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Post by Cory on Oct 4, 2020 13:52:07 GMT -5
The board has officially moved. Please go to www.gpkug.com to get your UG fix. See you there
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Post by Cory on Oct 3, 2020 21:04:37 GMT -5
Hey Everyone, I am excited to announce that GPKUG will be migrating to a new site sometime tomorrow late afternoon, early evening. The address will be the same www.gpkug.comJimbo, DXTC, LuCypher, RusVan and myself were involved in bringing the UG back to life. There are many reasons why the current UG is an afterthought. The main reason why this has happened is because this site is just too antiquated and difficult to use. It is so much easier to log into facebook, post pics and leave comments. Facebook it easy, but it is fuggin trash. It's the A.D.D. brand of conversation. You post something there and it scrolls away in minutes never to be seen again. The new GPKUG will be familiar but we are bringing it into the modern day with many modern conveniences. Yes, you'll be able to just post pics. No hosting and posting links anymore Yes, you'll be able to log in to the site using your facebook account or even your google account Yes, it'll function very much and look very much like the current UG...it'll just be easier Yes, there will be no filters. Without the Proboards TOS, we can do whatever we want now Yes, there is a great desktop and mobile version of the site Yes, the site will be AD free. No more trash making our board look like ass Yes, there will be a free APP for both iOS and Android (this will come about a week later, we have to work a few issues out) www.gpkug.com is currently forwarding to proboards. When we flip the switch it will direct to the new site. Once that happens, all activity here will cease, but we can still use this as a reference site. We look forward to seeing all of you over at the new UG tomorrow. If you have any questions, post them and I'll answer them to the best of my ability. Jimbo, RusVan, LuCypher or DXTC. If I forgot anything please post it below.
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Post by Cory on Sept 28, 2020 0:02:24 GMT -5
I love this one. Jason had the best look in Friday Part 7. Agreed. Until he took his mask off. There is a reason why he wears a mask.
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Post by Cory on Sept 26, 2020 1:58:14 GMT -5
Wanted to start a thread for photos of HK5 cards and art. This set is insanely good!!! Let's see some hk5s This one just might be my favorite of all of your HK5s! What is this one a parody of?
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Post by Cory on Sept 26, 2020 1:52:25 GMT -5
Horrorible Kids - Artist Mark Pingitore Series 5 Final Art - Chained Kane / C.J. Decay I love this one. Jason had the best look in Friday Part 7.
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Post by Cory on Sept 22, 2020 20:40:36 GMT -5
Howdy to anyone reading this. As a new person here I feel a little worried asking because this might be a waste of your time or just makes me look like an idiot (which I am). As a new person is it encouraged to post topics or to keep quiet? I come from the Sports collecting world from the 80s. Topps was always the cheap pack to buy and had a long history. What happened in the GPK world that Topps pissed so many people off? No other company can make these, right? Topps keeps pumping out new stuff from what I can see over the 4 months I have started collecting these again. Did Topps fire the best artists or do something shady? I have not seen a single pack of GPK at Target or Walmart in the whole 4 months that I have collected. My curiosity is partially because I have not seen the prices with my own eyes at the stores. On eBay, the mark ups are surely higher. Just wondering if I too should be angry with Topps. The TLDR response: No art direction. Lame concepts and just really low quality art. Most of the art doesn't look like the source material. Some is great but there is too much bad. Theme crap has taken over. No original fun ideas. Now we get full releases about bands and movies and crap. Original GPK were varied and cool. You can't complete sets. Nobody is getting 100% of anything anymore. Chase cards (hits). This turns some on and some off. I don't know if anyone is angry at Topps anymore, we are just used to their incompetence.
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Post by Cory on Sept 10, 2020 15:13:38 GMT -5
That guy did a good job on those flip books. I didn't watch the whole video, just forwarded to the art.
