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2000 AD - The Ultimate Collection

Started by Molch-R, 27 February, 2017, 06:03:27 PM

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robert_ellis

It's odd that the subscription number given doesn't work - also is everyone's initial the first letter of their surname?
The spine looks great in hi-res. The framing at the early volumes looks odd - it's almost as if there's plans to add more volumes at a later date!

abelardsnazz

The website, http://www.2000adcollection.com/, has now been updated with a lot more info, you can zoom in on the spine art which looks great. There's also confirmation that issue 5 is Nemesis, crediting Mills & O'Neill, so presumably will be book 1 - possibly including the original Comic Rock episodes?

Molch-R - the video says Clint Langley is the spine artist, presumably left over from the test issues.

Dodsy

Do we know if the premium sub's end after the 6 issues or do they release more at a later date?

What did they do with the Dredd collection/ prints?
Twitter - @dodsy84

IndigoPrime

The premium products are released periodically, not every issue/delivery. So if there are six figurines, you're going to be getting them every dozen or so issues (so every six deliveries). And each one will effectively cost you 20 quid.

I'm still on the fence about this. I kind of wish someone could ply Matt Smith with his favourite ale and somehow get a breakdown of the books that are going to be included (or at least the 'completeness' of key series). I love the format of these books, but, man, I have a LOT of 2000 AD books already, and while I would replace them for 20 quid a month, I'm still wary about gaps in storylines. (At the very least, I'd want all of Nikolai Dante, Strontium Dog, Kingdom and Zenith, if those strips are included. I could live with bits of Nemesis after book 4, Button Man, Robo-Hunter, Rogue Trooper, Sláine, and the likes.) And 800 quid is quite the punt.

Magnetica

Cherry picking is a no brainer for me. Not going to buy stuff I already have TPBs or hardbacks of.

Guess that means no Horned God then, no Zenith, no Nemesis, no Clint Langley Slaine or ABC Warriors....

Swerty

Well I hope Ace Trucking comes along early.Some of the out of print volumes go for ridiculous prices so there's one plus.

Magnetica

Re my last post- I should have said "unless colour centre spreads are included that previously weren't in the TPBs".

So Nemesis I'm looking at you.

Bolt-01

Looking at the spinethis will be a good way to get a complete Caballistics!

Link Prime

Quote from: Bolt-01 on 07 August, 2017, 02:52:33 PM
Looking at the spinethis will be a good way to get a complete Caballistics!

Was just thinking that Bolt.

Mardroid

Quote from: IndigoPrime on 07 August, 2017, 01:14:55 PM
The premium products are released periodically, not every issue/delivery. So if there are six figurines, you're going to be getting them every dozen or so issues (so every six deliveries). And each one will effectively cost you 20 quid.

Hmm. Depending on the size of the figures that could be a very good, or a very bad deal,i.e. I wouldn't want to spend £20 on a tiny thing, even if it looked great.

And they really do look great. (If you scroll down a bit and  click on each of the four head-shots, you'll see the full figure above.) I really want to see the Dante one.

I figured Halo Jones was a blonde not white haired though, but maybe that's just the lighting.

Molch-R

Just recorded this week's Thrill-Cast with Matt Smith, who's revealing more about the collection AND the line-up - tune in on Wednesday, podcast fans!

robert_ellis

I'm glad it looks like the text pieces are continuing. The honest reappraisals of Dredd-world have been an eye opener.

Arkwright99

Am I right in thinking you can subscribe from issues 1,2,3 or 4 at any time in the life of the partwork and still get the free gifts, or do you have to subscribe from the very start to get them?

(Done the maths and to qualify for the free sketch book - which looks very nice - you have to invest nearly £160 and with the overlap on the Mega Collection I'd prefer to avoid that if I could start a subscription after the MC extension has ended and still get the gifts (although I already have the Future Shock! bluray & original DVD so not sure I need another copy except to give away).

'Life isn't divided into genres. It's a horrifying, romantic, tragic, comical, science-fiction cowboy detective novel ... with a bit of pornography if you're lucky.' - Alan Moore

robert_ellis

That's my understanding of the hachette system. In theory you could sign up for the marvel series now from issue 1 & get the free gifts. I really wish they'd not overlapped this with the MegaCollection. It seems odd to announce an extension of the original run and the 2000ad collection.

IndigoPrime

QuoteI'm glad it looks like the text pieces are continuing.
Although written by someone else, right? (A pity. I've been thoroughly enjoying Molch-R's work for the JD collection, not least the more thought-piece ones.)