Tuesday, June 5, 2012

Collector Friends and Holy Grails!

I have been wanting to do this post for a few weeks now, and I a, finally getting around to it!  Several weeks ago I wrote about going on a visit to my friends Brad and Stacy's house.  These guys were very kind in letting me stay with them while I prepared for a show.  One of the greatest thing about having collector friends, though, is that they know what you are looking for.  Because they are collectors, they understand what it is to be a collector and may find things that the normal person would pass up, or think the price is outrageous.

A few weeks ago I got an urgent call from Brad.  I wasn't in a situation to answer the call, so he gave me a text.  He had found something that I had mentioned once or twice to him that I wanted.  Hulk 181.  I called him back and told him to try to get it if he could get it down a bit.  And he did!  He got a Hulk 181 for me! 

I'm really not a Hulk fan or even a wolverine fan any more, but I always wanted that issue.  It was the one comic I was willing to pay a large sum of money for.  I have been looking for a good display issue.  Didn't have to be in great condition, I just wanted it.  Brad and Stacy found it for me and I am grateful for that. 

You can find Stacy on twitter @geeky_vixen and Brad makes Battle Babies, one of the coolest indie toy lines around!  If you are going to be at heroes con in North Carolina later this month be sure to go by and pick up some battle babies!   

5 comments:

  1. That's pretty awesome! I remember when my stepdad finally got this issue, it was a pretty big deal because it was right around the time Wolverine started to go big time.

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    1. It was the one comic I wanted as a kid that I was willing to spend money on. I never got it. . . and now I am grown up. . . I figured I could indulge myself!

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  2. I can't wait for the Heroes Con!!

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    1. Awesome, This will be my first year going. We should all try to have a meet and greet for all of the leaguers who will be there!

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  3. Oh wow very cool Ashley congrats on get this issue! My best friend Scott used to collect all things Hulk and had this issue in mint shape plus the issue before it and just sold them off last year and made a nice little bit of money off of them which he used for some Star Wars figures he needed if am correct among other things. : )

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