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Post by Cory on Sept 9, 2020 9:13:57 GMT -5
I finished Cobra Kai a couple of days ago, Addicting show, love Johnny! I love how they make you love Johnny and despise Daniel then in the middle of season 2 they make you wan them to become friends only to tear them apart! I can’t wait till season 3! I just started another rewatch of it but this time with the wife she’s never seen it. I just rewatched both seasons. The show is the best when Johnny and Daniel are interacting. The show is great when they aren't but it goes to the next level when they are on screen together. I hate that we have to wait until 2021 to see season 3.
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Post by Cory on Aug 31, 2020 11:26:54 GMT -5
When you connect the zits, it's a gun. The only solution is suicide! Dark stuff. Nice, I never connected the dots.
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Post by Cory on Aug 26, 2020 22:34:21 GMT -5
How the hell did they get away with stuff like this? What am I missing here?
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Post by Cory on Aug 26, 2020 22:32:19 GMT -5
The realest answer as mentioned already in this thread.
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Post by Cory on Aug 26, 2020 22:29:14 GMT -5
Fun fact. Wilford Brimley was only 51 when they started filming our house, hahaha. Dude looked like he was 70. People just looked way older in back then than they do now. New thread Celebrities who look older than they actually are. Could be fun for a while. Wilford Brimley was only 49 in the movie Cocoon. His character was in a old folks home in that movie.
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Post by Cory on Aug 25, 2020 16:01:15 GMT -5
OS9 Scalped Ralph final art I was watching this on ebay when it was listed by the Topps Vault. One of the corners had damage on it with the paint scraped off. I decided not to buy it because of that. Regretted it ever since. I would have been my first piece. Instead I went with OS5 Nasty Nancy and eventually sold it. OS3 Roy Bot final art I finally found out who owned this. I sent a high offer (higher than it was sold for I'm told) but it was already scooped up. Late to the party and now it's owned by a guy who will never let it go. That really blows Cory but at least we know where Roy is and even though the framing isn’t cool looking we know Peter is legit and loves him as much as the rest of us would. Meh, fugg Peter. I'd rather have it.
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Post by Cory on Aug 25, 2020 16:00:03 GMT -5
Man I used to watch that show when I was a kid back before Shannon became a witch no wait a bitch came first! Brenda?...Dick! Here are some of my favorite clips fro Our House All kidding aside it was a good show. Fun fact. Wilford Brimley was only 51 when they started filming our house, hahaha. Dude looked like he was 70. People just looked way older in back then than they do now.
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Post by Cory on Aug 25, 2020 15:55:37 GMT -5
I haven't been watching much and don't really watch TV shows. I watched the new Transformers show on netflix, it was okay I watched Norm MacDonald Has a Show on netflix, if you get Norm it had some good moments. I think that's it. I mostly play video games. Got hooked on Warframe again. Looking forward to: The Boys Season 2 Cobra Kai Season 3 I didn’t think TF was going to be any good so I haven’t bothered with this yet. Norm MacDonald is so underrated it’s BS! I just finished his book and it’s perfect Norm can’t tell what the f**k is going on half the time. Best SNL anchor EVER! Weirdly I stopped playing videogames when this started. I’ve heard The Boys is pretty good haven’t checked it out. I did watch the umbrella academy that was kinda cool but I never read the comics. Cobra Kai is one of the best shows ever made! Honestly I’m not even remotely a fan of the KK franchise but I love this show so much I bought the Machio movies. Cool shiz Cory! The Boys is insanely good. I loved it. It was my favorite show of 2019. Definitely check it out when you get a chance. Cobra Kia was my favorite show of 2018. I am a fan of the KK movies, so the show being good just makes me love the movies more. You can view the first movie in the different light. Nice to see another Norm fan. I live on the I'm Not Norm channel on Youtube.
