Is the OMNIBUS Hobby DYING Too?!
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- Опубліковано 5 жов 2024
- I've seen a lot of collectors come and go when it comes to statues AND the omnibus hobby, With the economy in the shape that it is, and collectors tendency to buy more than they read.... I had to ask, Is the OMNIBUS hobby DYING as well?
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I’ve got more than 200 omnis and as long as they keep releasing omnibus titles I’m interested in, I’m still buying, even though I’ve ground my statue buying to almost a halt. Aside from the differences with prices and resellability, books are more fun to collect since you get active enjoyment out of reading them whereas statues just sit there and look pretty.
Indeed😊
I don’t know anything about statue collecting so can’t really say if that is dying or not. But Omnibus collecting I feel is going strong to be honest with so much stuff either getting reprinted or brand new stuff never been collected in the format getting released I wouldn’t say Omni collecting is dying or dead I say it’s more alive than ever to be honest.
I would say omnibus 's are going good because you get older X men or spiderman in a book 📖 that would costs $1000's if you where to buy each book individually.
@@JJ-qo3cz agreed
@@JJ-qo3cz. I collect omnibus of suicide squad and venom
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I know of a lot of single issues collectors getting fed up with the CGC grading dramas and the market inestability that sold all or some of their collections a moved to Omnis.
I just started collecting Omnibus only a couple years ago and I can't even think about buying singles or trades anymore. So I'm still gonna keep buying until it becomes a problem financially.
I started getting into Omnis right before the pandemic and have I no plans of stopping collecting them. I typically try to wait until they are around 50% off though to save money. I love the hunt of getting the best deal and I love reading. It’s a win-win for me.
Where do you buy them?
Idk, I have to read anything I buy to justify the purchase. I’m a nerd so I also just like to keep up as much as I can while juggling work, family and all the other things life throws my way
I love my omnibuses especially the bronze age collections. I stopped buying statues/busts, but I will continue to buy omnibuses
Theres still a ton of stuff that could be collected in Omnis, especially classic DC stuff. I feel like this year and next year Marvel is doing Omnis of too much modern stuff that were either flops when they came out, or are easily available as trades and hardcovers. I'm still into it, but i have been buying less and reselling more in the last year. I hope the Omni hobby doesn't die, that's pretty much the only comics i buy these days and usually stuff from the 60s-90s.
I don't think so. It is only natural to wait for the whole run to be completed to get an omnibus thus the gap between purchasing is big. I always prefer omnibus and tpb over individual issues. I don't buy comics to resell, I buy them to read them, and I always prefer completed volumes and have a peace of mind not to run around finding issues that i missed
I'm in my forties now and I absolutely love omnibus. I have a blast collecting all the stuff I used to read when I was younger and having it all in order in single books is so nice
Still getting but more selective in what i purchase, more inclined to finish runs that i started collecting in omni form, but space is becoming a issue.
got a used bookstore near me, was buying tpb whenever i saw one i wanted. evetually stopped because i had almost every book i wanted, but then i got a used copy of moon knight omnibus vol1 at that shop because it was 45 dollars. i now have 19 and counting.
Stopped buying statues to focus more on Omni's and collected editions but only what I like such as Marvel cosmic and X titles and image books. Easier on space. No plans on stopping. And yes I am reading, slowly but surely.
I started my omni collection at the start of the pandemic. Since space is limited, I had the “what would I bring on a desert island” approach to make sure that I got what I really wanted. So I have to make sure it’s something I’ll go open up more than once. For the most part, I built up a collection with a good mix of characters and eras and actually don’t foresee buying any more in the near future.
Just recently started collecting them. And I plan to get the upcoming Spider-Man Omnis like the Ben Reilly saga and the clone saga ones. Unfortunately the daredevil ones I wanted are out of print on Amazon but I have a good collection of Spider-Man omnis, ultimate Spider-Man omnis, and miles morales omnis. along with a Batman grant Morrison (soon to be more) and the venomnibus by cates and stegman.
I love comics
Me too!
I love my Omnibus collection. I always wanted to have a library. I have a wall in my room that is nothing but Omnibus and a stack of them in the closet. I need to go buy another Kallax!
I keep an Omnibus on my night table and read a few issues almost every night before going to sleep. I don't collect statues, but I do collect Action Figures: Batman Hush and X-men from Mafex, Movie Avengers from SHF, DC Multiverse from McFarlane and random cool stuff from Mezco. I have 3 Bookshelves full.
