Thanks for the heads up!!! Picked up 1 of each standard covers.
I prefer this late night site update. Somehow more relaxing than the afternoon rush.The only thing I noticed as a quick sell out was Star Wars Topps cards with autographs.
Update: Hans cover was the first to sell out just now. Even at 1 per customer.
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@MisfitNJ sae I dig the late night drop. Clears out all the day watchers. I already have some ordered on Tfaw but checked my preorders and realized I didnt have cover B of star wars empire variant so I said F it n ordered some more copies of republic and some Future state Batman & Yara. S/o to @Ybeezy for the reminder.
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Thanks for the heads-up!
Bah, I take a break to do some eBay searching and it goes live.
I guess thereās MCS Tuesday night.
Looks like #2 will introduce 2 new characters (and apologies if weāve been through this already):
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Welp let the preorders begin 
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Ah so those are the ātwinā Jedis from the variant cover of #1.
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I would much rather support my local dealer.
Why doesnāt anybody here preorder their books from their local comic shop? Why do you all order online?
If you order from your LCS you are then able to pick out your best copies (maybe) and you will get them on the day of release. You donāt have to wait for shipping, and youāre supporting a local business. Win, win, win, imo.
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I have no local LCS, but would love to support them if they existed.
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Iām guessing most here employ the online/lcs hybrid approach to buying.
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My LCS would hate me would be like a stock broker calling at weird hours screaming buy buy buy everyday. That and they donāt get incentive variants for much anything.
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@jcLu For me personally, it has just led to some stress and situations where I feel like I canāt really speak my mind, or sort of feel like things arenāt quite right and Iām left out in the cold.
I love my shop, love the owners, they do a great jobā¦but there have been times Iāve asked for multiple copies, ordered things in advance, etc, etcā¦and when it comes down to it, Iām left empty handed. Whether it be missing shipments, damaged goods, āwe forgotā, etc, etc. It makes me uncomfortable to argue about the situation, call it out, or ultimately be left empty handed.
There are times, Iāve asked for a book I just know will be hot, well ahead of FOC, ask for multiples, and it just never pans out for some reason.
I donāt knowā¦for me, itās just far easier to cover my bases with online ordering and stick to my pull list, making sure Iām likely guaranteed at least one copy from my shop.
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I have a massive pull list that I get from my LCS but for books Iām buying multiple copies of to flip itās just easier and cheaper with TFAW.
I started with my LCS but they would tell me one price before FOC and then by the time the book came out they would forget or they would tell me I could buy an incentive and forget.
Overall they are great but i didnāt want to have those conversations with them so it was easier and I know exactly what Iām getting with online preorders.
If I preorder an issue 1 of something and actually like it I will switch it to my LCS pull list so I donāt have to preorder every other issue.
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I rarely visit any local shops because I prefer not to. Itās much easier to order from the comfort of my own home at a discount. When I used to preorder through the catalog at my local shop years ago if I ordered multiples I got all my books. If my shop were to pull any of what you guys are talking about Iād of said something to them. Listen I ordered multiples of this book snd thereās only one in here. I want all the books I ordered. If they canāt handle taking your order donāt shop there. As well say something when they try and pull that crap. If itās before FOC the shop has no excuse not to have your books.
Pandemic, puppy, kids home schooling, WFH, wife still has to go into work, and did I mention pandemic and my local shop gives zero discounts on pre-orders. Thatās why I order most of my books online now. Yes, the pre-order 30% off still ends up being cheaper than picking up locally when you take into account time and resources spent to go pickup.
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I do both. I rely on my LCS for back issues they pull in from collections they buy locally. When it comes to weekly releases, I have no pull with my LCS, mostly just because I donāt want to get into an argument Iāve been in before about whether I meant that they pull the NEXT Batman series after this current Batman series ends and feeling guilty about them putting it back.
Iāve found that I like showing up each week and just taking my chances on the racks. Itās no fun for me letting a pile of books accumulate in my hold and dropping $200 on a brick of comics once a month. Too much room for me to second-guess some things I thought I wanted to pull and later donāt really want. If I see it and want it, I buy it. If I leave without buying it and itās gone later, thatās my bad and good on the guy who got it. On a weekly basis, on Wednesdays, my LCS owner and I go over the next weekās Star Wars variants coming in and he sets what I want aside within reason. 9/10 when I ask for Foil Negan Lives, TMNT Last Ronin Thank You Variant, etc., he gets it to me at cover price (if it arrives) without a pull box. Itās never guaranteed and itās fallen through a handful of times before, but heās not interested in the speculator or collector market. Just interested in running a fun local shop.
I do all this to keep my patronage of my local shop. I supplement with tfaw for things that I absolutely want to guarantee I get. For example, I have all covers of High Republic #1 held for me next week at my LCS. But, Iāll be DAMNED if Diamond screws me over on this particular issue. So I have contingency plans with TFAW, Midtown, and ebay.
Take all this with a grain of salt, though, because Iām also prone to violent fits of purging my collection.
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I aināt catchin that 'rona bruh.
These are my exact reason also. I have been burned in the past with key issues or incentives not ordered after my request. I like my LCS and owner too much to have those uncomfortable conversations. He gets my pull list money and TFAW gets everything else.
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Much better discounts ordering online from other places. Itās not just about comic books either. I love the idea of supporting local businesses but theyāre also usually at least twice as expensive which makes it difficult to be a frequent shopper.