OT: 112th Obsequious Banter Thread: Nearing the Halfway Point of the Year

[Lord Defect]

 

[DancingPanther]

@Captain Dave Poulin

Holy shit lol

 

[JojoTheWhale]

I'm stupid but I'm going down the rabbit hole of Magic The Gathering because they have this Lord of the Rings set coming out 6/23. Some of the card art is really cool and my IRL best bud would love them. Other issue is idk if I can make him wait until Christmas to open it up. The freaking Collector's Box is like $370.

Is he ever going to play the game or is this just for the art?

I can find out what supply is supposed to be like and if they’ve committed to more than one print run.

 

[Chinatown88]

Is he ever going to play the game or is this just for the art?

I can find out what supply is supposed to be like and if they’ve committed to more than one print run.

He used to collect them and play as a little kid. But I think this would just be for the art. He's a huge Tolkien fan.

If you do find out the print run that would be much appreciated Jojo. You've got a lot of cool connects.

 

[ajgoal]

What colossal f***ing morons.

This speaks volumes considering the source.

 

[JojoTheWhale]

He used to collect them and play as a little kid. But I think this would just be for the art. He's a huge Tolkien fan.

If you do find out the print run that would be much appreciated Jojo. You've got a lot of cool connects.

Source: Guy who owns one of the largest stores on the East Coast.

More of these are supposed to be made than the Warhammer set. It scared everyone because it was super hard to find. There will be a second printing in the Fall according to WotC. Pre-orders started sky-high due to interest. They’re still high, but have come down a bit. Since you mentioned the Collector’s Boosters, distribution cost on boxes was ~290 USD. That gives you a rough idea of the floor on those.

Source: Me

Packs are fun to open. I can’t put a monetary value on that for you. If a Collector’s Box is just under 400, you might even be able to find better value in buying a full set. That’s if you don’t care about the Extended Art and/or Foil versions. Or just buy a copy of all of the main characters and/or moments so that you don’t end up paying $40 for a very good game card of a generic Orcish Bowmasters. Singles usually come down in price after launch unless they get super popular in the actual game.

There are also the Art cards that only come in Set Boosters. They end up selling dirt cheaply on the secondary market since they’re not game cards. These might be a little more because they’re Tolkien, but you can often find them for 2-5 cents/card. Or you can go even bigger and buy prints of some of the art he might like from the set. Part of their pay is that MTG artists get to sell them. You can figure 8x10 will run you roughly $20, double that to $40 for a 12x16, or all the way up to $80 for an 18x24.

 

[Young Sandwich]

@Captain Dave Poulin

 

[DancingPanther]

City of losers baby

 

[DancingPanther]

I'm stupid but I'm going down the rabbit hole of Magic The Gathering because they have this Lord of the Rings set coming out 6/23. Some of the card art is really cool and my IRL best bud would love them. Other issue is idk if I can make him wait until Christmas to open it up. The freaking Collector's Box is like $370.

Did you see the 1/1 One Ring card has a bounty of $1 mil by some company? I can't remember the company I'd have to look it up. The bounty runs until mid July or something

Edit: omg it's Dave & Adams they're just looking to get more people to buy more cards. That's shit

 

[landsbergfan]

 

[Chinatown88]

Source: Guy who owns one of the largest stores on the East Coast.

More of these are supposed to be made than the Warhammer set. It scared everyone because it was super hard to find. There will be a second printing in the Fall according to WotC. Pre-orders started sky-high due to interest. They’re still high, but have come down a bit. Since you mentioned the Collector’s Boosters, distribution cost on boxes was ~290 USD. That gives you a rough idea of the floor on those.

Source: Me

Packs are fun to open. I can’t put a monetary value on that for you. If a Collector’s Box is just under 400, you might even be able to find better value in buying a full set. That’s if you don’t care about the Extended Art and/or Foil versions. Or just buy a copy of all of the main characters and/or moments so that you don’t end up paying $40 for a very good game card of a generic Orcish Bowmasters. Singles usually come down in price after launch unless they get super popular in the actual game.