I've been going back and forth between omni and compendium. With the popularity of invincible lately I had to go cop the 3 compendiums but I kinda find them similar to omnis anyway
Yo, I discovered your channel in 2019 and re-watched all your videos to train myself on how to approach the Omni hobby. I started purchasing omnis later that year and like you said, the reprints started coming through the next few years. I got into collecting at the right time, and because of the reprints I was able to get all the essentials. I'll continue to purchase omnis as long as they're instock and under retail. Gotta stay stretching that spine!
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The price per page is actually very good compared to single issues. As most, I cannot read as fast as I buy but I would probably cut my single issues pull list in half before I stop buying Omnibuses.
If there’s something I really need to read I’ll just borrow it from my local library. It’s been a minute but the last collection I bought was the fancy hardcover edition of From Hell, and that was like 3 years ago.
Ive kinda slowed down a bit since ive been focusing on other expensive hobbies. Especially when at the range 😆. There's still many more Omni's I need to read and pick up though.
I started around that covid era myself in collecting omnibuses. Just fell in love with the consistent designs, formats and able to read these lovable stories on my terms. Life has been very hectic lately. But I have calmed down on the buying due to pretty much having what I wanted out of my collection so my wallet thanks me. I just finished reading all of the TMNT IDW collection (1-13) and about halfway through UXM vol. 1. DC really needs to step their game up with consistency of their omnis and Superman omnis.
Started a couple years ago and no plans on stopping
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I’ve got 250+ Omnis. You’re dead right. I have no idea if I will have time to read all of them but I will continue ti buy, collect and get thru them slowly. I found the hobby about 3 years ago and love them
Lol, I just got into the Omnibus game. Picked up about 20 or so this year and have been really enjoying some of my favorite golden age and 90s (don't know the age) arcs and a little bit of new stuff I never read.
Been collecting omnibus since 2006. Just recently I went over 6 months without buying any books but of course the bug has bit again and I am making up with it during the black friday sales.
I collect omnis and trades.
It gets expensive especially the out of print DC stuff but I do see omni collectors kind of being filtered
It’s definitely becoming more expensive and that definitely has made me turn from some.
I started collecting Omnis during the pandemic and I' ve been collecting and enjoying reading them for a few years now
Same here. I started when covid started and a library now
Gotta say, I have a few omnibuses but I prefer paperback. Easier to read and don’t take up as much space
In the end it will take the same space
Paperback takes more space and looks way worse. @@dannyc8876
neither are dying, all collections from omnibus and statues to sneakers and funk pops have their ups and downs
The fact you used Funko pop as an example shows everyone how much copium you're sucking back.
Indeed
Just got into omni collecting 1-2 years ago. I went hard collecting a lot of older and OOP books and I’m pretty much caught up with everything that’s out for the stuff I’m collecting (X-Men, Batman, Spider-Man)
The biggest issue I have with collecting omnis is space. I'm used to buying things to read well in advance of actually reading them.
I still collect omni's; more than I can read tbh. I like having a back log of material to read just because I am at heart a reader, but I do enjoy the collecting aspect of the hobby.
I have definitely slowed down since my start in 2020 but I would say that with my collection I might have read about 20% of them. I do get side tracked with a few new single runs and some indie trades. But overall I feel I will keep collecting the Omni /absolute format for years to come but will give away/sell books I have no interest in reading again.
(Oh thanks for the mention! I would definitely pick one up in a heartbeat! Its just my wallet that's not ready...)
I think it's just slowing down well especially last few years. As a dedicated trade paperback reader, I'm more realistically likely to get an always readable omni especially when there's a great sale! And when there's a major multi-title historic event like OG Age of Apocalypse that's sequential and Infinity Gauntlet epic. I've also realized in a nicebreaction video to get me to easily pick up a series without much ado, have a reading magazine style display shelf so you van enjoy single covers esp for limited series, and tucked in reasonable standard vinyl covered white backboarded singles!
Yea, still collecting. Next year is gonna be busy. Wolverine 5, all the Daredevil, X-Factor 1, Trigun, Vinland Deluxe, Road to Onslaught, Perlude to Mutant Massacre, Xtreme X-Men 2, New Mutants 3,
It gets expensive, you know.
Space, time, and money.
That's just the new stuff. There's plenty of already released books I'm tryna get.
I started getting into non superhero absolutes and omnibuses. I believe people will continue to buy these as long as the characters or storylines speak to them.
trying to be more picky about what I collect . Kind of just want to do the grunwald captain America as far as starting new omnibus runs .
I started collecting omnis mid last year. I have 15 but read them all, my rule is: buy-wait delivery-read-put on the shelf and start again. And I throw trades and standard size hardcovers in between. So I've read everything that's on my collection.
