You're old if you purchased these 0

[lizards2]

You're old if you purchased these.  

Especially if you walked three miles in the snow, uphill, both ways, to pick them up.

[Robot Man]

OK, yeah I'm old and proud of it. 

It's real hard for a lot of you kids to realize that before these came around we had to keep out books in very neat stacks in drawers or shelves to preserve them. Then came "cleaners bags" or zip lock type bags. These were revolutionary.

Kind of like when I mention 8 track tapes. I get the laughs and snickers. They were also revolutionary. Can you imagine driving around in your car with only an AM radio to listen to? Nothing like having a Zeppelin or Hendrix album you could pop in the player anytime you wanted...

[kav]

what about Walkmen!!  those things changed my life!

[Brian48]

47 minutes ago, lizards2 said:

You're old if you purchased these.  

Especially if you walked three miles in the snow, uphill, both ways, to pick them up.

God Bless, Robert Bell.

[CatskillMike]

I had hundreds of those.  I also remember them starting to feel weird, almost gooey feeling after I got back from finishing college and went to check my collection out. I freaked out and threw them all away.

Of course the collection was in bunch of long boxes. Damn those things were heavy.

[lizards2]

1 minute ago, CatskillMike said:

I had hundreds of those.  I also remember them starting to feel weird, almost gooey feeling after I got back from finishing college and went to check my collection out. I freaked out and threw them all away.

Of course the collection was in bunch of long boxes. Damn those things were heavy.

I took this one off a book I just bought, and it is clear and clean - no gooey.

[CatskillMike]

Wow, someone got their moneys worth out of that one. 

[JohnFranklin]

57 minutes ago, lizards2 said:

You're old if you purchased these.  

Especially if you walked three miles in the snow, uphill, both ways, to pick them up.

I wonder if mine is older, my "Robert Bell" bag doesn't present (For Current Comics)......I may be really OLD.

[lizards2]

15 minutes ago, JohnFranklin said:

I wonder if mine is older, my "Robert Bell" bag doesn't present (For Current Comics)......I may be really OLD.

Oddly enough, this "Current" size bag is 7 1/2 " wide....., 

[Robot Man]

There is a dealer I see once a year that still uses them. They look pretty clear too. He might have bought out all of the backstock of them. It cracks me up. 

[bababooey]

41 minutes ago, lizards2 said:

Oddly enough, this "Current" size bag is 7 1/2 " wide....., 

 

[lizards2]

8 minutes ago, Robot Man said:

There is a dealer I see once a year that still uses them. They look pretty clear too. He might have bought out all of the backstock of them. It cracks me up. 

My experience has been that if you don't put them on books, they stay pristine.  The books are what turns them yucky, and the poorer the storage conditions, the  yuckier they get.

[batman_fan]

2 hours ago, lizards2 said:

You're old if you purchased these.  

Especially if you walked three miles in the snow, uphill, both ways, to pick them up.

It's official, I am old 

[telerites]

I'm in 

[comicjack]

I'm in and closer to this 

[Cruzin' Thru Comics]

1 hour ago, kav said:

what about Walkmen!!  those things changed my life!

I remember being in the Army in Germany in 88’/89’. Bought the one with “bass”. Cost quite a bit more than the regular one. Was worth it! 

[Cliff R.]

I'm so old my comic collection was kept in a Kmart footlocker (storage trunk). I never heard about bags or boards until the '70s.

[Philreal]

I thought the Silver Age Ultra-Pro was the next big thing until I had to cut my board to fit into them!

 

[jayhawker]

I remember buying some of those in the 70’s. When I couldn’t afford more I would use those produce bags from the grocery store.

[comicjack]

7 minutes ago, Philreal said:

I thought the Silver Age Ultra-Pro was the next big thing until I had to cut my board to fit into them!

 

and how many slices to the covers have you had using those