WACKY PACKAGES POSTCARD SERIES 7 - COMING THURSDAY, 6/23/11

[Dr Popper]

Ah...  Thanks for the explanation.  I was wondering what was up.  Was the sellout time really 18 minutes?

According to when I first saw them go live it took about 1 hour to sell out.

[koduck]

I just tried a different computer in my place and I can still get all the way through to checkout... And it hadn't been on the site yet.  Weird.

It's most likely some invalid or cancelled orders getting put back in inventory. If anyone still wants a set, I'd encourage you to visit the page throughout the day.

[Rabid Shaver]

Rebooted My Puter.....can get all the way to confirm....maybe some people still have some in their shopping cart from checking??

[koduck]

Just curious - any color sketches this time around?

a handful

[Campy]

I just logged back into Topps site and they do not show sold out. It still lets you add them to your cart but I stopped there so I don't get my order canceled. It appears that there are plenty?

[Rabid Shaver]

Oh, Well....if they sold too many....Neil will just have to get back to work then... 

[Hustler08]

I just logged back into Topps site and they do not show sold out. It still lets you add them to your cart but I stopped there so I don't get my order canceled. It appears that there are plenty?

Yea its working for me now...must be my cache...

[koduck]

I just logged back into Topps site and they do not show sold out. It still lets you add them to your cart but I stopped there so I don't get my order canceled. It appears that there are plenty?

Just called and got a confirmation that a few sets (less than 20 as of this writing) are still available due to invalid/canceled orders.

[Dr Popper]

I just logged back into Topps site and they do not show sold out. It still lets you add them to your cart but I stopped there so I don't get my order canceled. It appears that there are plenty?

I think if people are testing the ordering out to see when they sell out and add items to the cart, if they don't go in and remove them afterwards they will sit there reserved for them, which would prevent others who haven't ordered yet from ordering. 

[BumChex]

Today we broke the previous forum record from July 2010 of 66 on-line at once.

New record: 82 - Woohoo!

I think we had about 53 guests on the forum at that time. A lot of lurkers and not members.

[cmgmd]

Postcard sets still available at this time - 2:15pm.  Just got my 3.  Thanks Neil.

[BumChex]

Postcard sets still available at this time - 2:15pm.  Just got my 3.  Thanks Neil.

Looks to be locked down now!

[JasonLiebig]

We based it off of last year's Halloween set and 500 seemed to be a good number.

Wasn't the Halloween set the one that didn't have an "unlimited" edition release?  

I think 500 is a fine edition number, whatever the case, but basing numbers around that particular postcard release would seem be misguided, since the scenario is rather different.  

[chickenfat2010]

Postcard sets still available at this time - 2:15pm.  Just got my 3.  Thanks Neil.

It says OUT OF STOCK at the website now. Sold out in less then three hours!!!

[JasonLiebig]

It says OUT OF STOCK at the website now. Sold out in less then three hours!!!

Yeah, after hearing it's been sold out for the last two hours, I'm finally seeing that message.  Three hours is a darned quick sell-out. 

I hope that the advance e-mail, and order limit, covered the folks (like myself) who missed out last time. 

I LOVE the apparent theme of this Postcard series, but don't want to spoil it, in case folks are avoiding looking. 

[Joe G.]

Since Jay is one of the artists that means Jay painted a Wacky.  I know he's designed a ton of them but is this the first time he's painted the final art for one?

[jaylynch]

I painted the HURTSEYS KISSERS one in one of the early ANS series.  So the postcard one is the second Wacky I actually painted the final art of.

[NEZHEAD42]

I just got a shipping confirmation from Topps that the postcards have shipped. Whoo hoo!

[BumChex]

I just got a shipping confirmation from Topps that the postcards have shipped. Whoo hoo!

I did to. Mine will be here tomorrow early!

[RawGoo]

I did to. Mine will be here tomorrow early!

I got a shipping notice too.  No tracking info yet, but with luck they'll be here tomorrow afternoon.

[Dr Popper]

I did to. Mine will be here tomorrow early!

You suck.

[BumChex]

You suck.

Hey, that cost me an extra $55 to get them that quickly. Anyone can do it. Even you could have gotten them for about $20 more. I think $55 will be very small in the grand scheme of things. These will be selling for over $150 on ebay starting tomorrow.

