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General Section => General Joe Talk => Topic started by: custo on April 20, 2005, 10:43:06 PM
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Hey guys
Justin Barnhill set up this great registry for collectors so please take a few minutes and join up.
http://www.silentcastle.com/cobracommand/reqaccess.php (http://www.silentcastle.com/cobracommand/reqaccess.php)
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I signed up and your the only "local" in there. Montreal isn't local lol
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What does one get out of signing up exactly?
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my thanks!
:D
here is a copy/paste of my post from yojoe.com:
Interested in meeting other local collectors? If so, you may want to check out www.cobracommand.org (http://www.cobracommand.org). It's a little site I've got going with the sole purpose of helping collectors find one another.
If you travel, wouldn't it be great to drop an email to a collector who lives in or around your destination to get info on decent local toy shops? or arrange a quick meeting for trading? or just to hang out and chat?
How about a quick way to build an email list of other local collectors to get or distribute info on toy shows in the area?
The 12 inch collectors have many local and area clubs, why not 3 3/4? Hopefully this site will help those collector's find one another and get those clubs up and going.
I became interested in finding other local collectors about a year or so ago....after combing the message boards for a few weeks, I managed to locate about 6 or so local collectors with whom I now regularly exchange email....with the registry (and of course participation from everyone) I could have found them in minutes.
I'm not attempting to supplant message boards as the primary method of communicating with other collectors, just offering an alternative for making real world contacts. It?s great to get real-time feedback via face to face chat with other collectors. I can sit at home and quietly search ebay all day for joes and never even communicate with other collectors, but what?s the fun in that? If you are visiting this message board (and reading this section especially), its probably because you are looking to communicate with other collectors - why not attempt to do so face to face?
Just a few thoughts from me... www.cobracommand.org (http://www.cobracommand.org) check it out....if nothing else, offer up suggestions so that the site may improve and become a destination worth checking out!
thanks!
I've added support for you guys north of the border (and every other collector known to man) and a form to report bugs. I've also been trying to stay on top of small requests made by users and still stay on track w/the updates I have planned.
It's basically an idea I've had in my head for awhile brought to life. If you want to check it out, do so and feel free to let me know what you think!
thanks and sorry for the long 1st post!
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Don't forget to keep checking back for new users! People are signing up every day!!!
Also, keep spreading the word about the registry!
Thanks!
Justin Barnhill
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The reason why this is a such a cool idea is that I do often travel throughout Canada. I have met up with a few collectors in my travels. The registry just serves as a backup if I can't find the contact info before hand.
Spread the word.
And Custo, I editted the thread title to reflect about the registry. "Everybody please read" sounded like you were dying or something. lol
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The registry is still going (and growing) strong. Thanks to all who have signed up.
Keep checking back for new collectors!
Also, check out the contest page ( http://www.silentcastle.com/cobracommand/contest.shtml (http://www.silentcastle.com/cobracommand/contest.shtml) ) for info on current, past, and upcoming contests!!
thanks!
Justin