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I buy one copy of every comic but two of most of the collectible items. This isn't so I can keep one 'minty-mint' to sell at a later date, though - it's so I'll have an extra cap, shirt, ornament when the old one gets lost, wears out or breaks. <br><br>Knowing that every great toy stops being manufactured at some point, I bought multiple copies of the game and expansion set so that once I've played it to death, I'll have a replacement (Oh yes, the stickers on the dice are already fading). I have two of the lunchboxes because my display copy is already showing signs of rust from the humidity. Wish I had duplicates of the posters - one has tiny discolorations from mold in the corner (even though it was professionally framed in archival glass!) and the others are fading!<br><br>I was doubly right to order multiples of the cap - my navy one is nearly white now with age and I've come dangerously close to losing it twice!<br><br>GROO, GROO, GROO!<br><br>Rocky (Groo)<br><br><br><hr id="stopSpelling">Date: Mon, 1 Mar 2010 08:42:23 -0800<br>From: GaryG@DOR.WA.GOV<br>To: elisiaone@iwon.com; groop@groo.com<br>Subject: Re: [Groop] Horder<br><br>
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<p class="ecxMsoNormal"><span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; color: blue;">Eli
Stamp wrote: </span></p>
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<span style="color: rgb(31, 73, 125);">“</span>You should wait until the graphic novel
comes out and then you can have all of them in one book.<span style="color: rgb(31, 73, 125);">”</span></p>
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<p class="ecxMsoNormal"><span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; color: blue;">No,
no, no, silly Eli! You buy the comics <i>and</i> the trade paperback. If you
don’t buy the comics, you don’t get Groo Grams. And if you don’t get Groo
Grams, you can’t see that Mark didn’t print your letter that you didn’t write.
Sheesh! </span></p>
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<p class="ecxMsoNormal"><span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; color: blue;">Of
course, I buy 2 of each. I buy two of the comics so if I want I can display
the Rufferto’s on the back cover up on my wall at the same time as I put up the
covers. And, as I have explained before, I buy two of the trade paperbacks so
I can see all of the art of the wrap around cover at the same time. I met
someone years ago who said she bought three of everything. One to read, one to
trade, and one to keep in mint condition. (And people say I’m crazy!) </span></p>
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<p class="ecxMsoNormal"><span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; color: blue;">Take
care all (and don’t give anything away to Shawn the Girl!) </span></p>
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