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Spiderbite 02-19-16 03:50 PM
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Here is an ebay seller selling the Howard The Duck Omnibus new and sealed for $33.50 shipped. He has 6 left.

http://www.ebay.com/itm/HOWARD-THE-D...AAAOSwL7VWtW1u

Obviously this omnibus did not sell very well.

Red Hood 02-19-16 10:05 PM
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It didn't sell well because the price point for these Omnibus is getting ridiculous. Why would someone spend $100 on an Omnibus when they can get the whole singles collection for half of that? Same with the X-Force Omnibus and others they have been releasing in the past several years.

davidh777 02-20-16 01:56 AM
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How many people really pay $100 for them, though, other than LCS loyalists?

I recently blindbought the HTD omnibus because of the cheap price, but the size of it seems like the other Omniboo I've bought so it makes sense to price it the same. It sounds like the problem was they printed too damn many copies of this and other fringe-y titles for the market that wanted them. I'm sure it's only a fraction of the market for the classic core titles.

jjcool 02-20-16 09:19 PM
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Originally Posted by Spiderbite (Post 12728141)
Here is an ebay seller selling the Howard The Duck Omnibus new and sealed for $33.50 shipped. He has 6 left.

http://www.ebay.com/itm/HOWARD-THE-D...AAAOSwL7VWtW1u

Obviously this omnibus did not sell very well.
Funnily enough it was the one out of the recent clearance lot that I wanted. I'm still a sucker for those movies and TV shows I loved as a kid.

Originally Posted by davidh777 (Post 12728472)
How many people really pay $100 for them, though, other than LCS loyalists?
I don't know. With the price one can get stuff from Amazon, and IST it doesn't make sense to pay full price. My LCS has TONS of trades, but they are all back cover price. Once, I asked the guy about a break on the price because I can get stuff from Amazon for so much less. He said that he hears it all the time, but can't do it. Hell, I would have split the difference with him. It really sucks because I really want to support my LCS, but I am not going to throw money away to do it. They do however have a decent selection of used trades that honestly look like they have never been read for half price. Every time I go in I try to buy at least one used book. Usually it ends up being several.

davidh777 02-21-16 04:19 PM
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Amazon sent my SW omnibus in a cardboard box with a few air pillows. No damage.

joltman 02-22-16 06:26 AM
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I bit the bullet on the first two Fantastic Four omnibuses from CheapGraphicNovels via the Amazon marketplace (oddly enough, it was cheaper to order it there compared to their own website, and I get my Amazon Visa reward points on top of that). I already had the first FF Epic Collection, but I decided on the omnibuses especially so that I would be able to read everything up to the Galactus trilogy.

davidh777 02-22-16 10:50 AM
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Originally Posted by jjcool (Post 12728901)
I don't know. With the price one can get stuff from Amazon, and IST it doesn't make sense to pay full price. My LCS has TONS of trades, but they are all back cover price. Once, I asked the guy about a break on the price because I can get stuff from Amazon for so much less. He said that he hears it all the time, but can't do it. Hell, I would have split the difference with him. It really sucks because I really want to support my LCS, but I am not going to throw money away to do it. They do however have a decent selection of used trades that honestly look like they have never been read for half price. Every time I go in I try to buy at least one used book. Usually it ends up being several.
My LCS has a few bookshelves' worth of trades, but not a ton (there's a store farther from me that has a lot more). They also have a small selection of Omniboo--maybe 20, and they rarely change. (Amusingly, they have volumes 1 and 3 of Marvel Star Wars, like they think they're going to tempt me at $125. :lol:) I guess they have them just to have them in case someone actually wants one--I was there once when one was purchased--or to wait for their sale on everything for Free Comic Book Day. I'll purchase smaller trades there, like the regular installments of Invincible and TWD, but otherwise buy online. But they've been around for years, so I guess their system works for them.