Been there, done that. Sadly after some time you'll crack like we all did. First 1 omni then 10. And the pile keeps getting bigger.
In many cases it’s the only way to read full runs. Dc and marvel allow paperbacks to run out of print pretty quick. As long as they keep releasing titles I care about I will keep buying
I can't wait for the Uncanny x-men omnibus vol 2 to come out to complete my collection, the re printing should be out October 2024.
Ι buy a lot less nowadays but mainly bc i already have like 95% of what i always wanted to have in the format..ofc there is always a new release that will catch my eye but not so many, thankfully for my wallet🤣
Went hard on the hobby during covid times and now i can relax a little and finally read them..i think i ve read like 15-16 out of the 95 i have but i had already read the material of many of the others in other formats..still,i think i have reading material for the next 5 years 🤣
I feel like this whole comment is like 80% of us lol
The problem about statues is shipping them. They have risk of coming out broken. I received broken statues that had bubble wraps before. Books are soo much easier to ship and cheaper to ship.
I find good deals on some of these used/liquidated trades right now from Ollie's and LCS, but i am starting to get over that a bit because of how great Omnis are long term. I have found great wildstorm comics at ollies i woulda never tried if not for that
To quote *Dirty Harry Magnum Force,* "a man's got to know his limitations." My limit is around 50. After reading cover to cover, I donate it to the library (Certain that somebody was elated to see "Avengers Vol. 1" by Hickman suddenly appear on a library shelf). I've recently bought Vol. 2 and so far, another good read.
Yes but I have a lot of omnis and other collected editions that I have to read and I've more or less run out of space for statues. At the moment I'm more into artbooks than comics or statues, I just received 10 artbooks this week and they all look absolutely gorgeous. Nice to try out something else, just collecting one thing gets boring after a while.
I'm still collecting but few and far between. I live in canada and they are expensive, around $156 a book.
I think that the pandemic buying craze has tampered down and everyone who jumped into the hobby, myself included, have realized that now we just want what we know we will read or in my case re-read. FOMO def drove the market for awhile, and now people are being more conscious about that they buy. Plus times are rough and money can be tight right now so so that is def hindering the market too. But I don’t think it’s dying, just balancing off from the pandemic highs.
Yup!
I think it's best to just get the one's you are interested in reading. Collecting everything just seems like a waste. The ones you are generally the most excited about getting to read and own are the best and you can read them over and over. That being said the only omnibus I really buy are the Uncanny X-men Volumes and Wolverine. I'll get the new volumes of both and have reading through them very slowly in between weekly new comics and manga. I'll get an occasional extra omnibus if it's for an absolute steal and also something I like. I picked up a New Avengers Omnibus from an indoor market for 40 bucks, stuff like that. I'm hoping they reprint the Jim Lee Claremont X-men 1 Omnibus. That's one I missed out on but I have a rule never to pay over market for anything.
Even I stepped back from collecting EVERYTHING. And I was the Every Omnibus So Far guy 😂
Yea I remember. Did you ever feel embarrassed about having certain Omnibi in your collection? Maybe not embarrassed per say but something that made you think what the fuck am I doing? lol@@GemMintCollectibles
@@undead797 not really embarrassed… because even having Muppet Babies was still kind of funny
Omnibus 's are good because you get like 33 comics for like $75.00. It's a good deal when a new comicbook is $5.00 plus
I keep my omnibus collection to select runs, characters, creators that im interested in. Ive taken more breaks to collect physical media like blu rays/dvds and older video games
I’ve bought one in the last few years. I just don’t have the space for it. I’m more of a floppy comic kind of guy, but I do like buying some because I like how they look on my library shelf.
I just started collecting this month and I already have 11 omnis. I’ve read 2 so far
I started collecting in 2016, I have a little over 100 on the shelf. I have about 36 titles on my omni wishlist. And the only whale is JLA/Avengers.
I plan on stopping once I have completed my wishlist and white whale. Nothing modern interests me enough to collect in Omnibus format. The only exception is the Immortal Hulk.
never was an omni buyer, i stopped collecting statues last year. stopped buying comic books long ago about 5 yrs ago. I collect 4k movies and some pokemon cards
I've got roughly 14 Omnibus books on my shelf currently. A couple of them were gifts although I haven't been buying lately as I am running out of space. Would love to get a bigger place so O can get back into it.
I’ve just learned about omnibuses and got into comics about a week ago. I haven’t read comics since I was a kid in the 80s. It is a bit overwhelming. I’m more interested in reading what’s interesting than what’s valuable.
The omnibus i feel like are cool trophy items to have on your shelf. but for the practicality of reading them, they're so big and heavy and hard to comfortably read, which is mostly why i switch to epic collections.
