[Groop] Helping the newbies

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	Hopefully without sounding like I am post padding, even though I
do not care for such things (since after all I am not a soccer goalie),
I thought it might be nice to direct some of the new Groopies to a
couple of sites where they can still actively find not-so-common Groo
merchandise, OTHER than eBay. I got this idea because I recently brought
up a few of those rare eBay finds and there have been a couple of posts
from newer members in the past few weeks. I also remember my personal
experience from after I was a member of the Groop for a number of
months. I still had not found some of the uncommon stuff out there and
did not know about these sites, so I figured this info could be helpful
to some. :)

	So, for those who are not in the know you might want to check
out:
http://www.graphittidesigns.com/
	This is Graphitti's official site, so I believe all the prices
are the original MSRP. In the past I would just go to their site, then
be able to type in "Groo" as a search, which would bring up all their
Groo-related merchandise. Unfortunately now it seems when I type in Groo
it just does not list any search results. Maybe it is a bug on their
part. Whatever... if you just go into the merchandise headings you can
find these specific Groo items:
T-SHIRT
	- MISC.
		-- Groo: 20th Anniversary T-shirt
BOOKS
	- TRADE PAPERBACK
		-- Life of Groo Trade Paperback
		This is the graphic novel even though it is technically
a TPB.
STATUES
	- Groo & Rufferto cold cast statute
OTHER GOODIES
	- CLOISONNE & SCULPTED PINS
		-- Five of six cloisonné pins
		2)Rufferto, 3)Tarranto, 4)Sage, 5)Minstrel, 6)Chakaal

	For quite a while this Graphitti Designs site had the limited
edition hard cover Groo Graphic Novel in stock at the original price.
Unfortunately I bought mine on eBay for much more before knowing about
this site. :( Even more unfortunate it seems they no longer have the
hard covers in stock anymore.

	Sometimes, other than eBay, you can find the hard cover graphic
novel (as well as many other Groo publications) at
www.milehighcomics.com. They are pretty cool in the way they stock and
express the condition of their collectibles as well as the reflected
prices and you can also see just about every cover image of every Groo
publication. In the upper left type in "Groo" and hit the "search what's
in stock" button just below it to obviously see what they have at that
moment.
	However you might also want to actually hit the "Marvel Comics",
"Image Comics" and/or "Dark Horse Comics" and do a search within each of
them for Groo. By doing that you will see rather complete lists of Groo
book publications under each publisher even if the particular books you
might be looking for are not in stock. What is good about this is you
can then add a specific book to "your want list" and when mile High gets
it in stock you will be notified. :)

	Apart from these sources you can also go to "Things From Another
World's" web site at
http://www.tfaw.com/Search?frompage=userinput&_results_sstring_search=gr
oo&_results_sstype_search=
	...and you will see everything they have of Groo. They have many
of the Dark Horse trade paperbacks, which were collected reprints of the
Marvel/Epic comics. On the TFAW site these range in price from to $5.97
$7.77. For those who may not realize it, all that run of trade
paperbacks have titles which start in alphabetically ascending order
(for example: Library, Maiden, Nursery, and Odyssey). The last published
so far is the Odyssey. The earlier trade paperback reprints from the
"Adventurer through the "Garden" were actually reprints by Epic/Marvel
(not Dark Horse) and are much harder to find.
	TFAW also has some of the other trade paper back reprints, but
of the four Dark Horse Groo Mini Series they published. On the TFAW site
they range in price from $5.97 to $8.37. Originally there were four
mini-series runs each with four comics. The trade paper backs of these
consist of four trade paper backs with their respective four comic
stories collected inside each.
	Apart from publications TFAW also has both the Groo Lunch Box
for only $7.50 and the 7 piece Groo PVC figure set for $23.99, both at a
very reasonable price in my opinion.