Strapped4Cash 02-24-16 11:41 AM
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Originally Posted by Strapped4Cash (Post 12726599)
Meanwhile, I ordered Fantastic Four by John Byrne Omnibus Volume 2 from Amazon mp seller Amazing Comics (the store is like 15 miles away from me) and that has been sitting in the same place for 48 hours. Hopefully it's a minor delay.
Happy to say that it all ended well. The package somehow took a week, but arrived well wrapped with lots of packing peanuts. I couldn't find any sorts of dents at all on any of the corners, let alone anywhere else. Very nice.

PhantomStranger 02-24-16 02:43 PM
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Originally Posted by davidh777 (Post 12731887)
My LCS has a few bookshelves' worth of trades, but not a ton (there's a store farther from me that has a lot more). They also have a small selection of Omniboo--maybe 20, and they rarely change. (Amusingly, they have volumes 1 and 3 of Marvel Star Wars, like they think they're going to tempt me at $125. :lol:) I guess they have them just to have them in case someone actually wants one--I was there once when one was purchased--or to wait for their sale on everything for Free Comic Book Day. I'll purchase smaller trades there, like the regular installments of Invincible and TWD, but otherwise buy online. But they've been around for years, so I guess their system works for them.
I think many comic book stores keep omnibuses on the shelves for the eventual day when they go out of print. Does anyone actually purchase omnibuses at full price from their local store? The only time I ever see them move an omnibus is when they become scarce after going out of print. Cover price then usually looks better.

jjcool 02-24-16 04:25 PM
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Originally Posted by PhantomStranger (Post 12734573)
I think many comic book stores keep omnibuses on the shelves for the eventual day when they go out of print. Does anyone actually purchase omnibuses at full price from their local store? The only time I ever see them move an omnibus is when they become scarce after going out of print. Cover price then usually looks better.
It's like Barnes and Noble or FYE with some of the multi disc collections. Whether they are deluxe movie releases or a TV series set, they always seem to have those things when they are getting scarce everywhere else.

davidh777 02-24-16 04:27 PM
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Originally Posted by jjcool (Post 12734684)
It's like Barnes and Noble or FYE with some of the multi disc collections. Whether they are deluxe movie releases or a TV series set, they always seem to have those things when they are getting scarce everywhere else.
Maybe because no one bought them at full price when they were new. :)

davidh777 02-24-16 07:01 PM
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Originally Posted by davidh777 (Post 12718434)
Not a great bargain, but goes along with the Omnibus conversation. Amazon has been selling the SHIELD omnibus directly for $50-something, but then I saw IST got copies of the Steranko cover back in, limited to one per customer. I'd been regretting not getting that on street week, so I went ahead and got it. I also picked up Avengers Omnibus 2 for $58, which was about the same price as the lowest Amazon seller plus postage. By the way, it's kind of a joke that the standard S&H that Amazon sellers can charge is $3.99. I assume they just make it up in the pricing of the item.
Originally Posted by davidh777 (Post 12718738)
I just bit on the Howard the Duck and Muppets omniboo, plus the last two Brubaker Captain Americas I needed and Fantastic Four #3, mostly from Amazon marketplace but one Brubaker from Amazon itself. It's backordered, though, so we'll see if it comes through.

Stop me before I buy any more Omniboo!
Originally Posted by davidh777 (Post 12726134)
Update on my four orders from 2/8:

Two of them arrived yesterday, 2/16. The books from Doubleheader Amazon marketplace were each packed in Amazon-style yellow bubble mailers, but that's OK because they were inside a heavy cardboard box, shrinkwrapped and with no remainder marks. The two books from IST were of course new and packed like a bomb shelter.

My other order, from indoobestsellers Amazon marketplace, has shipped but not arrived yet and doesn't provide tracking info. Boo.

My last book, from Amazon direct, is still backordered.
Update on my third order from 2/8: It arrived today, 2/24, from indoobestsellers Amazon Marketplace. The two books were in a slightly soft-ish cardboard box with air pillows, shrinkwrapped with no remainder marks. One of the books had the shrink split in a few small spots, and one of the corners was a little bashed. So it was fine, but compared to doubleheader, the shipping was much slower with no tracking info, and not packaged as well. So I'd order from them again, but would prefer doubleheader if I needed a tiebreaker.