I bought soooo many omnibuses in 2023. At least 30.
In 2024 from what I see being sold and because I have so many I may buy only half or less of what I bought in 2023.
And I’ll be searching for good prices 60% off if I buy more then that.
The reason many are sold sealed is because it has max value. Usually you can get 25-50 bucks more when you sell the book if it’s sealed.
Also try to get the DM variants. Those sell a lot better.
Especially in the early days… those old school DMs 🤌
I have been collecting for 7 years already but have stopped reading & buying twice for a total of about 3 years the itch to read always comes back I just get so cought up with other things going on in my life that I dont have time some years or months as I'm sure we all have does moments
I buy Omnibus’s. I dont really consider myself a Omnibus collector though. I just buy the stories I like. I’m not sure what a specific Omni collector wants? Do they now want them to reprint them?
There are a lot of OOP books that ppl still want. There are still a lot of older stories from the big 2 that ppl want the treatment for.
I definitely buy at a faster rate than I can read them. For the first year, two years I wasn’t doing much reading, just collecting. But the bigger the collection got, the more buried I felt in reading material. So now I buy them a bit more steadily and try to read at least an issue or two everyday from my omnis. Almost done with Lee & Ditko Spidey vol 1! Great silver age stuff
Been scooping up the Sandman absolutes, Spawn Origins, and anything Darkhorse releases that catches my eye. I have all of the deluxe manga releases and a lot of their library edition books. There is a book outlet warehouse I check every few weeks, and I've actually found quite a few Marvel and DC omnibus there for 75% off sticker price.
Darkhorse is honestly such a good publisheer
I love Omnis and do read them. Sometimes it’s hard for me to find some new ones I want to read and buy without doing a lot of research. The comic book stores in the local area are not very good so I have to order online. I am always looking for recommendations.
I’ve done the same thing with manga, I’ve bought 1,500 volumes in the last year & half and I’m doing my best to get through them. It’s going to take me a long time.
Indeed😊
I will never sell my omnibuses I’m currently reading Ultimate Xmen & just bought the Ultimates. Currently reading the boys Omni and Invincible Compendium
dc compendiums have been good to me
made me realize i don't really care for oversized art for most comics and i like the cheaper price
Definitely had my gung ho phases. Currently in the process of trying to sell all my collections of comics, slabs, manga, omnibus and tbp along with collectibles and it’s challenging to say the least
I was happy that I got this Black Friday iron studio complete set for 320$ That’s a good deal there
I’ve gotten most of the omnis I want, but I still think it’s the most economical way to read these older stories. So, I think the omni market will stay steady.
I stopped collecting omnis a few months ago because of rising costs. I even sold almost half of my books to raise some funds for a rainy day. I still read via digital platforms (marvel u) and still buy books, most of which are Image ohcs. For me image books are still affordable and have superior build and page quality. And I find the stories from Image to be more entertaining and have re-read them more.
I always tell myself, "Omni's are too expensive...", as I intentionally ignore the 20 or so short-boxes in my closet.🤥
Only Ommis I have is Attack on Titan, But I have a lot of hardcovers and trade. Haven't bought any since covid tbh.
After I left statues and floppies I started selling off my keys and having the bigger books I've always wanted along with omnibuses. I dont think it's dying as to me, it's an investment in my retirement years. The stuff I dont read now or find interest in I can potentially find that interest in later years. If anything Id think its growing as more people find that floppies aren't what they used to be, and they can just get the collected editions later. A lot of reprints on books that were whales before peaked my interest more and Ive bought more simply because something was reprinted that I didnt have. Anyway cheers everyone!
I only started buying omnibus books like two-and-a-half years ago. Yep, I'm still buying them and get excited for new releases.
Reading them? Lol, it took me _A WHILE_ to get through the Amazing Spider-Man volumes 1-5. Spider-Man is my favorite comic book character but reading that stuff from the '60s and '70s just took so long for me for some reason.
Whereas I can blast through like All New Wolverine, Spider-Verse/Spider-Geddon or Spider-Gwen in an afternoon or two.
Same with "nostalgia reads" stuff from back when I actually bought floppies, like the Spider-Man 2099 omni.
I say "nostalgia" even though I had never read a single S-Man 2099 comic, just stuff from that rime period hit for me and I got through it in a few days.
I still buy Omnibus but I always been selective.
Will be interesting if Titan's Savage Sword of Conan volumes match up well with Marvels.
I preordered Micronauts and ROM. I pick up Daredevil, Defenders, the Formerly Known as Justice League stuff, and Moon Knight as they come out.
