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Offline Zenergizer

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January Monthly Wacky set
« on: January 26, 2021, 06:34:28 PM »
I thought it may be nice to have a separate thread for us to talk about
January's set, figuring that we should start getting our shipments any day now.

For me, it's the most solid set in a long time, not a bad title in the bunch!

The gags are great, the artwork is even better! 

I think my favorites (for the ones I've seen, and it's most of them) are Fez,
Hamburger Belcher, Escher Sketch (that title alone cracks me up...), Poofs and
Big Pulp (Pat C is amazing!)

Offline Slaytex99

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Re: January Monthly Wacky set
« Reply #1 on: January 26, 2021, 07:50:32 PM »
Nice, still waiting for my set.  Showed up as still in FL today.  Looking forward to the new set.   :great:

Offline DrDeal

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Re: January Monthly Wacky set
« Reply #2 on: January 27, 2021, 03:22:53 AM »
My pack is set to arrive on Friday. Looking forward to it!

Andrew

Offline RawGoo

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Re: January Monthly Wacky set
« Reply #3 on: January 27, 2021, 03:44:23 AM »
I thought it may be nice to have a separate thread for us to talk about
January's set, figuring that we should start getting our shipments any day now.

For me, it's the most solid set in a long time, not a bad title in the bunch!

The gags are great, the artwork is even better! 

I think my favorites (for the ones I've seen, and it's most of them) are Fez,
Hamburger Belcher, Escher Sketch (that title alone cracks me up...), Poofs and
Big Pulp (Pat C is amazing!)

You beat me to it!  I just finished opening my sets a little while ago.

First off, I agree, this is a quality set.  When they were weekly "sets" I had a hard time appreciating the art because it seemed all my time was going towards keeping track of what I had received, what I was waiting for, etc..  Much as I wanted to, I never could get around to a review thread.  Hell, I didn't get my July through December sets into pages until a few weeks ago, and that was an awful lot to digest at once.  And this set was shipped very quickly!!

Having a "wrapper" cover card for the checklist is fantastic.  And the special Wacky Packages box is a really nice touch.  I also appreciate that there is less packaging waste - 10 sets is 10 bubble envelopes instead of 40!!

So glad they stopped with the Ludlows!!!  And, as I mentioned elsewhere, I prefer not having special Guest Artist cards - just let the guest artists contribute to the set, and publish artist names on the sale webpage!  This is much cleaner, especially since the monthly checklists in 2020 included the GA cards, even though they were chase cards.

I already have my January sets in pages, and have some initial favorites, but want to wait a day or two to pore over them a little more, but Flubb and Cranky Land struck me as wonderful right away.
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Offline BattleCaps

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Re: January Monthly Wacky set
« Reply #4 on: January 27, 2021, 05:18:25 AM »
I still haven't gotten my shipping notice yet  :'(

Offline drono

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Re: January Monthly Wacky set
« Reply #5 on: January 27, 2021, 08:18:58 AM »
I still haven't gotten my shipping notice yet  :'(

Mine is scheduled to be delivered today.  Since it's coming USPS, we'll see.  I got two magazines dated December 2020 delivered yesterday, where I'd already gotten the January and February 2021 issues.

Offline Fanatical_and_Sickly

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Re: January Monthly Wacky set
« Reply #6 on: January 28, 2021, 10:20:23 AM »
Mine is “scheduled” for delivery today, but as it’s still in the Raiders of the Lost Ark warehouse near Atlanta, GA, I don’t think that’s going to happen

Offline bludevilok

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Re: January Monthly Wacky set
« Reply #7 on: January 28, 2021, 09:52:55 PM »
Is it stuck in Ellenwood with mine, Fanatical?  Mine were also supposed to be delivered today, but I noticed that they were still in Ellenwood, GA.  Naturally, the delivery date has also been delayed.  As usually happens, my Wacky sets get sent to Ellenwood, GA, they stay there for at least a week, then FINALLY they move fast.  That Ellenwood Fedex office needs to get their act together!  Grrrrrr!

Offline Fanatical_and_Sickly

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Re: January Monthly Wacky set
« Reply #8 on: January 30, 2021, 12:09:37 PM »
Is it stuck in Ellenwood with mine, Fanatical? 
yes, good ole Ellenwood. My Wackys used to head up 75 and then take a beeline west on I-10. Only took a few days. Now they stay on 75 on up to Atlanta, and then left to ripen for several days before moving on again. Fedex really mucked up their routing last fall and haven't fixed it yet.

But good news, I received them today!
Really loving the Yellow box the case arrives in. First Wacky sticker box we had in several years now. Love it, and looking forward to a new one (I hope!) every month.

 

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