[RawGoo]

Hey, that cost me an extra $55 to get them that quickly. Anyone can do it. Even you could have gotten them for about $20 more. I think $55 will be very small in the grand scheme of things. These will be selling for over $150 on ebay starting tomorrow.

I didn't look to see what overnight shipping would cost me - it was an extra $55 for just 3 sets??  Yikes!  I HATE paying a lot for shipping, especially when I also get tagged for sales tax on the shipping fees.  And, I don't plan on putting anything on ebay, so getting items listed there right away isn't a concern for me.  So, I'll just cross my fingers for a delivery tomorrow.  The tough part will be NOT looking here and seeing the spoilers before my sets arrive.

Actually, I find it quite sad that these will be on ebay at more than triple the price by tomorrow.  Wonder how many forum friend missed out on this....

[BumChex]

I didn't look to see what overnight shipping would cost me - it was an extra $55 for just 3 sets??  Yikes!  I HATE paying a lot for shipping, especially when I also get tagged for sales tax on the shipping fees.  And, I don't plan on putting anything on ebay, so getting items listed there right away isn't a concern for me.  So, I'll just cross my fingers for a delivery tomorrow.  The tough part will be NOT looking here and seeing the spoilers before my sets arrive.

Actually, I find it quite sad that these will be on ebay at more than triple the price by tomorrow.  Wonder how many forum friend missed out on this....

I don't plan to sell on ebay. These will probably be all keepers unless there is a duplicate in there. I may sell some postcards but not the sketches.
I want them fast so I can prepare myself for what to expect when they hit eBay.
I don't want to wait a week to receive them so I had to overnight. You east coasters will get them in a day or so. Someone told me overnight shipping in your area is about $30 so compare that to $10 that you paid plus you are guaranteed to have them tomorrow otherwise they may not ship until tomorrow and then you have to wait all weekend.

[DrDeal]

No email yet, probably because I ordered them around 8 minutes after 12 due to them not coming up on the search page. Only after seeing the link here did I have success. Also, I am out of town tomorrow thru Tues so it will be torture to not see them or start trading for the bios untill tuesday. I hope I can still make a bio trade on Tues night. No internet where I am going.  very glad they went on sale today and not tomorrow. I feel like we were treated very well in this sale and it was not announced days early to keep the scalpers from taking complete control of this release. I am very psyched about the theme of this release.

Regards,  DrDeal

[Dr Popper]

Did anyone notice that the sketch card shown on the Topps site has more space for the drawings than the prior postcard series?  They have quite a bit more space to work with, similar to the Old School format.  It's been fun watching the progression of these sketch cards.  If that sketch they show in their website image is any indication they could be the best series yet.  That sketch is awesome.  I don't know who Pat C. is but the other artists are all solid, so I can't wait to see the sketches.  No Smokin Joe this time though.   

[Playbug]

It says OUT OF STOCK at the website now. Sold out in less then three hours!!!

Guess I got real lucky, ordered and got confirmation of the order at 2:45pm ET. After that went back to the site and it then said, "sold out".
I thought this might be that the site was set up to only allow someone's internet address to checkout one time for the limitation reason.

[RawGoo]

I don't plan to sell on ebay. These will probably be all keepers unless there is a duplicate in there. I may sell some postcards but not the sketches.
I want them fast so I can prepare myself for what to expect when they hit eBay.
I don't want to wait a week to receive them so I had to overnight. You east coasters will get them in a day or so. Someone told me overnight shipping in your area is about $30 so compare that to $10 that you paid plus you are guaranteed to have them tomorrow otherwise they may not ship until tomorrow and then you have to wait all weekend.

I didn't think you were planning on selling your sets on ebay.  And, if you end up with a duplicate sketch, you might do better to wait for a trade here.  With regular delivery sets not arriving until next week, it might be hard to tell which ones on ebay this weekend are 'tough.'

No UPS tracking info for me yet, so looks like I'll have to wait all weekend. Still, I'd rather put that $20 towards a couple of regular sets, assuming those come with a different bonus card. 

[lucidjc]

This will be my first Postcard set ever so waiting the weekend will be hard. I figured 42+ for shipping overnight was not worth it also. I will put that money into another box of OS.

[bandaches]

Hey, that cost me an extra $55 to get them that quickly. Anyone can do it. Even you could have gotten them for about $20 more. I think $55 will be very small in the grand scheme of things. These will be selling for over $150 on ebay starting tomorrow.

