Rather than add to the general thread, just going to go through my pick-ups at NYCC this year.
Booth Freebies
The VeeFriends booth gave away blind card packs last year that still sell for hundreds. This year was toned down a bit…they were handing these packs out all day, every day.
The Walmart booth was a good score. You had to go through a series of simple “tests” to score tokens, which were turned in for free comics. They were also handing out packs which contained a VeeFriends convention exclusive comic.
But the big score was the Spawn #1 - Spawn 77 variant NYCC exclusive. You got this if you bought one of three Spawn figures…OR, if you are lucky enough to be around the booth at the right time Friday, Todd McFarlane signed a copy for you after his Walmart live stream.
If you were patient enough to stand in line for over an hour to play the Courtyard IO setup…you got to hit the big red button and win a random graded card or comic.
At the Marvel booth, you could sign up for a year of Marvel Unlimited for a promo price of $50 (normally $69). This also came with a Magic the Gathering variant cover of Amazing Spider-Man #1 (2025), and a promo playing card. Most sights said this was Thursday only, but I picked mine up Friday morning.
PLUS you got an exclusive action figure (I got Nova), some pins (Hellverine / Rocket) and a patch.
Also, I bought a con exclusive of Ultimate Spider-Man #21 ($15) and that put me over $70…and I got another comic (Marvel Zombies Red Band con exclusive).
Hoping flipping the USM, Zombies and Figure may pay for the subscription.
At the CGC booth, if you submitted a comic for grading you got a copy of Avengers #31 Peach Momoko cover. I’m not showing it here because I opted to also get it graded since I was only sending in one comic as it was.
But they also gave me this CGC pin and Vibes CGC exclusive game card…turns out flipping this card may actually pay for my submission! We’ll see.