Positron's Costume Cards for Sale

[Felderburg]

Saw this via paragon Wiki in the tweets section: Matt "Positron" Miller is selling a bunch of costume code cards that he found: http://www.ebay.com/itm/City-of-Heroes-Costume-Cards-lot-from-the-collection-of-Matt-Positron-Miller-/331234455213?

[ScottyB]

I was thinking about mentioning this but decided against drawing too much attention to it.

Although now that I've been outbid I don't mind. :innocentwhistle:

[Felderburg]

I was thinking about mentioning this but decided against drawing too much attention to it.

Although now that I've been outbid I don't mind. :innocentwhistle:

A hahahaha! I'm not bidding, and I saw that it hadn't been mentioned here, so I thought I'd post. Although there's the same amount of bids as yesterday (but a higher price), so I guess not too many people from these boards are interested.

[Eoraptor]

this is definitely the pessimist in me talking, but the fact that he had a box of these just sitting around may speak to a fundamental failure in publicity and meatosphere interaction that could have saved the game two years before it went onto the chopping block.  :-\

[Shenku]

this is definitely the pessimist in me talking, but the fact that he had a box of these just sitting around may speak to a fundamental failure in publicity and meatosphere interaction that could have saved the game two years before it went onto the chopping block.  :-\

That was one thing that always bugged me about the "marketing" department... They never really seemed to do too much marketing, and generating attention for the game to new players had always been a weaker point to the game...

[Felderburg]

I recall comments from... maybe Black Scorpion? noting that NCSoft hadn't given them any sort of marketing budget, so there is that.

As for the cards, it's possible they were from a giant pile of convention stuff that Positron grabbed when he left, or something like that.

[Kaos Arcanna]

I'd have been tempted to maybe pay $20-$25.00 for an autographed one, but I can't see spending money for the whole box.

[Black Pebble]

this is definitely the pessimist in me talking, but the fact that he had a box of these just sitting around may speak to a fundamental failure in publicity and meatosphere interaction that could have saved the game two years before it went onto the chopping block.  :-\

There are other signs of failure, but it's normal to have a ton of small con swag left over. Especially for the more esoteric items such as Costume Code cards. Shirts, and more bulky items are usually the first to run out. But anything on paper, or plastic cards, tends to outlast civilizations.

[Thunder Glove]

I was more concerned that him having several auctions open right now might mean that his Cryptic job may not be paying the bills as well as his Paragon job did.  I hope that's not the case.

[The Fifth Horseman]

Or perhaps he's just getting rid of old stuff he has no use for anymore.

[Eoraptor]

Or perhaps he's just getting rid of old stuff he has no use for anymore.

more likely this. before ebay it would have been a garage sale

[Felderburg]

I was more concerned that him having several auctions open right now might mean that his Cryptic job may not be paying the bills as well as his Paragon job did.  I hope that's not the case.

I'm on the "getting rid of stuff" side of things, but if you're right, he's going to have to sell a LOT more than these cards - the highest bid isn't even $300.


...Although I'm sort of surprised it's as high as it is. I wonder if the buyer will store it, or sell a bunch of the cards individually for a profit.

[MMODesigner]

I was given a stack of cards to hand out to people at conventions, fan gatherings, cons, etc. This is what remains.

As for me having several auctions open right now means that I am in the process of "pairing down" the amount of sheer stuff I have in my life (to make room for all new stuff!).

The Tau Army that's up for sale is a co-worker's who doesn't eBay. It's not my Tau Army (my Tau will never leave my possession).

There will be other auctions in the future. And maybe even some City of Heroes stuff that I have laying around.

EDIT: If you're curious, this is ALL my costume code cards. There won't be another auction from me about costume code cards. (As you may have noticed, I found some more and added them to the auction mid-week).

[Thunder Glove]

Okay, I didn't really think so.  But I'm a worrier by nature, and things like that pop into my head :)

[Black Pebble]

The bum even ebayed the Flowbee I lovingly expensed for him.

[MWRuger]

I wouldn't read anything into this other than OMG I have way too much stuff. I recently gave away a Klingon Phaser replica from the Franklin Mint. Also a bunch of cloisonne pins from the Original Series for this very reason.

At some point you just want to simplify your life. All that stuff went to someone who really will appreciate it and I don't have to dust it or sort it or move it. I would have auctioned it, but I would rather have the time than the money at this point.

[Felderburg]

Klingon Phaser

...isn't that a disruptor?

[mrultimate]

The bum even ebayed the Flowbee I lovingly expensed for him.

Say it aint so!

[MWRuger]

...isn't that a disruptor?

Probably. You can see I wasn't invested in it. The person who I gave it to was. It went to a good home.

I really ought to do more of that so some poor bastard doesn't have so much crap to sort through when I quit it.

[Quartex]

..... I wonder if the buyer will store it, or sell a bunch of the cards individually for a profit.

I was the auction winner.  I collect paraphernalia from a few games, but am especially into "City of .." stuff, with an emphasis on Villain related items.

I hadn't considered selling any of them .. I just thought they'd make a fun & unusual addition to my CoX collection.

I asked Matt if he would sign 10 of them .. 9 of the sdcc/comiccon & the Villains time card.
The Villain card I wanted for myself (I didn't have one) .. I plan on giving away most of the other signed ones.

I have a facebook page devoted to my CoX stuff at : https://www.facebook.com/CityofVillains ..  Just a page for fun, but it has a good number of 'collectable' CoX things many people haven't seen.