THE IS lorall2000??????

magnusr · Post by **magnusr** » Tue Feb 08, 2005 2:43 am

ckb wrote:We should all thank magnusr for making him pay a mint. Thanks, Magnus!

You are welcome

And dellamorte did well as well. Pity, though, I had some ideas for them comics. Seems a couple of other board members had similar ideas btw.

Interesting how there always is some heavy hitter around for the Valiant stuff on eBay. Always been during all my years there. Almost always been great fans who show up here in the end. Maybe we'll get to know who lorall2000 is.

/Magnus

dino · Post by **dino** » Tue Feb 08, 2005 2:47 am

speaking of heavy hitters whatever happened to Aug002????

what were your plans for the books magnus?

magnusr · Post by **magnusr** » Tue Feb 08, 2005 3:00 am

dino wrote:what were your plans for the books magnus?

Rather similar to what Ricomortis and others were thinking. Also in the back of my head I tossed some ideas. No exact thinking but maybe some kind of "start and end of Valiant" package with this comic plus the Mario special that started it all (not counting the preview) and maybe more. I didn't make exact plans beforehand and now it's academic.

Hey, maybe lorall2000 has funny plans.

/Magnus

400yrs · Post by **400yrs** » Tue Feb 08, 2005 9:45 am

magnusr wrote:
Interesting how there always is some heavy hitter around for the Valiant stuff on eBay. Always been during all my years there. Almost always been great fans who show up here in the end. Maybe we'll get to know who lorall2000 is.

/Magnus

This person HAS to be a lurker if not already a member. How else would anyone know to bid that much on an auction for a crappy Turok book?

Either that, or it was a shill bid gone bad, but I don't think that's the case.

mrwoogieman · Post by **mrwoogieman** » Tue Feb 08, 2005 10:03 am

x-omatic wrote:
mrwoogieman wrote:
400yrs wrote:
mrwoogieman wrote:Well, I previewed these books last week while they were still running, and the copies were all stunners. I would guess at least six of them, maybe as many as eight, were 9.6 and better issues.

But if he's not packing them up properly, then they won't stay that nice for long!
By scan or in person? A lot of the times the difference between a 9.6 and say a 9.2 can't be seen in a scan. For instance, interior flwas, spine flaws, and impressions (non-color breaking) often cannot be seen by scan alone.

If you saw them in person and they were that nice, I hope he does pack them well. Sheesh
In person of course!
Does this have anything to do with the first auction being pulled?

No.

David_Cody · Post by **David_Cody** » Tue Feb 08, 2005 10:38 am

A shill bid gone bad would be sweet justice, but I doubt it too. I was actually pretty bummed that Zeph didn't win it. I was pulling for him.

DawgPhan · Post by **DawgPhan** » Tue Feb 08, 2005 10:40 am

david_albuq wrote:A shill bid gone bad would be sweet justice, but I doubt it too. I was actually pretty bummed that Zeph didn't win it. I was pulling for him.

I never expected Zeph to win this auction...he is too much of a lowballer...He never would have paid that much for those books..