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Post by Cory on Aug 22, 2020 18:23:56 GMT -5
This may seem funny but it is not a joke. I came across 10 or so packs of OS9 which were the right variation to possibly contain a No # Semi Colin. So I figured why not rip them open. So I did. And the first card in the first pack was this one. I loved it so much I contacted like 5 or 6 grading companies to see if any would encapsulate it with the gum. None of the big boys would do it but I finally found a place that would. It's prob not worth much but I absolutely love it and to me it is a grail piece. Since the gum is broken best I can do is 20$. I know, wtf. How did the gum get cracked?
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Post by Cory on Aug 22, 2020 18:23:14 GMT -5
I have a few:
OS13 Hidden Heidi final art
I always liked the card, but when I saw the art I knew I must have it for my OS13 slot. I have grown to really love the piece and I consider it as one of my best pieces
Magenta Crater Chris Cheap Toy
I love this sculpt. The rarity is insane, but the color is amazing. They were really dumb for cutting the magenta color from the line-up. It's not too bright and not too dull. It's perfect.
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Post by Cory on Aug 22, 2020 18:14:59 GMT -5
Let’s Talk! Saved by the Bell( I know...I KNOW DAMN IT!) I have been watching episodes of Zack Morris is Trash on youtube. Some of them are really funny.
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Post by Cory on Aug 22, 2020 18:13:51 GMT -5
OS9 Scalped Ralph final art I was watching this on ebay when it was listed by the Topps Vault. One of the corners had damage on it with the paint scraped off. I decided not to buy it because of that. Regretted it ever since. I would have been my first piece. Instead I went with OS5 Nasty Nancy and eventually sold it. OS3 Roy Bot final art I finally found out who owned this. I sent a high offer (higher than it was sold for I'm told) but it was already scooped up. Late to the party and now it's owned by a guy who will never let it go. Well that breaks my heart. Not that I ever had a chance of owning Roy Bot, but at least I could always have delusional hope. And now that hope is dashed! Dashed like my poor rafting instructor’s head against the rocks that fateful September morning... Yep, you can eat s**t with the rest of us now.
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Post by Cory on Aug 22, 2020 18:11:22 GMT -5
I haven't been watching much and don't really watch TV shows.
I watched the new Transformers show on netflix, it was okay
I watched Norm MacDonald Has a Show on netflix, if you get Norm it had some good moments.
I think that's it.
I mostly play video games. Got hooked on Warframe again.
Looking forward to:
The Boys Season 2 Cobra Kai Season 3
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Post by Cory on Aug 22, 2020 18:05:35 GMT -5
OS9 Scalped Ralph final art
I was watching this on ebay when it was listed by the Topps Vault. One of the corners had damage on it with the paint scraped off. I decided not to buy it because of that. Regretted it ever since. I would have been my first piece. Instead I went with OS5 Nasty Nancy and eventually sold it.
OS3 Roy Bot final art
I finally found out who owned this. I sent a high offer (higher than it was sold for I'm told) but it was already scooped up. Late to the party and now it's owned by a guy who will never let it go.
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Post by Cory on Aug 22, 2020 17:57:47 GMT -5
I heard all of the final paintings were done before the poll. That poll made me think they were going to add some new finals based on the fan favorites. But nope! Not sure how they are going to use the poll, if in any way. They’re going to sit on it! BOOM truth bomb! They're going to make a 26 painting subset of a dinosaur throwing things DTAA DTAB DTAC DTAD etc.
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Post by Cory on Aug 10, 2020 15:55:53 GMT -5
Garbage Ping Kids - Pia Soup / Ravenous Regan - Artist Mark Pingitore Anotha One
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Post by Cory on Jul 30, 2020 15:48:02 GMT -5
Bleh.... So I was going to drop some art off today to be framed, But then while playing on the laptop I came up with a different idea. I had had frames and matte colors all picked out **see above** However Im a little OCD and I think so many colors might drive me a little mad. So now im thinking rather than have everything double matted with inner and outer matte differing between each piece, that ill double matte, but have the outer matte on all pieces be black, with just an inner accent color. Im hoping to talk to the artists and see if I can get them to sign the outer black matte in silver. That way the artists name can be visible. The process would involve me getting the mattes cut, and then mailing them to the artists to sign, having them mail the mattes back and them me dropping off the pieces to frame. It'd be a bit an a process, but I think id be super happy with the outcome. What do you all think? I did a little mockup sample below. Is this annoying for me to ask the artists to do? I dont want to be nuisance. But it really is as a way for me to frame the art nicely and still have the artists name visible to viewers. I'm all for a minimalist look and letting the art speak for itself. I think it looks a lot better with the black mat and a uniform look. I don't think the signature enhances it though. It's a distraction.
