[Groop] New eBay finds

[Gary Grossmann]

Hi Folks!

I don't know anything about the necktie.  I've never seen it before.

Tone has it right about the two lead mini packs.  Sergio didn't get the art 
to them before they wanted to start selling them.  There is no difference 
whatsoever between the minis themselves.  It's just the packages.  btw, It's 
a different Dark Horse.  The minis were made by a little company in Idaho 
totally unconnected with Dark Horse Comics.

The Voice of the Children and Cartoonists Constitution lithographs have 
original Groo drawings by Sergio (and art by dozens of others) and so they 
are Groo List items.  They both come in inexpensive poster versions and 
expensive numbered lithographs that have all of the artists' actual 
signatures, not just photocopies of the signatures.  The two ebay items are 
the posters and the one is way overpriced at $99.00.

The Groo in the Eclipse Comics 10th Anniversary Poster is not drawn by 
Sergio, so it's not a Groo List item.  (It's on my list of "Groo by Others") 
I've got one around here somewhere.  No one should pay $100 for it.

Anywho, Take care all -Gary G.


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Tone" <Tone at moon-shine.net>
Subject: [Groop] New eBay finds


> I just came across a necktie with designs on it from Sergio,
> although it does not appear to have any imagery of Groo. Still I thought
> some people in the Groop might be interested in it:
> http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=190091061142
>
> Next up are two of those rare Groo miniatures, both pack #702
> and both from the same seller. However one pack is with the red blister
> pack and the other has the green blister pack with Groo characters on
> it.
> For those who do not know, the reason why there are two versions
> of each of the miniature packs (5 in all) is because from my
> understanding the custom packaging with the Groo imagery was not made in
> time, so Dark Horse used a generic blister pack it had just to get the
> miniatures out to the fans sooner. Eventually the green blister packs
> with the Groo characters on the background became available, so they
> re-issued the miniatures in those.
> Red pack in pretty good condition:
> http://cgi.ebay.com/SERGIO-ARAGONES-GROO-25mm-figures-702-RED-CARD_W0QQi
> temZ320091357353
> Green pack in not so great shape, but with no missing pieces:
> http://cgi.ebay.com/SERGIO-ARAGONES-GROO-25mm-figures-702-GREEN-CARD_W0Q
> QitemZ320091357416
> I suppose if you were an extremely anal collector you might even
> try to collect 10 packs in all (5 red and 5 green), but good luck.
> Besides you would be denying other Groo fans the opportunity to have
> some of their own. By the way, if you are picky about the condition of
> the packs... DO NOT BE. Seriously, the miniatures are pretty hard to
> come across and when you do find them they usually are not in the
> greatest condition. In case you are wondering it appears the fourth
> (Warriors & wenches) and the fifth (The multi-piece dragon) seem to be
> the most difficult packs to acquire.
> Oh yeah the seller seems to have some other Sergio related
> items, so some of you might want to look at the rest of his auction
> listings. And for those newer Groo fans out there, he actually has a
> complete 120 comic set of the Marvel/Epic issues. That would be the bulk
> of anyone's collection I would imagine.
>
> Apart from those little eBay gems, it seems I also come across a
> few scattered posters with Groo in them all the time. I do not seem to
> match these with Gary's official/un-official Groo merchandise list
> though. Perhaps I am missing something though because Gary is QUITE
> thorough when it comes to Groo. The posters I run into quite often are
> group "shots" of numerous comic characters, like this one:
> 1986, VOICE FOR CHILDREN poster, 19x25"
> http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=320091347066
> ...and this one:
> 1987, CARTOONIST'S CONSTITUTION poster, 19x25"
> http://cgi.ebay.com/1987-COMIC-STRIP-POSTER-SPIDER-MAN-GROO-PRINCE-VALIANT_W0QQitemZ6614535683
> ...and yet another:
> 1988, ECLIPSE COMICS UNIVERSE poster, 34x22"
> http://cgi.ebay.com/ECLIPSE-COMICS-POSTER-MIRACLEMAN-ZORRO-GROO-ROCKETEE
> R_W0QQitemZ140056674711
> I do not know if Gary or other people know about them or
> consider them at all Groo collectables. Personally I do not have any of
> them in my own collection, but I am curious what other people think.
>
> _TONE_
>
>
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