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Foley

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  1. Went on Wikipedia to look up his powers and came across this gem: Abilities Skilled martial artist Enhanced agility Finger claws and toe spikes incorporated into his costume, usually envenomed As a tarantula-like creature (Rodriguez): Superhuman strength Wall-crawling ability Organic webbing shot from his buttocks He could shoot webbing out of his ass?
  2. I can see where Jerome was coming from now. Here's a tip: When you create a thread asking for opinions, try not to make snarky and disparaging comments in response to people with theories that differ from your own. It's fine to have your own working theory, but Jerome is correct, anything other than "It's a super rare manufacturing error" is met with an attitude. Here's my opinion again. It's probably a manufacturing error. It's probably rare. Rarity doesn't make it desirable or valuable. It's ugly. Feel free to exercise that right with me.
  3. A bit late to the party, but I just wanted to say:
  4. You'd have to decide that for yourself. Nothing that hasn't been said already. Looks like some type of printing error, but I have no scientific explanation. It's not a visually attractive one IMO like the black or white though.
  5. Ok, I'll let it slide this time Was only messing of course
  6. Nope. You did. You chose to have it signed without a witness.
  7. Small stress front cover at the bottom staple, but I'm not sure if it's production related. Even with that, I agree with the 9.4s and also see no obvious reasons to press. You could always have it screened to see if there would be the potential for improvement with a press.
  8. https://www.cheatsheet.com/entertainment/new-star-wars-movie-slotted-for-2022-will-bring-new-force-abilities-and-a-middle-aged-yoda.html/
  9. Never get tired of that one Gino! The skull “noise maker” is also a nice touch. I don’t think I have ever seen a copy for sale, ever... Noise maker or 3 ball flail made from a skull? Hard to tell, but an absolutely amazing cover regardless!
  10. A better description would have been: The print run appears to be low for this issue. No one knows the exact number, but one guy on the internet, with a screen name a 12 year old would pick, claims to have an inside source that told him 225 copies were printed. He has provided exactly zero actual evidence of this, but swears it to be true and that's good enough for me.
  11. More expensive, yes but I think it would have worked much better than just the voices for me. Agree to disagree. I thought the film, especially as a finale to a 9 part saga, was a massive let down.
  12. I’m aware of that, and the film censorship body can and does make exceptions, but they’ve banned or edited films for less. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Film_censorship_in_China I’m not saying this is definitely the reason, just that it seems plausible to me.
  13. I agree 100%. It could be completely bogus, completely true, or (most probably IMO) somewhere in the middle. Some particular things that seem likely to be true: "The force ghosts weren’t meant to be voices because they shot that footage on camera. The actors were in costumes. Rey was supposed to be surrounded by the force ghosts to serve as sort of a barrier between her and the Sith surrounding them. My source thinks but can’t 100% confirm that this is because of China." This makes sense to me. Film censorship protocols in China apparently dictate that supernatural elements such as ghosts are not allowed on screen. The ending as it stands is not mind-blowing in any way, so I wouldn't be surprised if the original cut had the force ghosts of past Jedi included. It would have helped to "tie the 3 trilogies together" like people were saying in interviews much better than the voices alone did. "The cut JJ eventually and hesitantly agreed to in early December was 2:37 minutes long. It wasn’t the cut we saw which he wouldn’t have approved of (and which is 2:22 long). Apart from the force ghosts, there were other crucial and emotional scenes missing. The cut they released looked “chopped and taped back together with weak scotch tape” (JJ's words)." The film released is very poorly edited, to the point parts of it don't make sense. Lando's conversation with his "daughter", Finn never revealing his secret to Rey, Claude. The part about Han's appearance being a "projection" of Leia's memory also seems possible (just my opinion). I am aware however, that even if these elements are true, it doesn't necessarily validate this "anonymous source" and their claims.
  14. How do you figure? What does this mean? I'm not following. What would it say? "Looks good"? By the grade assigned on the label. All you need is a set of eyes. If you agree the assigned grade reflects the actual condition, then buy it. Or don't.
  15. Here are the claims made by an "inside source" regarding the JJ cut and how Disney apparently hacked up his version of the film.
  16. If you are correct, no new copies are showing up and the competition is to buy and sell a finite number of Comics. It assumes there will be no new available copies from anywhere. I don't believe that/ If that was indeed the case then the demand for finite copies would invariably drive markets up given a modest increase of buyers but demand seems to me to be a fairly smart bunch buying what is available at the best price. I continue to think there are a lot of AF 15's out there, far more than the CGC or the census might suggest. I think that is likely true. Buyers are buying quality, not grade. No, the fact that new copies are showing up does not mean they are coming from collections like Edgar Church's. The Church collection is the most remarkable ever discovered. There are zero collections like it showing up. New collections showing up? Yes. Raw AF 15s that have never been to market? Yes. Vast numbers of collections like the Mile High? Absolutely not. Also, it's a GA collection, so not really relevant to AF 15.
  17. "Vast numbers of collections like the Mile High" do not keep showing up.
  18. Nothing in 5.5 on GPA either. Closest recent sale was $250 for a 4.5 in July of 2018.
  19. Happy to oblige. These kind of things fascinate me. Nick Bostrom appeared on Sam Harris’ podcast if you’re looking for Something else, it was a good episode.