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06-25-2012, 12:40 AM
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The Spirit
Join Date: Apr 2010
Location: asgard
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I reckon the bucky is grail lol
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06-25-2012, 01:43 AM
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Have you ever imagined a world with no hypothetical situations?
Join Date: Jun 2007
Location: Dark Places, the Shadows
Posts: 9,975
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I have always felt the Thor FB would be a grail for me. A piece I will never have.
I like to think this statue, that I do have, is my grail now.
Black Panther Modern Museum.
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06-25-2012, 01:49 AM
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I am da law!
Join Date: Aug 2009
Posts: 1,064
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I consider the bronze pieces grails.
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06-25-2012, 05:58 AM
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Cobra Command
Join Date: Aug 2004
Location: The great metropolis of Singapore
Posts: 4,905
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"Grail"--are we even using this in the right context?
If you went out to your LCS and bought it, how can it be a "grail"?
If it's the absolute favorite piece you own, then it's really a "centerpiece." Or THE centerpiece of your collection.
Or simply "my favorite".
A grail by definition is an object of a prolonged endeavor. If you've been lobbying to get one made for the longest time, or you've missed out when it first came out and have searched the ends of the Earth to get it, then it's a grail.
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06-25-2012, 05:59 AM
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Cobra Command
Join Date: Aug 2004
Location: The great metropolis of Singapore
Posts: 4,905
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Nitefall
I have always felt the Thor FB would be a grail for me. A piece I will never have.
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I hope you own it some day! It's a grail worth pursuing!
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06-25-2012, 06:35 AM
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Retired Reviewer
Join Date: Feb 2012
Location: Bluffton, SC USA
Posts: 5,893
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Batwing
"Grail"--are we even using this in the right context?
If you went out to your LCS and bought it, how can it be a "grail"?
If it's the absolute favorite piece you own, then it's really a "centerpiece." Or THE centerpiece of your collection.
Or simply "my favorite".
A grail by definition is an object of a prolonged endeavor. If you've been lobbying to get one made for the longest time, or you've missed out when it first came out and have searched the ends of the Earth to get it, then it's a grail.
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You're absolutely right.
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06-25-2012, 06:37 AM
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Retired Reviewer
Join Date: Feb 2012
Location: Bluffton, SC USA
Posts: 5,893
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Nitefall
I have always felt the Thor FB would be a grail for me. A piece I will never have.
I like to think this statue, that I do have, is my grail now.
Black Panther Modern Museum.
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That is a great looking Black Panther.
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06-25-2012, 08:18 AM
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Columnist Thunder Mod
Super Moderator
Join Date: Sep 2004
Location: Denver Area, between Asgard and Krypton
Posts: 21,360
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Batwing
"Grail"--are we even using this in the right context?
If you went out to your LCS and bought it, how can it be a "grail"?
If it's the absolute favorite piece you own, then it's really a "centerpiece." Or THE centerpiece of your collection.
Or simply "my favorite".
A grail by definition is an object of a prolonged endeavor. If you've been lobbying to get one made for the longest time, or you've missed out when it first came out and have searched the ends of the Earth to get it, then it's a grail.
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I agree. That's why the bronze Spider-Man and Captain America are my two grails. Far, far out of reach but, hopefully, attainable some day...
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06-25-2012, 11:05 AM
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A day without sunshine is like... night.
Join Date: Sep 2005
Posts: 286
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Batwing
"Grail"--are we even using this in the right context?
If you went out to your LCS and bought it, how can it be a "grail"?
If it's the absolute favorite piece you own, then it's really a "centerpiece." Or THE centerpiece of your collection.
Or simply "my favorite".
A grail by definition is an object of a prolonged endeavor. If you've been lobbying to get one made for the longest time, or you've missed out when it first came out and have searched the ends of the Earth to get it, then it's a grail.
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This is how I see it as well. It is for that one special item that you really want but have to work at getting if you can get it at all. I would say the Bronze Spiderman is a good example.
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06-25-2012, 11:34 AM
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The Secret Six
Join Date: Mar 2009
Location: Born in the Bronx, Shaolin is where I live.
Posts: 6,540
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Nitefall
I have always felt the Thor FB would be a grail for me. A piece I will never have.
I like to think this statue, that I do have, is my grail now.
Black Panther Modern Museum.
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I love this piece.
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