[TheBlueMarvel]

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Originally Posted by VonPooten

For the last ten years, trades are where I've made camp. Less space taken, easier to file, and besides, they look far nicer. Unfortunately others feel the same way, and TPBs (especially X-Men ones) that came out six years ago are now going for $70-80!

I've been doing certain trades since they started to come out years ago. Things I couldn't get that I liked, such as Captain Britain Omnibus - Davis/Neary Jasper's warp stuff (oh, was I so excited to see the X-men fight the Fury in that New Age X-men book! - that team is arguably my favorite X-men squad), and the Miracleman (Marvelman) collections. I have been 'exclusive' on the format for only 7 years or so. That's when I decided comics had become too formulaic and poorly constructed. There was a blatant disregard for art/story/canon/continuity and the hobby was no longer worth my habitual $100-$120/week investment. And...yes, trades are being priced in an exploitative fashion now. Thank goodness, I had the foresight to buy TPB's of Samaritan - Annihilation - Annihilation:Conquest - Realm of Kings (in spite of owning the individual comics), because now the Annihilation sets are going for $200-$300, Samaritan is $100, and Realm is also $200 (and that's TPB's not hardcovers...gross)

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Originally Posted by VonPooten

Great pics and accessorizing! I'm so jealous of your Valkyrie and can't wait until my HulkBuster wave ships! The Ultron wave is in the mail, but not before I broke down and bought Tiger Shark from TRU! Literally, the day I bought Tiger Shark, I received notification (right as I got home) that BBTS filled my Ultron wave order...