My last book, from Amazon direct, is still backordered.

Hadrian7 03-01-16 11:58 AM
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Stupid sales...
At least I get them on shipping!

Products ordered

SKU Product Item price Quantity Total
OCT140911 AVENGERS BY KURT BUSIEK AND GEORGE PEREZ OMNIBUS VOL 01 HC
MAY150812 AVENGERS BY KURT BUSIEK AND GEORGE PEREZ OMNIBUS VOL 02 HC
OCT140912 AVENGERS OMNIBUS VOL 02 HC ROSS CVR
DEC140966 CAPTAIN AMERICA BY BRUBAKER OMNIBUS VOL 05 RETURN OF THE WINTER SOLDIER HC
MAY130710 FANTASTIC FOUR OMNIBUS VOL 01 HC
JUL130700 FANTASTIC FOUR OMNIBUS VOL 02 HC
NOV140864 FANTASTIC FOUR OMNIBUS VOL 03 HC ROSS CVR
SEP130781 GOLDEN AGE CAPTAIN AMERICA OMNIBUS VOL 01 HC WEEKS CVR
FEB140830 INFINITY GAUNTLET OMNIBUS HC DM STARLIN VAR ED
FEB140829 INFINITY GAUNTLET OMNIBUS HC PEREZ CVR
APR130712 IRON MAN BY KURT BUSIEK AND SEAN CHEN OMNIBUS HC
JUN140715 MARVEL 75TH ANNIVERSARY OMNIBUS HC
APR140763 OZ OMNIBUS HC
APR110674 STEPHEN KING'S DARK TOWER OMNIBUS HC SLIPCASE SET
AUG150898 UNCANNY X-MEN OMNIBUS VOL 03 HC DM SMITH CVR
NOV130704 X-MEN AGE OF APOCALYPSE COMPANION OMNIBUS HC

PhantomStranger 03-02-16 12:20 PM
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Where is the Infinity Gauntlet Omnibus on sale?

davidh777 03-02-16 01:29 PM
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Originally Posted by PhantomStranger (Post 12740825)
Where is the Infinity Gauntlet Omnibus on sale?
I was trying to figure it out from the order formatting. Cheap Graphic Novels, maybe?

Originally Posted by Hadrian7 (Post 12739802)
Stupid sales...
At least I get them on shipping!

Products ordered

SKU Product Item price Quantity Total
OCT140911 AVENGERS BY KURT BUSIEK AND GEORGE PEREZ OMNIBUS VOL 01 HC
MAY150812 AVENGERS BY KURT BUSIEK AND GEORGE PEREZ OMNIBUS VOL 02 HC
OCT140912 AVENGERS OMNIBUS VOL 02 HC ROSS CVR
DEC140966 CAPTAIN AMERICA BY BRUBAKER OMNIBUS VOL 05 RETURN OF THE WINTER SOLDIER HC
MAY130710 FANTASTIC FOUR OMNIBUS VOL 01 HC
JUL130700 FANTASTIC FOUR OMNIBUS VOL 02 HC
NOV140864 FANTASTIC FOUR OMNIBUS VOL 03 HC ROSS CVR
SEP130781 GOLDEN AGE CAPTAIN AMERICA OMNIBUS VOL 01 HC WEEKS CVR
FEB140830 INFINITY GAUNTLET OMNIBUS HC DM STARLIN VAR ED
FEB140829 INFINITY GAUNTLET OMNIBUS HC PEREZ CVR
APR130712 IRON MAN BY KURT BUSIEK AND SEAN CHEN OMNIBUS HC
JUN140715 MARVEL 75TH ANNIVERSARY OMNIBUS HC
APR140763 OZ OMNIBUS HC
APR110674 STEPHEN KING'S DARK TOWER OMNIBUS HC SLIPCASE SET
AUG150898 UNCANNY X-MEN OMNIBUS VOL 03 HC DM SMITH CVR
NOV130704 X-MEN AGE OF APOCALYPSE COMPANION OMNIBUS HC
I think we've discovered the modern-day Hadrian's Wall. :D

