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Post by coinilius on Nov 24, 2012 8:23:14 GMT -5
Yep, it seems that Blackstar had some impact in France! It's also good that Pif Gadget seems to have been a very well loved magazine, as there is a community of people who collect it and are trying to preserve it - I believe I know the romanian forum you mentioned, it was a great resource when I first started researching the Pif Gadget comic! I posted a link to it in another thread awhile back, I think.... With enough patience you can also track down the physical copies when you know what issues to look for - I have about half of the Blackstar Pif Gadget stories in physical form, but I got sidetracked when I moved house earlier in the year and stopped collecting them. I did manage to get the free gift of a Blackstar themed mini-pinball game! I don't think Blackstar had much impact here in Australia lol That link you posted really was great - some interesting comparisons of Scorpio and Kadray, and the pic of the Blackstar boardgame...  I would never have played it, but that cardboard stand-up artwork alone would have been enough for me! |
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Post by blackstar76 on Nov 25, 2012 7:31:47 GMT -5
Trully, the cardboard stand up artwork is awesome!! Glad you found the pinball game, it's great if you like that short of stuff. As far as I'm concerned I would be glad to own at least the pg physical copy!!
As you can see, the greek company's main issue was cutting cost. I mean, no painted gloves, no capes, fake silver paint for the trobbits that faded away in a month... It was a shame. And, although we see terra trobbit in the rear of the packaging, instead we got carpo!! In a weird green transparent colour too!! You can check it out at the link, there's a small photo of overlord's packaging with this trobbit. There's also one selling on ebay right now for 75 dollars. I think the guy is asking too much for this kind of trobbit…
With a thorough search I managed to find out the pg issues that included blackstar stories, but I've never had the chance to read the edition lug story!!! It's great that with your help |'ll finaly get to read it!!!
You know, I found the edition lug comic in a french site called price minister, but I don't see paypal anywhere,
which would make things very easy for me, and when I registered they never asked for an adress... Do you know anything about it? I could use some help...
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Post by coinilius on Nov 25, 2012 8:07:25 GMT -5
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Post by blackstar76 on Nov 25, 2012 8:22:11 GMT -5
Wow, thank you for this man!! I just asked the guy if he could send to Greece!!! Oh man, this could be my lucky day!!!
Yep, the green trobbit is a wander, LOL!!! It was there from the beginning, the guys at el greco just messed things up, haha!!!
Did you see the 3pack or the designs for vehicles? Now that's a collector's dream...
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Post by coinilius on Nov 25, 2012 8:29:38 GMT -5
No problem - always happy to help out a fellow Blackstar fan  Good luck with the auction! And that three pack is awesome, but then I am always suckered in by things like that (special 'packs' of figures) |
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Post by blackstar76 on Nov 25, 2012 8:39:07 GMT -5
Yea, I get the point with this special pack thing...
Did you get the first wave of blackstar figures in Australia? Or just laser light like us?
Thanks again for the ebay link!!!
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Post by coinilius on Nov 26, 2012 3:45:52 GMT -5
In all honesty I'm not sure - I only really have strong memories of the Laser Lights but I assume the originals would have been distributed as well.
How's the ebay auction going? Do they ship to Greece?
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Post by blackstar76 on Nov 26, 2012 5:57:30 GMT -5
Thanx to you, I'm currently the highest bidder and they do ship to Greece!!!
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Post by coinilius on Nov 26, 2012 7:14:18 GMT -5
Awesome! Fingers crossed |
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Post by blackstar76 on Nov 27, 2012 8:14:11 GMT -5
5 hours remaining...
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Post by blackstar76 on Nov 27, 2012 13:13:41 GMT -5
I WON!!!! Hey coinilius I won!!! I got the lug comic!!!
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Post by Motorhead on Nov 27, 2012 14:54:04 GMT -5
Congratulations for the wonderfull news man!
And a huge thanks for the greek comic plot!
All the story came back to my memory.
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Post by blackstar76 on Nov 28, 2012 1:14:15 GMT -5
Hi motorhead! It's been a while. Did you get my pm? I asked you about your collection of figures...
Yea, thanks to coinilius I finally got the lug comic!!!
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Post by coinilius on Nov 28, 2012 5:43:47 GMT -5
Congratulations on the win Blackstar76! That's great news - hope you enjoy it! I think it's a pretty interesting addition to the Blackstar mythology - especially seeing the differences like Blackstar having amnesia and Overlord's interest in Earth...
Actually, that is a plot-point that was used in the Pif Gadget comics as well - the idea that Overlord wants to conquer other worlds as well as Sagar.
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Post by blackstar76 on Nov 28, 2012 8:22:10 GMT -5
You know, we could talk for hours about the similarities and differences between the comics. Take Tongo for example. He seems to be in charge of the demons in the greek comic, and the same goes for the pif gadget comics too (where the demons are called crystallynx). I don't know if the same happens in the lug comic yet. We can start a new thread about it...
Let me do some scans of the greek comic, and you're gonna be the first to see it (thus I can show my gratitude), I can send it to your email if you want, and then you can post it in the yahoo group for all to see... I'll do the translation and post it here.
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I would never have played it, but that cardboard stand-up artwork alone would have been enough for me!
Good luck with the auction!