Call me crazy, and I know you all will, but

*BigApple3AM* · 06-07-2005, 01:56 PM

But I bought it anyway. I'm like retarded, what was I thinking...
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...MEWA%3AIT&rd=1

*zkarlette* · 06-07-2005, 02:54 PM

Good for you!!!

Aztec General · 06-07-2005, 02:55 PM

Cool. A LOT of money, but cool.

Leonardo_the_sword_master · 06-07-2005, 04:06 PM

Thats d*** sweet! but i wouldnt pay THAT much for it..... well if i had the money.

*MrPliggins* · 06-07-2005, 05:31 PM

nice, but it would be hard for me to not be able to look through it. Still, they usually go for more on Ebay

*BigApple3AM* · 06-07-2005, 05:45 PM

Well I already have every other print of this issue besides graphic novel adaptions, the deluxe version of the mid 90's, and the new PBBX Con exclusive so not flipping through it would be fine with me but I'm gonna crack open the CGC thing anyway. I've decided to give it to my boss's boss (the owner) to break it open carefully and send it back to CGC to hopefully get a better grade. I work at a comic store and the owner already does a lot of CGCing so this wouldn't be anything new to him.

Thanks for the compliments, I was having buyers remorse but now I don't feel so bad.

*Spitfire* · 06-07-2005, 07:40 PM

I just saw that comic too o_O Probly wasnt a first print but still. Yeah that's alot for a comic but hell if you want it you want it. My friend had a first print...but it met it's end to a can of Dr.Pepper

jestergoblin · 06-07-2005, 08:26 PM

Wow!

Now THERE'S something to put on your wall.

Or in your vault.

*BigApple3AM* · 06-07-2005, 08:34 PM

Haha, if I had a vault it'd be full of little kittens. Yeah I know there's no air in vaults

Kidding, but seriously I think I'm going to get like a stand for it so I can put it on my shelf with its cover facing the world, then I'll put the TMNT statues I have around it, or when I have all 4 (I only have Leo and Mike right now) I'll connect them all and have the comic next to it. Who knows what I'll do besides reselling it. I don't think I'll be able to part with this thing for a loooong time. I'll sell it on my deathbed and then get up and jump out the window or something. Sure it'd only be a one story window but it could still hurt.

verminator_x · 06-08-2005, 05:40 AM

auch what a prize, but also what a treasure you got

**azure turtle** · 06-09-2005, 10:53 AM

Wow, very pricy, but it's an awesome find, Ectocooler.

First prints are rare, and to have it preserved with the CGC case should help it last a long time.

06-09-2005, 05:43 PM

I am so envious of you, Ectocooler.

Damn, that's a nice find!

I have TMNT #1 as well... but it's a 3rd printing........

~~BartAllen~~ · 06-12-2005, 04:32 AM

wow. i hope the 525 dollars was worth it.

Leonardo_the_sword_master · 06-12-2005, 10:04 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Ectocooler

Haha, if I had a vault it'd be full of little kittens. Yeah I know there's no air in vaults

Kidding, but seriously I think I'm going to get like a stand for it so I can put it on my shelf with its cover facing the world, then I'll put the TMNT statues I have around it, or when I have all 4 (I only have Leo and Mike right now) I'll connect them all and have the comic next to it. Who knows what I'll do besides reselling it. I don't think I'll be able to part with this thing for a loooong time. I'll sell it on my deathbed and then get up and jump out the window or something. Sure it'd only be a one story window but it could still hurt.

LOL!!!!!!!!

The kitten thing

I dont have any TMNT comics

except for the one that is of the new TMNT show.

*BigApple3AM* · 08-22-2005, 01:41 PM

Haha, you may have called me crazy but this person is just insane:
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...MEDW%3AIT&rd=1

Looks like the price on mine was just right.

Space Lieutenant Josh · 08-22-2005, 02:36 PM

I got one of these a number of years ago for just under 400. I'd say it was worth it because afterwards I had to get a job... so, y'know, I learned some responsibility. My God, has it ever increased in price since then! Congratulations, Ectocooler. Seriously, we should start a club.

*BigApple3AM* · 08-22-2005, 03:02 PM

Yeah turns out mine was unfarily graded too (CGC always messed up).

Yeah the First Print TMNT #1 Club! Only requirement is you have to own a book that's now worth over 2 thousand bucks lol.

*zkarlette* · 08-22-2005, 03:43 PM

This madness must be stopped ...or we're going to have a yes Im broke club soon

Cerpin Taxt · 08-22-2005, 04:02 PM

My dad had the option to buy it for damn cheap back when it first came out. Some guy told him about it and said it would be the next big thing. My dad turned it down and bought some Marvel graphic novel instead.

Sorry about the randomness. Cool find, btw.

*BigApple3AM* · 08-22-2005, 07:33 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by President Dead

My dad had the option to buy it for damn cheap back when it first came out. Some guy told him about it and said it would be the next big thing. My dad turned it down and bought some Marvel graphic novel instead.

Sorry about the randomness. Cool find, btw.

No way bro it's stories like these that are truly interesting. Any guy with $500 (me) can shell it out on eBay, but the fact that your dad was into comics and heard about TMNT back before it truly was the next big thing is awesome. Your dad still a comics fan? Do you know who the guy was, a comic store owner/dealer? Do you know how much it was priced at? When was this (mid 80's I'm guessing 84?)

