Get 'em while they're hot: new TMNT Vol. 1s

[Venom]

Originally Posted by Oculus Orbus

Man, I really don't understand why I won't get my copy...for what I've seen here I probaly ordered first. I did it just a few minutes, maybe seconds, after the book was again available.

Do the math and see if it fits together. The previous update mentioning the books were available came on January 20th. Mirage is in Northampton, MA so that means they are in the Eastern Time Zone. Updates normally occur early in the day when Dan gets in, so anywhere between 8AM EST - 10AM EST.

You should have a confirmation receipt in your email, so check the time the email was sent (since it was automatatically generated when you placed the order) and make the necessary time zone conversion and see if it adds up.

If so, then maybe you'll be one of the ~24 to get one.

You should understand though, there are people (like myself) who check Mirage's various sites everyday so while you feel you may have been one of the first the speed of the Internet means you may have actually been number 78.

If you can't get one of the books then order something else. They have the Farley-cover collected books, which would get you the first 24 issues for about the same price (note: looks like they only have books 2 - 5.).

I really like those hidden turtles Farley painted into the scenery.

[Oculus Orbus]

Originally Posted by Venom

Do the math and see if it fits together. The previous update mentioning the books were available came on January 20th. Mirage is in Northampton, MA so that means they are in the Eastern Time Zone. Updates normally occur early in the day when Dan gets in, so anywhere between 8AM EST - 10AM EST.

You should have a confirmation receipt in your email, so check the time the email was sent (since it was automatatically generated when you placed the order) and make the necessary time zone conversion and see if it adds up.

If so, then maybe you'll be one of the ~24 to get one.

You should understand though, there are people (like myself) who check Mirage's various sites everyday so while you feel you may have been one of the first the speed of the Internet means you may have actually been number 78.

If you can't get one of the books then order something else. They have the Farley-cover collected books, which would get you the first 24 issues for about the same price (note: looks like they only have books 2 - 5.).

I really like those hidden turtles Farley painted into the scenery.

Ok, so I checked my order and it says it was placed on January 12th, not 20th, at 9PM (spanish time). I've done the time zone conversion, and assuming I've done it right, that means my order was placed at 3PM Eastern Time. I can't tell for sure that I was one of the first, since I haven't got that info really, so if any of you guys ordered before, please let me know.

Venom, the thing is that I was at the Mirage site when the book became available (I check that site several times a day too), ordered straight away, and came here to make a new thread to let people know about it, so they could order it too (then I saw RossMay's thread, and posted there, only seven minutes after it was created). That has given me the idea that I must have been one of the first.

Also, people like for example lilmotto, who ordered on the 13th (obviously one day after me) will receive a copy of the book, and that probably means that he was one of the first 24 or so (we really don't know how many were available).

I received the refund last Wednesday, and wrote an e-mail to Katie straight away to see if it was an error. I wrote to Dan too to let him know, just in case he could help me. He's written me back saying that he's very sorry, but there's nothing he can do about it, wich I kind of expected. Still, he was kind enough to write to Katie himself, but she hasn't written me back yet (I believe she won't do it until next Tuesday at least, wich is when she works).

I know about those Farley-cover Collected Books, but you know, I wanted THIS one. I already own those issues in a couple of spanish editions, but I just think this book is really nice and I really wanted it. And also, I've been trying to get it for really long, and it's just so disappointing because this time I believed that it was finally mine.

[Archon_Turtle]

Originally Posted by Oculus Orbus

but she hasn't written me back yet (I believe she won't do it until next Tuesday at least, wich is when she works).

Katie is on vacation until the middle of February.

[Oculus Orbus]

Originally Posted by Archon_Turtle

Katie is on vacation until the middle of February.

Great then. So I guess that makes it pretty clear now that I won't be getting the book.

[ToTheNines]

Perhaps you ordered too early? Might seems wacky, but think about how you read your e-mails when you have several of them... newest to oldest.

[Oculus Orbus]

Originally Posted by ToTheNines

Perhaps you ordered too early? Might seems wacky, but think about how you read your e-mails when you have several of them... newest to oldest.

Well, it could be. I'll let you guys know if Katie writes me back.

