<table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0" ><tr><td valign="top" style="font: inherit;">Which just goes to show you should never, ever throw anything away because there is some lunatic out there who will pay $100 for it in 25 years :-)<br><br>I don't know if any of you read 2000AD but there was a Judge Dredd story where he meets the Junk God - a man who owns the old landfills from the 20th C. The Junk God is a billionaire because collectors in MC1 pay through the nose for old toasters, hub caps, etc.<br><br>Womble<br>Unfortunately my other half doesn't see it that way...<br>
<br><br><br>--- On <b>Sat, 6/12/08, Grossmann, Gary (DOR) <i><GaryG@DOR.WA.GOV></i></b> wrote:<br><blockquote style="border-left: 2px solid rgb(16, 16, 255); margin-left: 5px; padding-left: 5px;">From: Grossmann, Gary (DOR) <GaryG@DOR.WA.GOV><br>Subject: [Groop] Groo Coup!!<br>To: groop@groo.com<br>Date: Saturday, 6 December, 2008, 1:04 AM<br><br><div id="yiv1370435634">
<title>Groo Coup!!</title>
<p><font size="2" face="Arial">Hi Folks!</font>
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<p><font size="2" face="Arial">About 6 months ago, a Groo item I had never seen or heard of before popped up on ebay. It was a parochial Anime Fanzine from the early 80's with a Groo sketch used as a cover. (Groo being chased by a monster robot. The magazine was CFO Magazine, Vol. II, No. 3. </font></p>
<p><font size="2" face="Arial">I figured it would go for $25-$30 (afterall, it was a sketch, not a full blown drawing) But I put in a bid much, much higher than that and much to my surprise, I was outbid! And I thought, well, at least I jacked the price way up on the guy. (Harumphh!) Then it turned out that the other guy was a Groopie; our own Anil! (Oops! Sorry Anil!) </font></p>
<p><font size="2" face="Arial">Naturally, I immediately launched into Search Mode. I mean, heck, how hard could it be to track down a 25 year old fanzine produced by a fledgling local Anime fan club? Well, it was a little tough. But a few weeks ago I struck pay dirt and actually tracked down a mint copy. Yay! I also managed to get one for Yoda, my faithful partner in crime. </font></p>
<p><font size="2" face="Arial">Now if I could just find one of those Groo Buttons that Chriten made for the 1988 San Diego convention…</font>
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<p><font size="2" face="Arial">Take care all,</font>
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<p><font size="2" face="Arial">Gary G. </font>
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