HotKey Posted January 8, 2021 Author Share Posted January 8, 2021 49 minutes ago, kav said: can you see the spines of the books to tell if any silver age books inside? Yeah and the bags are very loose, allowing you to move them around and get a decent look. You can press down the bag tight and get a read on most titles front and back, the middle one takes a little bag work but is identifiable. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kav Posted January 8, 2021 Share Posted January 8, 2021 Just now, Sferg said: Yeah and the bags are very loose, allowing you to move them around and get a decent look. You can press down the bag tight and get a read on most titles front and back, the middle one takes a little bag work but is identifiable. any sign of actual silver age books? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HotKey Posted January 8, 2021 Author Share Posted January 8, 2021 8 minutes ago, kav said: any sign of actual silver age books? Nope not yet but I'll keep checking periodically, I have 3 meijers pretty local. kav 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kav Posted January 8, 2021 Share Posted January 8, 2021 31 minutes ago, Sferg said: Nope not yet but I'll keep checking periodically, I have 3 meijers pretty local. my money's on nope. HotKey 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kav Posted January 8, 2021 Share Posted January 8, 2021 Silver age key would be a decent amount of $$$ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThreeSeas Posted January 8, 2021 Share Posted January 8, 2021 First Walmart, now Meijers with the comics? Criminy, I drive by and/or go to probably half a dozen different Meijer stores in my weekly running around. I'll have to do some searching now. I'll post whatever I find. (I already spend $30 a week at Meijer on cat food, may as well throw comics in my cart too) HotKey 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lazyboy Posted January 8, 2021 Share Posted January 8, 2021 17 hours ago, kav said: Silver age key would be a decent amount of $$$ You can get lots of SA keys for the same price as these bags. Notice how there is no guarantee of which issues are included or their condition. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mattn792 Posted January 9, 2021 Share Posted January 9, 2021 6 hours ago, Lazyboy said: You can get lots of SA keys for the same price as these bags. Notice how there is no guarantee of which issues are included or their condition. I’ve heard rumor that not all mystery box sellers are honest. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
onlyweaknesskryptonite Posted January 9, 2021 Share Posted January 9, 2021 On 1/2/2021 at 2:14 PM, kav said: Swiping my replies again.. kav 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kav Posted January 9, 2021 Share Posted January 9, 2021 3 minutes ago, onlyweaknesskryptonite said: Swiping my replies again.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
01TheDude Posted January 9, 2021 Share Posted January 9, 2021 Video two in case you are interested-- had to search for it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
B2D327 Posted January 9, 2021 Share Posted January 9, 2021 10 hours ago, ThreeSeas said: (I already spend $30 a week at Meijer on cat food, may as well throw comics in my cart too) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HotKey Posted January 9, 2021 Author Share Posted January 9, 2021 22 minutes ago, 01TheDude said: Video two in case you are interested-- had to search for it. So a little hope with these, he pulled a vader #1 and I pulled a vader #11 the other day, so there might be a Vader #3 in these, somewhere. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lazyboy Posted January 9, 2021 Share Posted January 9, 2021 14 hours ago, mattn792 said: I’ve heard rumor that not all mystery box sellers are honest. Sure, but why be dishonest and open yourself up to trouble when you can honestly screw people? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
electricprune Posted January 9, 2021 Share Posted January 9, 2021 On 1/2/2021 at 10:19 AM, shadroch said: I'd never heard of this company but it appears they have over 250 locations. I doubt they would go through the trouble to make these and stock them if they didn't expect to move a couple hundred units per location. I'd think they would prepare at least 100,000 bags that would make the odds of finding a key book one in 200. $1000 in sales for every "key book". Even if the average "key" costs them $40, that is still a very good profit margin as the rest of the books should cost a dime or less. Meijer is headquartered in Grand Rapids, Michigan. They have several locations in Michigan and have beached out into Ohio, Kentucky, Indiana and I believe Illinois. They may even be in other states like Tennessee. They are similar to Wal-Mart in that you can buy almost anything there. Groceries, clothes, electronics, home and office supplies, and more are sold there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
