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WCDT strips 4311-4315 (20-25 July 2020)
Tova:
--- Quote from: Cheetaur on 21 Jul 2020, 21:36 ---Not quite sure I understand today's strip. Sometimes Im thick headed....but what does her having a sealed copy of an Anime (even pron one) have to deal with May getting a new body or fundraising. I could see if it was worth thousands of dollars...and she was going to use it for retirement....and then wanted to share the decision with Dale...but still not sure what it all means. :?
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Okay. So I can explain in story terms and in joke terms.
In story terms, this is another instance of May's friends finding ways to chip a bit of cash into her fundraiser. They plan to sell the anime and donate the proceeds. Every bit helps, basically, and all of her friends are chipping a bit in.
In joke terms, the strip sets up joke by creating an expectation that Marigold has unveiled a way to raise a significant amount of money, as it appears that the unsealed copy would be extremely valuable. And then delivers the punchline by subverting that expectation in explaining that the anime is not really worth all that much.
That's all, hope it helps.
Sorflakne:
Art shift...Dale and Marigold look way different, as if they're several years younger than their last appearance.
--- Quote from: Cheetaur on 21 Jul 2020, 21:36 ---Not quite sure I understand today's strip. Sometimes Im thick headed....but what does her having a sealed copy of an Anime (even pron one) have to deal with May getting a new body or fundraising. I could see if it was worth thousands of dollars...and she was going to use it for retirement....and then wanted to share the decision with Dale...but still not sure what it all means. :?
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That's the joke. It's built up as being a super rare anime that is impossible to get and worth a lot of money, only for it to be like $90. Still a nice sum they can use for a donation, but not the thousands of dollars the comic builds our expectations to be. Also serves as an example of a Shaggy Dog story.
Cheetaur:
Thanks Sorflakne and Tova, I see now...I appreciate the answers. :) Be well all
Gus_Smedstad:
--- Quote from: Scarlet Manuka on 21 Jul 2020, 20:36 ---While I take your point, that's not evidence of anything much unless they're actually selling at that price.
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True. I didn't do any in-depth research, I just did a quick search. ET being the canonical example of something horrible that is still a collector's item.
If you search on sold listings on eBay, it runs from a high of $965 to a low of $90 for a new, sealed copy, to $5 for a working cartridge with no box or manual.
Why the price range for sealed copies is so wide is beyond me. Four copies sold for $400 or more, and there are dozens in the $150-$200 range.
--- Quote from: Sorflakne on 21 Jul 2020, 21:44 ---Also serves as an example of a Shaggy Dog story.
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Links to TVTropes should probably come with some sort of warning that you're about to disappear down a rabbit hole and may be following tangential links for hours.
Tova:
--- Quote from: Gus_Smedstad on 21 Jul 2020, 21:59 ---ET being the canonical example of something horrible that is still a collector's item.
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The way you say "still a collector's item" would, if I didn't know better, lead me to think you believed it is collectible in spite of being famously horrible, rather than because.
BTW its infamy is one of those truthy things that everyone says because every says it, though, right? There are a ton of YouTube videos claiming it's not as bad as people say. Just putting that on record.
Disclaimer: I've never played it myself. I do recall watching a YouTube video of someone who decided to try and play through it. It was pretty amusing, I'll grant you that.
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