So you are more interested in what these will fetch on ebay tomorrow versus actually looking at the product for the first time tomorrow?

[bandaches]

I don't plan to sell on ebay. These will probably be all keepers unless there is a duplicate in there. I may sell some postcards but not the sketches.
I want them fast so I can prepare myself for what to expect when they hit eBay.
I don't want to wait a week to receive them so I had to overnight. You east coasters will get them in a day or so. Someone told me overnight shipping in your area is about $30 so compare that to $10 that you paid plus you are guaranteed to have them tomorrow otherwise they may not ship until tomorrow and then you have to wait all weekend.

"I don't plan to sell on ebay. 
I want them fast so I can prepare myself for what to expect when they hit eBay."

[deadpresidentsvisa]

                                                                     I feel like we were treated very well
 
[/quote]I would like everyone who reads this 2 know the inspiration for the poster art is a painting NeiL recently painted for me.I found out a short time ago I will be getting no credit for this what so ever.Probably 4 monthes ago I searched the poker dog art and the thought hit me,replace the dogs with wacky packages characters so I shared my idea with NeiL,who was available at the time,NeiL did the rough sketch then painted the art which i have officially owned since May 4th.Now, my painting is slightly different from the poster,my painting has Alfred b Neuman at the table,Alfred was replaced by Cinder Bear for the poster,the other change involves the "art" being lifted by the Tombs burgler these are the 2 main changes.So apparently the Topps guy can change 2 things and then it's his baby,well i want you to know i searched the poker dog art when the concept came 2 me,i chose which characters were at the table,i asked NeiL if their was room on the back wall showing the Tombs burgler lifting the "art" and suggested to make the chair backs lower so they would not get in the way and the Dork's 4 aces poker hand.Neil's contributions are over 100 hours put into this painting,the 9 lives cat stealing from the Klepto guy,the cat clock on the back wall,the cheatah under the table and the Captain Moron bottle,hopefully i am not forgetting anything.One and most likely two of us were not treated very well!

[JasonLiebig]

                                                                     I feel like we were treated very well
 
I would like everyone who reads this 2 know the inspiration for the poster art is a painting NeiL recently painted for me.I found out a short time ago I will be getting no credit for this what so ever.Probably 4 monthes ago I searched the poker dog art and the thought hit me,replace the dogs with wacky packages characters so I shared my idea with NeiL,who was available at the time,NeiL did the rough sketch then painted the art which i have officially owned since May 4th.Now, my painting is slightly different from the poster,my painting has Alfred b Neuman at the table,Alfred was replaced by Cinder Bear for the poster,the other change involves the "art" being lifted by the Tombs burgler these are the 2 main changes.So apparently the Topps guy can change 2 things and then it's his baby,well i want you to know i searched the poker dog art when the concept came 2 me,i chose which characters were at the table,i asked NeiL if their was room on the back wall showing the Tombs burgler lifting the "art" and suggested to make the chair backs lower so they would not get in the way and the Dork's 4 aces poker hand.Neil's contributions are over 100 hours put into this painting,the 9 lives cat stealing from the Klepto guy,the cat clock on the back wall,the cheatah under the table and the Captain Moron bottle,hopefully i am not forgetting anything.One and most likely two of us were not treated very well!

That's too bad.

Think how C.M. Coolidge, Brown & Bigelow, Mad magazine, and all the folks that have aped the Dogs Playing Poker piece must feel...

I'm sure the guy who came up with Wolverine's playing poker must be offended about Topps ripping off his rip-off...

http://www.geekologie.com/2010/03/forget-dogs-wolverines-can-pla.php

Yes, aping the "Dogs Playing Poker" image is not a new or original idea...  but it can be a fun one. 

[deadpresidentsvisa]

                                        quote author=JasonLiebig link=topic=1340.msg31295#msg31295 date=1308877253
So were all crystal,I am not claiming to have come up with a great original idea.I had to make a post letting whomever know this was my idea i shared with Neil,how else am i going to get a little bit of credit for this art i got the feeling Neil was not going to mention anything.

[JasonLiebig]

                                        quote author=JasonLiebig link=topic=1340.msg31295#msg31295 date=1308877253
So were all crystal,I am not claiming to have come up with a great original idea.I had to make a post letting whomever know this was my idea i shared with Neil,how else am i going to get a little bit of credit for this art i got the feeling Neil was not going to mention anything.

It's a fun idea.  Good for you!