[Godzilla]

Well this is disappointing.

Made my order on Jan 20th, but I'm not at all hopeful on actually getting the book. Right now, even a refund would be ok, but haven't been sent anything referring to such as of yet.

[Powder]

Originally Posted by Archon_Turtle

Katie is on vacation until the middle of February.

Always in the know, this guy.

[TMNTGal]

Sooo glad you gave the heads up Ross! I ordered the 12th and it arrived yesterday. I was bummed from not having ordered it earlier but I'm happy now.

That was the good news from my order. The bad news is their packing job is awful. I ordered several comics including the mirage mini comics book. Someone had the bright idea to place that little book inbetween everything else so now one of the comics I ordered has a deep ugly indentation the exact size/shape of that little book all over the back cover. Another book I ordered was also placed with the front cover folded so it has a big crease line running down the cover.

[Venom]

Well Ms. Katie probably had a lot of orders to fill so she was trying to do them in a rush to get them in the mail that day.

Remember when Mirage sent comics in those hard cardboard envelopes!

[DK2]

My brother just got his copy in today. It went really fast thru the mail. Its says it shipped on the Jan 26th and it showed up today and I'm in Canada.
The book was in good shape no problems like the above from TMNT Gal. I still can't believe my brother got a copy. I don't look in the 'drome boards til later in the evenings (like 9-10:30 PM) and when I told my brother Mirage had it available again, he was contemplating about ordering it. It was like close to midnight when he told me to order it. So due to how we went about ordering it, I can't believe he got one. Then I saw the bad news about the lack of "thought stock" from Mirage within days and thought we might be getting a refund. Then it showed up today. What was odd was I was given the USPS track number and everytime I ran it in the USPS website, it'd never acknowledge it. So we were weary if we were still getting it or a refund on the way. I just can't believe the flukey luck that my brother lucked out on the last few copies Mirage managed to get. After reading about the timing of orders from other 'drome' posters and their refunds, I'm still shocked we got one. His book is in better shape than mine. Mine had a light dented bottom right corner and the bit of scruffle on the cover surfice. This is how it came to my comic store thru Diamond Dist. Comics. His book has no such defects. Argh!

[ToTheNines]

Has anyone thought about what these things will be going for in a few years?

[Roseangelo]

Originally Posted by ToTheNines

Has anyone thought about what these things will be going for in a few years?

I would say that's highly dependent on whether or not Viacom gives someone else the opportunity to reprint the material (assuming there's someone out there who would want to). 90% of the value of these things is based on the inability to walk into a bookstore and just buy one. If that can ever actually happen, the value then falls to pure collectability and someone's desire to have a specific printing.

[Sanjuro]

I spend the weekend trying to track down some copies. Ended up snagging only three after calling every store and driving long distances between six states.

[Andrew NDB]

Originally Posted by ToTheNines

Has anyone thought about what these things will be going for in a few years?

Originally Posted by Roseangelo

I would say that's highly dependent on whether or not Viacom gives someone else the opportunity to reprint the material

Yep. If they're in wide distribution expect the value of these suckers to drop to "slightly higher than cover price."

(assuming there's someone out there who would want to).

There is. And there has been in the past.

[Sanjuro]

I would seriously doubt Viacom spending a nickel on anything comic related and especially Mirage comic related. Whenever they roll out their current plan I'm sure at best there will be a youth adaptation of some sort.

The price of getting a collected volume one isn't gigantic. The price will still probably be double the retail cost at the very least for the limited numbers of each print. My 1988 version has been around the same for some time.

[Roseangelo]

Originally Posted by Sanjuro Tsubaki

I would seriously doubt Viacom spending a nickel on anything comic related and especially Mirage comic related.

Viacom doesn't have to spend a nickle if another company wants to publish it.

[Sanjuro]

Originally Posted by Roseangelo

Viacom doesn't have to spend a nickle if another company wants to publish it.

Indeed that is what I mean. A kid's orientated version of their product through a third party is the likely scenario having seen the type of product in that category. Nobody will have much interest in publishing old Mirage work as well as Viacom. They are going to want to stick to their product and if anything milk nostalgia from the popular version.