Anyway, I think the fact that the 1st print is so much is only a good thing for TMNT. It shows how in demand the property is to collectors (kids aren't buying this issue I guarantee (said like Leatherhead in the old toon). If anyone truly wanted the first issue it's been reprinted numerous times that they can get it by now, but the first print worth so much means our beloved TMNT is special.

06-07-2005, 02:54 PM	#2
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06-07-2005, 02:55 PM	#3
Aztec General Mad Scientist Join Date: Jul 2002 Posts: 1,437	Cool. A LOT of money, but cool. __________________

06-07-2005, 04:06 PM	#4
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06-07-2005, 07:40 PM	#7
Spitfire Writer • Director Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Los Angeles Posts: 12,035	I just saw that comic too o_O Probly wasnt a first print but still. Yeah that's alot for a comic but hell if you want it you want it. My friend had a first print...but it met it's end to a can of Dr.Pepper __________________ Check out my online portfolio http://www.christopherpelletier.com/

06-08-2005, 05:40 AM	#10
verminator_x Hench Mutant Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: oslo-norway Posts: 457	auch what a prize, but also what a treasure you got __________________ Remember when you were young, you shone like the sun. Shine on you crazy diamond. Now theres a look in your eyes, like black holes in the sky. Shine on you crazy diamond.

06-07-2005, 01:56 PM	#1
BigApple3AM Mad Scientist Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Supermarket Aisle Posts: 1,635	Call me crazy, and I know you all will, but But I bought it anyway. I'm like retarded, what was I thinking... http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...MEWA%3AIT&rd=1

06-07-2005, 05:31 PM	#5
MrPliggins Foot Elite Join Date: Dec 2003 Posts: 3,051	nice, but it would be hard for me to not be able to look through it. Still, they usually go for more on Ebay

06-07-2005, 05:45 PM	#6
BigApple3AM Mad Scientist Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Supermarket Aisle Posts: 1,635	Well I already have every other print of this issue besides graphic novel adaptions, the deluxe version of the mid 90's, and the new PBBX Con exclusive so not flipping through it would be fine with me but I'm gonna crack open the CGC thing anyway. I've decided to give it to my boss's boss (the owner) to break it open carefully and send it back to CGC to hopefully get a better grade. I work at a comic store and the owner already does a lot of CGCing so this wouldn't be anything new to him. Thanks for the compliments, I was having buyers remorse but now I don't feel so bad.

06-07-2005, 08:26 PM	#8
jestergoblin Mad Scientist Join Date: Aug 2003 Posts: 1,464	Wow! Now THERE'S something to put on your wall. Or in your vault.

06-07-2005, 08:34 PM	#9
BigApple3AM Mad Scientist Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Supermarket Aisle Posts: 1,635	Haha, if I had a vault it'd be full of little kittens. Yeah I know there's no air in vaults Kidding, but seriously I think I'm going to get like a stand for it so I can put it on my shelf with its cover facing the world, then I'll put the TMNT statues I have around it, or when I have all 4 (I only have Leo and Mike right now) I'll connect them all and have the comic next to it. Who knows what I'll do besides reselling it. I don't think I'll be able to part with this thing for a loooong time. I'll sell it on my deathbed and then get up and jump out the window or something. Sure it'd only be a one story window but it could still hurt.

06-09-2005, 10:53 AM	#11
azure turtle Mango Lovin' Mutant Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: Los Angeles Posts: 9,453	Wow, very pricy, but it's an awesome find, Ectocooler. First prints are rare, and to have it preserved with the CGC case should help it last a long time. __________________ "God, I love being a turtle!" Want to meet the only blue ninja turtle in existence? Come visit me at my Lair!

06-09-2005, 05:43 PM	#12
Ryona Guest Posts: n/a	I am so envious of you, Ectocooler. Damn, that's a nice find! I have TMNT #1 as well... but it's a 3rd printing........

06-12-2005, 04:32 AM	#13
~~BartAllen~~ Banned Join Date: Mar 2005 Posts: 922	wow. i hope the 525 dollars was worth it.

08-22-2005, 01:41 PM	#15
BigApple3AM Mad Scientist Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Supermarket Aisle Posts: 1,635	Haha, you may have called me crazy but this person is just insane: http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...MEDW%3AIT&rd=1 Looks like the price on mine was just right.

08-22-2005, 02:36 PM	#16
Space Lieutenant Josh Hench Mutant Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Village of Rock'n Kick-Ass Posts: 492	I got one of these a number of years ago for just under 400. I'd say it was worth it because afterwards I had to get a job... so, y'know, I learned some responsibility. My God, has it ever increased in price since then! Congratulations, Ectocooler. Seriously, we should start a club.

08-22-2005, 03:02 PM	#17
BigApple3AM Mad Scientist Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Supermarket Aisle Posts: 1,635	Yeah turns out mine was unfarily graded too (CGC always messed up). Yeah the First Print TMNT #1 Club! Only requirement is you have to own a book that's now worth over 2 thousand bucks lol.

08-22-2005, 03:43 PM	#18
zkarlette Fashionably late Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: CA Posts: 4,146	This madness must be stopped ...or we're going to have a yes Im broke club soon __________________ "If only we'd stop trying to be happy, we could have a pretty good time" E.W

08-22-2005, 04:02 PM	#19
Cerpin Taxt Hench Mutant Join Date: Dec 2004 Posts: 278	My dad had the option to buy it for damn cheap back when it first came out. Some guy told him about it and said it would be the next big thing. My dad turned it down and bought some Marvel graphic novel instead. Sorry about the randomness. Cool find, btw.