Here I am with one of my new toys 🙂
Category: Otaku
Legendary Loot
Remember this post? Read particularly my brother’s comment. Then feast your eyes on the most legendary of items I bought (for only $15) at NYCC:
Yes, that’s an unopened box of 29-year-old Dark Crystal trading cards! Notice the perforations are not broken on the box. I was a bit suspicious at first since it wasn’t shrinkwrapped, until the seller told me they simply didn’t do that back then.
Here’s a shot with the top lifted open:
Wonderful! 36 packs, still sealed tight since 1982! Here’s the front and back of the first one I opened:
Beautiful! The wax seal separated with ease, and I was able to remove the (perfect condition!) cards with no discolouration whatsoever. Luckily, this was not a set that contained bubble gum! Furthermore, the cards have unusual rounded edges:
The entire set is only 78 cards. I have 36 packs containing 8 apiece, so I’d say my chances for a full set are very high. Hopefully I’ll have some packs left over. Who knows, one of them may be destined for you 🙂
Epic Loot
We went to the con with just a carry on bag, but returned with 3 extra large bags full of loot. Amongst the freebies we gladly grabbed were:
– 4 t-shirts (including a Star Wars one)
– 17 30 card MTG intro decks (yes, 17!)
– 6 complete novels (the exact version you’d get in a store). One of these is even autographed!
– 4 comics
– several good-sized tote bags
– Dozens of badges and stickers
In addition, we spent large amounts of hard-earned cash on such things as:
– 40 comics (most of which cost $0.50 each…)
– 2 Dalek figures (orange and blue, my collection is now complete!)
– the above shown box of Kong trading cards, which cost me only $6
– many sets of trading cards (including Doctor Who companions and Doctor Who movies), at a price of 6 sets for only $10!
– a light switch plate cover 🙂
– several toys (deliberately being non-specific here)
– 2 calendars…
– a Cthulhu t-shirt (pictured in the previous blog entry)
– various books and manga
In addition, there is a large selection of gifts for most of you reading this, which I obviously won’t go into detail about here.
And then there was one last item, which cost me $15, which is so special it is going to get a blog entry all of its own… 🙂