There are also the Art cards that only come in Set Boosters. They end up selling dirt cheaply on the secondary market since they’re not game cards. These might be a little more because they’re Tolkien, but you can often find them for 2-5 cents/card. Or you can go even bigger and buy prints of some of the art he might like from the set. Part of their pay is that MTG artists get to sell them. You can figure 8x10 will run you roughly $20, double that to $40 for a 12x16, or all the way up to $80 for an 18x24.

I think my IRL best bud would have a fun time opening packs. Unless somehow the collector's booster shoots up in value on the resale market, then he won't open it.

I saw all the art work for the set. I'm still trying to figure out which cards come in which packaging. Stuff is confusing. It's easier in Pokemon because every pack has a chance for every card.

Saw on MTG Goldfish that buying all the cards individually is cheaper, it's the same way in Pokemon. But it's just an early Christmas gift idea, I usually let my IRL best bud fend for himself. Got him a bunch of Star Trek figures from The Danbury Mint, he's still missing like 4 because I couldn't find them on eBay that year. Just got him the TMNT Universal monsters from NECA. Only got him Donatello and Michaelangelo for his birthday. Told him the rest were kind of meh and it was up to him to finish collecting them.

 

[Embiid]

Sweet Lucy's Smokehouse nearby there is actually not bad...

 

[trostol]

i had a chance to get on the ground floor of MtG...dude at a hobby shop back when was like almost giving them away cause they weren't selling when first released...ahh..dumb younger me

 

[JojoTheWhale]

I think my IRL best bud would have a fun time opening packs. Unless somehow the collector's booster shoots up in value on the resale market, then he won't open it.

I saw all the art work for the set. I'm still trying to figure out which cards come in which packaging. Stuff is confusing. It's easier in Pokemon because every pack has a chance for every card.

Saw on MTG Goldfish that buying all the cards individually is cheaper, it's the same way in Pokemon. But it's just an early Christmas gift idea, I usually let my IRL best bud fend for himself. Got him a bunch of Star Trek figures from The Danbury Mint, he's still missing like 4 because I couldn't find them on eBay that year. Just got him the TMNT Universal monsters from NECA. Only got him Donatello and Michaelangelo for his birthday. Told him the rest were kind of meh and it was up to him to finish collecting them.

The people who play the game can’t figure out which cards come in which packs either. That’s a complaint for every set. Don’t worry about Draft Boosters then. That’s definitely not what you want.

The way to think about Collector’s vs Set is that you Collector’s also gets you a chance at opening Extended Art Rares, Borderless Rares, the fancy version of the Foils (Showcase Ring), a higher quantity of normal Foils, more Foil Lands (the ones that look like Maps), Foil Tokens (generic Elf, Dwarf, etc), and if you’re lucky, one of the special The One Ring cards.

Set Boosters have the Art cards that aren’t in anything else.

The foils generally look way better in person than in pictures. Unfortunately they tend to curl badly unless you store them in a way that keeps them flat.

 

[Appleyard]

Been watching the Netflix:

Tour de France: Unchained

The last few days.

I would say worth a watch even if you dont like cycling. A good documentary sport series.

Albeit a few criticisms:

1. I had to watch it in French, the original, with subs (my French is okay but not thhhhaaat good). Started with he English dub but it was so annoying. The Scottish comms guy especially was painful. He sounded like he was doing audio-description and not commentating on a very exciting event.
2. The way they play up Wout van Aert as selfish and a bit of a "villain" in some ways is a bit tedious. Like, I get why for the "pay-off"... but (not going to spoil it) the way they represent it is not really how things are. Guy is a real team player and has proven it time and time again. Even though one of best cyclists on earth.
3. Not having UAE and therefore Pogacar in it... well... sucks... he is a pretty funny guy with personality and not having him is like if the F1 series did not have any of Verstappen or Hamilton.
4. I think they missed out on playing up some of the real "personalities". Roglic was not included too much, Geraint Thomas was but the guy is hilarious and a very likeable man and it did not really come across when it does in every interview he ever does. They did not have even a snippet of Peter Sagan... I mean... he has fell off like a rock but is still a "rock-star".
5. Not giving the Pogacar fall ANY air-time or building a storyline around it was insanity. It was one of the biggest moments of the tour, and people not knowing what happened? Well... I think it misses an opportunity for a lot of people to fall in love with Vingegaard... not many athletes at the top level would do what he did. He was not obliged to and Pogacar did not do the same for him at times earlier in the race, in fact increased pace with team when Jonas went down on one occasion.
6. Aparently there will be another on 2023. That could be epic. Hopefully they get UAE on board and pleeeeease have an Astana/Cavendish episode. They have to right? That will be epic. Even if he does not get his win to pass Merckx the man is hilarious.

 

[LegionOfDoom91]

 

[PDX Flyer]

I remember I-95 running straight down NJ into Delaware to get to Maryland ... to take the Penn highway or whatever side road to cut over to Philly. Am I way off with my memory? Or was the route through DE a different road that was faster ?

 

[Superman33]

I remember I-95 running straight down NJ into Delaware to get to Maryland ... to take the Penn highway or whatever side road to cut over to Philly. Am I way off with my memory? Or was the route through DE a different road that was faster ?

95 goes down NJ and then turns to go past Philly on the PA side of the Delaware River, but there is still a stretch of highway that goes straight down as describe in your post. Once 95 breaks towards Philly, the road in NJ turns into 295 until they meet up again in Delaware where it goes back to 95.

 

[PDX Flyer]

95 goes down NJ and then turns to go past Philly on the PA side of the Delaware River, but there is still a stretch of highway that goes straight down as describe in your post. Once 95 breaks towards Philly, the road in NJ turns into 295 until they meet up again in Delaware where it goes back to 95.

Thanks for the reply. It has been around 20 years ago since I drove down there. After I posted I vaguely remembered switching to a different road then getting back on 95.

 

[swami24]

95 runs from Maine to Fla. The only parts that were not completed by 70s were in mid NJ and Philly. High valued property, political connected NJ people kept the planned road from being built. In early 70s Philly, 95 ended at Callowhill, and you had to use cobblestones Del Ave to get through center city. Philly part was built, but the connection to the NJ part was just partially finished in Bucks Co. They still have to build the full PA connection. A good friend has spent his entire career engineering the PA connection.

 

[trostol]

only road i wanna drive on is route 66

 

[Embiid]

This dude has become famous

Perfect Philadelphia accent: A hoagiemouth take on I-95 collapse

It’s not just how the dude speaks that has people in awe of his absolute Northeast Philly-ness. It’s also what he says.

billypenn.com

 

[LegionOfDoom91]

This dude has become famous

Perfect Philadelphia accent: A hoagiemouth take on I-95 collapse

It’s not just how the dude speaks that has people in awe of his absolute Northeast Philly-ness. It’s also what he says.

billypenn.com

That tweet perfectly sums up being a young 20 year old in NE Philly.

 

[Hollywood Cannon]

@Beef Invictus

 

[mja]

This dude has become famous

Perfect Philadelphia accent: A hoagiemouth take on I-95 collapse

It’s not just how the dude speaks that has people in awe of his absolute Northeast Philly-ness. It’s also what he says.

billypenn.com

These are my people. I grew up down at Cottman and Frankford and I still take (took?) that ramp down to visit family.

This dude's accent is particularly strong, though he reminds me of a bunch of dudes I grew up with. Mine is extremely faint and my father's is even fainter, but he grew up next to NE Philly, not in it. Oddly, my mother, brother, and especially my sister all have more pronounced accents.