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Post by Cory on Jul 28, 2020 13:00:30 GMT -5
Unfortunately, it's an arms race. As soon as limits are imposed on some limited edition trinket/collectible, resellers find a way to create dozens of accounts, multiple mailing addresses, bots, etc. to cram out legitimate collectors/non-resellers. We are FORCED to buy from them things we covet. Sure, we could opt not to buy stuff, but then what's the point of collecting if we can't get any new chotchkies for a decent price? Sooner or later we will end up buying it. As much as I personally hate it, resellers have become part of the collecting/hobby ecosystems in our capitalistic society. I think what you describe can happen in some instances, where the resellers are running a sophisticated operation. So you are correct - you can't eliminate all reselling. But you can limit it. Not all resellers have sophisticated operations, and the ones that do aren't buying every limited edition item in existence. If the original seller imposes a buying limit, there is at least a chance that sales to resellers can be limited, and collectors can get limited edition items at reasonable prices. I collect custom-made toys that are made in very limited quantities. Buyers are limited to "one per household", and I have yet to see any of these toys resold for a significant profit (and it's rare that they are resold at all). I think buying limits are at least sometimes effective. Limiting the number a person can get just makes it so there are more hoops to jump through. If you are talking about 1000%+ profit, people are going to jump through hoops. People may get an extra few minutes before it sells out though. Buyers just need to stop being suckers. Stick the resellers with stuff they can't resell and they will fade away. People aren't in the business to lose money or waste their time. I find it rather easy to write something off as a lost cause. I don't really NEED any of this stuff.
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Post by Cory on Jul 28, 2020 9:46:26 GMT -5
I guess people are going to throw money at everything GPK related. People have to be accumulating a ton of debt during this virus. The wealthy who can afford it, or the fools that spend that much even though they can't afford it, aren't the ones I'm concerned about. I'm thinking of the collectors who would have really appreciated having a coin at its original price, but got boxed out by the resellers. Resellers are gonna resell, that's the nature of the beast. Same thing happened with the resin figurines, same thing happens with concert tickets, etc. The system sucks, and I wish buying limits were applied more often to prevent it from happening as often. Limited Edition items are the problem. Buyers are the second problem. If they'd stop paying dumb prices, resellers wouldn't resell.
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Post by Cory on Jul 28, 2020 7:45:20 GMT -5
That's me. Let me know if you want one off ebay. I'll go 325. It's actually more than 10x the cost because I got a coupon and they were only like 25 bucks each. But hey, one went on auction for 405 last night so I figured I'd cut people a break. Capitalism sucks right? Ha ha, holy s**t! Is that really you? What are the odds. I guess people are going to throw money at everything GPK related. People have to be accumulating a ton of debt during this virus.
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Post by Cory on Jul 21, 2020 14:43:39 GMT -5
He is active on FB. He is Victor Moreno and he is a sketch artist for Topps now. That's not the GPK Detective. Smetchlock Smomes hasn't logged in since 2016.
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Post by Cory on Jul 9, 2020 18:02:30 GMT -5
Honestly I think his ex is making the whole thing up. Some crazy broads out there! We'll see. I hope that if he is innocent, that he can recover from this. It's BS that people have to be blacklisted before they are even officially guilty.
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Post by Cory on Jul 9, 2020 17:29:31 GMT -5
J**** F****** C***** what’s next... Please don't ask.
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