manetteska Posted January 9, 2021 Share Posted January 9, 2021 6 minutes ago, electricprune said: Meijer is headquartered in Grand Rapids, Michigan. They have several locations in Michigan and have beached out into Ohio, Kentucky, Indiana and I believe Illinois. They may even be in other states like Tennessee. They are similar to Wal-Mart in that you can buy almost anything there. Groceries, clothes, electronics, home and office supplies, and more are sold there. Definitely in Illinois. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
01TheDude Posted January 9, 2021 Share Posted January 9, 2021 Seems like this topic might have done better in the Modern forum as the books are so far all moderns. If I were so inclined or able to go to one of these stores-- It seems pretty easy to get around the "mystery" of these bags and only buy something you might want to begin with. Not sure I would consider that "cheating" though. From what I've seen though--- these books are a decent deal but it might help if you like these types of books to begin with. and one last point--- the guy in the videos -- like in so many other opening type of videos I see wastes a lot of everyone including his own time during the video. Do I need to watch him open the bags of these things so violently? Get some scissors or a sharp blade or something. Better yet-- have them opened and ready to examine without us watching the process. Sorry-- it was painful to watch and listen as the guy tore into each new bag-- my OCD self thinking "even if he finds something worth a damn-- what if he ruins it in the process of opening a bag like a wild animal?" anyway--- HotKey 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post ThreeSeas Posted January 10, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted January 10, 2021 (edited) So I decided to check out Meijer's comic supply yesterday and today. I bought 20 packages total. I was at a smaller Meijer store yesterday and they only had two bags so I grabbed them, then today I went to another Meijer and it had one bag, but someone had cut a two inch slit in the bottom of it, so I left it. Then the next Meijer I tried I think maybe had 50 bags or so, so I grabbed 18 more so I had a twenty bag sample. I figured that would give me an idea of what was being offered. All of the comics were from Marvel, with the oldest have an indicia date of September 2015, and the newest being dated February 2016. The comics I am guessing came from a warehouse or something as they were just as new as any new issue I can get from a LCS. Edit: just to add - For $1.67 a book I think it was a good deal for new books. I'm thinking someone will chime in and tell me they are all drek or something, but since I have not read many new books in recent years, it is worth it to me to get a majority of these for less than cover price, which amounted to $238.43 in case anyone was wondering. These are what were in the 60 comics I got. Title Issue No. Qty 1872 1 1 Age of Apocalypse 1 1 All-New Hawkeye 1 1 Amazing Spider-Man, The 1 1 Amazing Spider-Man, The 2 2 Amazing Spider-Man: Renew Your Vows 3 2 Astonishing Ant-Man, The 1 1 Captain America: Sam Wilson 1 1 Captain America: Sam Wilson 2 3 Captain America: White 3 1 Chewbacca 1 1 Contest of Champions 2 1 Death of Wolverine: The Weapon X Program 2 1 Extraordinary X-Men 1 1 Hail Hydra 1 2 Hercules 1 2 Howling Commandos of S.H.I.E.L.D. 1 1 Invincible Iron Man 1 2 Journey to Star Wars: The Force Awakens - Shattered Empire 2 1 Karnak 1 1 Magneto 20 1 Marvel Zombies 2 1 Mighty Thor 1 1 Ms. Marvel 18 1 New Avengers 1 1 New Avengers 2 1 Old Man Logan 3 1 Origin II 1 1 Secret Wars 3 1 Secret Wars 5 1 Silver Surfer 13 1 Spider-Man 2099 2 1 Spider-Man 2099 3 1 Squadron Sinister 1 1 Star Wars: Vader Down 1 1 Superior Iron Man 9 1 Thors 2 1 True Believers: Captain Marvel 1 1 True Believers: Old Man Logan 1 1 True Believers: Thor 1 1 Unbeatable Squirrel Girl, The 1 1 Uncanny Avengers 2 1 Uncanny Inhumans 0 4 Uncanny Inhumans 2 2 Vision 2 2 Web Warriors 1 2 X-Men '92 2 1 Edited January 10, 2021 by ThreeSeas additional text THE_BEYONDER, HotKey, oldmilwaukee6er and 2 others 2 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
01TheDude Posted January 11, 2021 Share Posted January 11, 2021 @ThreeSeas - did you attempt to look at the bags and discern which ones were different as well? I ask because you variation is far more substantive than what the fellow in the youtube video showed. He had some books where he ended up with 5 or more copies out of 18 bags opened or near that on several certain books (iirc True Believers: Captain Marvel had at least 4 repeats). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThreeSeas Posted January 11, 2021 Share Posted January 11, 2021 @01TheDude I only looked at the front and if I saw a duplicate I just skipped it. I only switched back two packages after randomly grabbing the 18 packs - there were quite a few different books. HotKey, Ken Aldred and 01TheDude 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
