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Post by MarvelManOz on Jul 2, 2012 7:33:09 GMT
Hey Guys, Picked up this recently and from what I've read there's more? Does anyone have any? Firstly I'd love to know more about them if someone knows and secondly would like to buy or swap stuff if anyone wants to get rid of them. Cheers all.
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Post by primenova on Jul 2, 2012 11:48:50 GMT
Never seen that before. What is Berni - a store chain? or company
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Post by Jim on Jul 2, 2012 16:52:44 GMT
Wasn't it a chain of restaurants, Berni Inn? I dimly recall them and that they had kid's menus. Maybe they gave away free comics in a Happy Meal kind of a way.
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Post by Jaymz on Jul 2, 2012 19:50:47 GMT
Yeah, it was a give away at Berni Inn. There's definitely a #113 from Berni Inn too. See this post from Zudobug on this forum.And #130 which I own. The differences in #130 are the cover, the blank Transformations page and no Headmasters competition on page 15, instead there's an advert for the Action Force comic.
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Post by The Doctor on Jul 2, 2012 19:57:48 GMT
Jings. I knew about the freebie version of #113 but not the other two. Good finds!
-Ralph
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Post by Philip Ayres on Jul 2, 2012 20:49:19 GMT
Burns: there are Berni versions of DWM and other Marvel UK issues....
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Post by Andy Turnbull on Jul 2, 2012 22:48:57 GMT
A new quest has been started...
Andy
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Post by Benn on Jul 2, 2012 23:20:08 GMT
I have lived in this country my whole damn life and have never heard of Berni Inn. What the heck is it?
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Post by Andy Turnbull on Jul 2, 2012 23:24:34 GMT
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Post by MarvelManOz on Nov 10, 2012 2:31:04 GMT
After some serious searching for the past few months and using some great contacts OS, I was able to take my Berni Funtime Editions up to 4 of a known 5. Pretty cool huh Still chasing the other one if anyone has it and wants to sell.
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Post by Jaymz on Nov 10, 2012 22:12:07 GMT
Very nice, never seen the Galvatron or Magnus ones before.
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Post by The Doctor on Nov 12, 2012 19:00:59 GMT
Hurray!!!
-Ralph
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Post by Marc Graham on Nov 12, 2012 20:51:09 GMT
They look in great nick, very nice, although the corners missing some of the art takes the edge off 'em for me - impressive rarity tho - so kudos.
Never heard of Berni though, but its a quite interesting connection.
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Post by MarvelManOz on Nov 13, 2012 1:00:13 GMT
Thanks for the comments guys. They are quite a rarity indeed. I'm surprised I've been able to get as many as I did considering how often you ever see one. The conditions vary but are mostly fantastic, just some slight yellowing on some. No pages missing, writing or cuts so that's great! If someone can get me a copy of the #130 edition I'm happy to pay well and include some extras from the rest of my collection. And of course, if anyone ever spots or discovers another, please post it in here Cheers!
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Post by MarvelManOz on Nov 13, 2012 1:08:01 GMT
On the art side, I'm quite the opposite. I like the fact that they are distinctly different from the others. If you have the originals, you get the best of both ....especially considering these are few and far between.
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Post by inflatabledalek on Feb 9, 2017 8:13:24 GMT
I have to give a big thanks to this thread as it's made the Berni's Inn piece I'm writing today more interesting/confusing than it would have been.
The two issues I won on Ebay this week (101 and 107) are both completely identical to the mass release versions, complete with Captain Rikk competition in the later. Which made me assume they were run in the Inns the same week as their general release (ie, Marvel didn't specially pick some old highlights), else they'd be annoyed by competition entries weeks or months after it ended.
The "Same week" thing would also tie in with all the picked issues being Part 1 of a story, hooking the kids with a free sample and making them pay the next week for the conclusion like some sort of Mr Big in Live and Let Die.
So discovering at least one of the issues was changed more substantially is excitingly to find out and throws up questions (was at least 130 published later than it was originally? Were they all and this was the result of complaonts about previous issues having competitions in that had ended? Was it just random?).
Do you mind if I borrow your pic of the Transformation page to 130 for Transformation Jaymz?
I did try and work out some sort of pattern to the issues (did Berni get one a month in rotation with the other Marvel titles on offer? Actually, them hanging around the chain for longer than a week would explain the competition deletion even they did originally come out the same time as their numbered counterparts), but it does seem almost completely random. Though the longer gap before the final one suggests there might be at least one other unknown out there.
Incidentally, extensive research (Googling) can't find any evidence of any titles other than TF and Doctor Who magazine being used for Berni Fun Time.
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Post by Jaymz on Feb 9, 2017 21:34:46 GMT
Do you mind if I borrow your pic of the Transformation page to 130 for Transformation Jaymz? Go ahead. Do you want pics of the other changes too? And if you mention me for photo credit, use Jim Wilson, no weird online handles like Jaymz.
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Post by Pinwig on Feb 9, 2017 21:36:42 GMT
Lot of angry faces on those covers. Ultra Magnus looks horrified at the prospect of being given away free in a restaurant.
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Post by The Doctor on Feb 9, 2017 22:08:05 GMT
He wants paid for his services.
-Ralph
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Post by inflatabledalek on Feb 10, 2017 7:14:10 GMT
Do you mind if I borrow your pic of the Transformation page to 130 for Transformation Jaymz? Go ahead. Do you want pics of the other changes too? And if you mention me for photo credit, use Jim Wilson, no weird online handles like Jaymz. That would be absolutely awesome, I can always add more later. And proper name credit will be given! Thanks again.
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Post by inflatabledalek on Feb 10, 2017 14:48:51 GMT
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Post by Jaymz on Feb 11, 2017 18:35:04 GMT
That would be absolutely awesome, I can always add more later. And proper name credit will be given! Thanks again. Here's the other change in the issue: Original on top, Berni below. Excuse the competition entry being cut out of the page, I forgot I needed to replace that issue.
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Post by inflatabledalek on Feb 12, 2017 20:30:57 GMT
Thank you good sir, will add that one in the morning.
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Post by inflatabledalek on Feb 16, 2017 21:09:39 GMT
Took a little longer than expected to get on the PC, but added and thanks again!
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