Hadrian7 03-02-16 08:04 PM
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Originally Posted by PhantomStranger (Post 12740825)
Where is the Infinity Gauntlet Omnibus on sale?
Cheapgraphicnovels.com

It was on sale for 50 off at the beginning of the sale, then went oos then back in stock at a lower discount.

PhantomStranger 03-03-16 12:30 AM
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Thanks, Hadrian. You were definitely one of the better Roman Emperors.

Hadrian7 03-03-16 09:30 PM
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And the just cancelled my Avengers Vol 2 Omnibus citing distribution problems... I guess I will just have to read something else in the meantime.

davidh777 03-04-16 09:37 AM
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Originally Posted by Hadrian7 (Post 12742301)
And the just cancelled my Avengers Vol 2 Omnibus citing distribution problems... I guess I will just have to read something else in the meantime.
Well, that sucks. I did buy that one from Amazon marketplace recently, but I still don't have the first one and it's been bothering me. However, I don't really like the first few issues until they get into the teens, and I have many of them in the Epic Collection volume they put out. If it drops below $60 at some point, I'll probably bite, but I'm concerned about the out-of-print prices. That convinced me to get Uncanny X-Men Omnibus 3 when it came out recently, and I'm debating the Miller Daredevil reissue as well. 50% off at IST is still $62, but it's better than the out-of-print gouging that will likely happen at some point.

Trevor 03-04-16 10:35 AM
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Originally Posted by davidh777 (Post 12742553)
I'm debating the Miller Daredevil reissue as well. 50% off at IST is still $62, but it's better than the out-of-print gouging that will likely happen at some point.
Buy yourself something nice, you deserve it, today of all days!

Hadrian7 03-04-16 12:41 PM
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Wait, what is today? Did I miss the memo?

ddrknghtrtns 03-12-16 09:29 PM
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Found these at Ollies for $15 a piece.

https://sp.yimg.com/xj/th?id=OIP.M39...0&pid=15.1&P=0

[Edit] Superman, Batman, and Wonder Woman The War Years [/Edit]

Trevor 03-13-16 08:54 AM
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Originally Posted by Hadrian7 (Post 12742749)
Wait, what is today? Did I miss the memo?
It was the anniversary of his expulsion from a womb.
Originally Posted by ddrknghtrtns (Post 12749944)
Found these at Ollies for $15 a piece.

https://sp.yimg.com/xj/th?id=OIP.M39...0&pid=15.1&P=0

[Edit] Superman, Batman, and Wonder Woman The War Years [/Edit]
I have a local Ollie's that I always forget exists, I'll have to check them out. They often have bagged comic packs too.

davidh777 03-16-16 05:35 PM
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Amazon currently has The Flash By Francis Manapul and Brian Buccellato Omnibus up for a December 2016 release at 55% off ($33.47). It might be an error, but In Stock Trades will probably have it for close to that price anyway.

Originally Posted by ddrknghtrtns (Post 12749944)
Found these at Ollies for $15 a piece.

https://sp.yimg.com/xj/th?id=OIP.M39...0&pid=15.1&P=0

[Edit] Superman, Batman, and Wonder Woman The War Years [/Edit]
I like the look of those volumes. Hamilton Books had them, but at full price, and I don't think I want them that much. Heck, even Amazon is cheaper.

PhantomStranger 03-16-16 06:54 PM
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Originally Posted by davidh777 (Post 12752893)
Amazon currently has The Flash By Francis Manapul and Brian Buccellato Omnibus up for a December 2016 release at 55% off ($33.47). It might be an error, but In Stock Trades will probably have it for close to that price anyway.
Kind of a skimpy Omnibus at 25 issues.


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