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Crew Lounge => Book, Comics & Writing => Topic started by: saunders on January 09, 2011, 10:11:31 AM

Title: Star Trek Comics - Cheap
Post by: saunders on January 09, 2011, 10:11:31 AM
I don't know if this has come up before, but Amazon has reduced the price of their Star Trek Comic Collection DVD to $6.99.  You can't beat that for an instant collection.  The Trek Movie Comic Collection is $2.99.  I'm picking up both.

http://www.amazon.com/Star-Trek-Complete-Comic-Collection/dp/B001B5KYR2/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=software&qid=1294596588&sr=1-1 (http://www.amazon.com/Star-Trek-Complete-Comic-Collection/dp/B001B5KYR2/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=software&qid=1294596588&sr=1-1)


Title: Re: Star Trek Comics - Cheap
Post by: moyer777 on January 09, 2011, 10:28:55 AM
Thank you.  What a great deal!
Title: Re: Star Trek Comics - Cheap
Post by: Meds on January 09, 2011, 10:55:59 AM
Has anyone bought this yet? I just wondered what its like to watch comics on the computer. i could deal with one issue but a whole catalogue may be a little bit overwhelming.
Title: Re: Star Trek Comics - Cheap
Post by: saunders on January 09, 2011, 01:46:13 PM
Actually, in reading a little more about it, it looks like the movie comics are included in the complete set, so I guess I"m not going to pick that up separately.
Title: Re: Star Trek Comics - Cheap
Post by: Rico on January 09, 2011, 02:00:05 PM
OMG!!!  That's a must buy.

P.S.  Reading comics on the computer isn't too bad.  Not as comfy as sitting on the couch with a paper version, but not bad at that cost.
Title: Re: Star Trek Comics - Cheap
Post by: KingIsaacLinksr on January 09, 2011, 02:34:20 PM
I think I'm going to get this.  What a great deal.  Lots of reading material for a long time.

King
Title: Re: Star Trek Comics - Cheap
Post by: Rico on January 09, 2011, 08:15:42 PM
Placed my order for it (along with a Blu-Ray copy of "Forbidden Planet" too).  Thanks for the heads up again on this awesome deal!
Title: Re: Star Trek Comics - Cheap
Post by: X on January 09, 2011, 08:18:07 PM
remember that it won't include wrath of khan. That didn't receive comic treatment until a few years ago.
Title: Re: Star Trek Comics - Cheap
Post by: KingIsaacLinksr on January 09, 2011, 09:22:18 PM
Quote from: X on January 09, 2011, 08:18:07 PM
remember that it won't include wrath of khan. That didn't receive comic treatment until a few years ago.

Wow really?  Why is that?  That seems like a huge delay in lag time. 

King
Title: Re: Star Trek Comics - Cheap
Post by: Ktrek on January 09, 2011, 10:10:34 PM
Quote from: HawkeyeMeds on January 09, 2011, 10:55:59 AM
Has anyone bought this yet? I just wondered what its like to watch comics on the computer. i could deal with one issue but a whole catalogue may be a little bit overwhelming.

I bought this when it first was released and at $6.99 it would be a steal. I don't find it that bad to read them on a PC. You can zoom in and out as needed. Since it would be unlikely for me to ever afford to own originals of all these comics this was a good substitute even though I do have a couple complete series in my collection. There are some good stories to be read here.

Kevin
Title: Re: Star Trek Comics - Cheap
Post by: Danieru_x on January 10, 2011, 02:40:26 AM
Quote from: Rico on January 09, 2011, 08:15:42 PM
Placed my order for it (along with a Blu-Ray copy of "Forbidden Planet" too).  Thanks for the heads up again on this awesome deal!
I mistook the forbidden planet for fantastic planet, that movie scared the crap out of me (well at least the music did) anyone seen it?
Title: Re: Star Trek Comics - Cheap
Post by: Bryancd on January 10, 2011, 04:52:03 AM
Can you tranfer these to an iPad using iTunes?
Title: Re: Star Trek Comics - Cheap
Post by: Rico on January 10, 2011, 05:31:01 AM
Danieru_x - yes I have seen "Fantastic Planet" too.  Weird movie.  Been a long time since I watched it.

Bryan - I have no idea about watching these on an iPad.  If they are in the typical comic book format on the disc it might be possible.
Title: Re: Star Trek Comics - Cheap
Post by: KingIsaacLinksr on January 10, 2011, 07:42:06 AM
Quote from: Bryancd on January 10, 2011, 04:52:03 AM
Can you tranfer these to an iPad using iTunes?

It says they are PDFs, which unless they are strictly locked to the Disc (I bought these btw to see if they would play on my iPhone) you should be able to view them via iBooks are whatever other PDF-reader you have.

I could tell you in 3-5 days, but the sale might be over by then.

King
Title: Re: Star Trek Comics - Cheap
Post by: Geekyfanboy on January 10, 2011, 11:51:34 AM
Thanks for the heads up.. just picked this up..  I have all the actually comic books for these but it will be nice to have electronic versions of them.
Title: Re: Star Trek Comics - Cheap
Post by: Jobydrone on January 10, 2011, 01:41:48 PM
Good god, what an incredible bargain.  That's easily less than the price of one graphic novel collection that usually only contains four or five comics.  I thought I remembered the original price of this collection being around 40-50 bucks which is a bargain in and of itself.  They must literally have mountains of these boxes unsold if they are offering such a discounted price.

To answer Brian's question about the iPAd, the answer is yes...but you will probably want a better PDF reader than iBooks which is the iPad standard.  I use Cloudreaders, which is free and specifically designed for reading comics in a variety of formats including PDF.  I bought the Spiderman collection on CD Rom (long before I had an iPad) and the spinning of the CD in the drive bugged the
holy heck out of me while I was trying to read, so I ripped everything off the disc to my hard drive with no problem.  If it is anything like those then these should not be locked to the disc.
Title: Re: Star Trek Comics - Cheap
Post by: KingIsaacLinksr on January 10, 2011, 02:14:50 PM
Quote from: Jobydrone4of20 on January 10, 2011, 01:41:48 PM
Good god, what an incredible bargain.  That's easily less than the price of one graphic novel collection that usually only contains four or five comics.  I thought I remembered the original price of this collection being around 40-50 bucks which is a bargain in and of itself.  They must literally have mountains of these boxes unsold if they are offering such a discounted price.

To answer Brian's question about the iPAd, the answer is yes...but you will probably want a better PDF reader than iBooks which is the iPad standard.  I use Cloudreaders, which is free and specifically designed for reading comics in a variety of formats including PDF.  I bought the Spiderman collection on CD Rom (long before I had an iPad) and the spinning of the CD in the drive bugged the
holy heck out of me while I was trying to read, so I ripped everything off the disc to my hard drive with no problem.  If it is anything like those then these should not be locked to the disc.


GoodReader is another PDF reader as well, but I'll have to check that app out.  Except that its iPad only nvm me.

King
Title: Re: Star Trek Comics - Cheap
Post by: KingIsaacLinksr on January 13, 2011, 04:43:12 PM
Ok so I got the DVD and I was able to copy the comics to my Dropbox account and then view them on my PDF readers so they aren't locked, and the DVD is still on sale so I recommend getting them :)

King