I only got into this hobby some months ago and I already have 12 omnis. There’s so much more that’s been announced so far (both new and reprinted) that I want so my collection is going to increase considerably next year. It doesn’t feel like it’s dying, at least to me
Just ordered my first omni, hulk volume 1. I plan on going right through immortal hulk. The epic collections look alright too tho
Yep Marvel's Imak omni's have such thin pages that most of the art ends up ruined imo because you can end up seeing art from the opposite side of the page very clearly even when you're not reading near a direct light.
I got around 30 omnis and will continue to collect them, a bit ashamed that I've only read about 5 so far.
But hey the plan is to have them for the rest of my life, so fingers crossed I'll have enough time for that ^^'
I was an e-reader comic fan but with Amazon gutting the Comixology app. I’m trying to be selective getting omnibuses of stories I really enjoyed
I got into collecting comics that you can sell and make a profit several years ago. I started to focus on the collection part and became hard to sell. When it comes to omnis I never had that feeling. When I couldn’t find the number one of a certain comic I would always settle more for an omni. For example invincible, trying to find individual copies would be hard; you can easily find the omni. Easier to get less of a treasure it becomes. Unless you have a back story that makes it special.
100%
Yup still buying. But maintaining the same rule as when i started - only buy those that i love. Else, FOMO’s gonna take a dampener on your wallet.
Gotta have rules in place otherwise it gets crazy
You got me into this hobby in June of 2021 and I haven't looked back since. The only thing thats changed is that I'm not constantly buying ones I want, Instead it's all preordering and waiting. Im currently sitting at 116 marvel omnis and 39 DC omnis. I love this hobby and since the MCU has been booty cheeks the past couple years, this is the only good way to consume marvel content.
Omnibus markets are alive and well, with even Indies offering in the format more frequently (ie Astro City, Hellboy, and in complete releases like Moonshine). People who have libraries actually read+love the books (not just *previously* reading the story and have a copy), whereas speculative collectors just have.........nothing but potential profit (diminishing as reprints are becoming more common). That's why personal building libraries is important, as the books are curated to be there, rather than having something for the sake of it.
There are much easier ways to make money, outside this hobby, so I tend to love my library and read it all within a 2-year period.
I plan on getting the arthur adams omnibus, which will be my second.
The Omnibus business is getn bigger now! More fans are getting into them now than a few years ago
I had NO idea that Omnis got valuable. I honestly thought that values were reserved for floppies. I returned to comic collecting about 3yrs ago and so much has changed since 1992 it was a little overwhelming. It just so happens that I purchased 2 Omnis, SiKtC because I can’t purchase the first 12 floppies right now and Bitter Root. I suspect that Bitter Root may go up in value but not SiKtC. There were quite a few variants for that one.
I just started collecting omnibus 3 weeks ago. I'm absolutely loving my collection so far. Invincible is truly amazing, and I'm also enjoying injustice gods among us very much! I'm thinking about getting Green Lantern/Blackest Night and the Crisis events next. I just ordered the Flashpoint and the new 52 Justice League vol 1 and 2. Can't wait to start collecting other events, let me know if you guys know any other great events.
Indeed snd kirkman has also walking dead
Yay he read my comment ahaha.
Omnis can be expensive but as I said, look for deals and be patient. And only buy stuff you like/plan to read. I have alot of Hellboy, Batman and DC black label books but I enjoy the stories and the characters.
The movies may be mid but the magic is still there if you look for it
Thanks for your input, twice!
I've slowed down on buying omni's and nothing really I want in 2024. I'll just keep what I have for now and read 'em.
The issue simply becomes space and time. Unless you have a large house, there's only so much space that can be filled especially if you have a family.
Been in since 2021. I plan on picking up the new Titan Conan and Savage Sword of Conan omnis next year! Can’t wait.
I spend $200-$300 a month on Omnibuses. As long as DC keep releasing Omni’s that I want. I have a very busy lifestyle. My plan is to read through my stuff when I retire.
I've read every TMNT IDW collection & both Compendiums, 13 of 39 Judge Dredd Case Files, and every Alien & Predator omni so far. However, I also bought every Conan omni including the main series, Savage Sword, the one DH one, and King Conan and haven't read any of them so far. That's nearly 2 full shelves worth of Conan but I know when I delve in I'm gonna go hard.
I'm slowing down now, but only because I already own most of the things I'm interested in, not because of prices or any other factor. I have enough to read to keep me busy until I'm 80 LOL.
Everyone just running out of room these days lmao I’m definitely far more picky when it comes to Omnis these days.
Especially if you been in it a few years
I’m close to 250 omnibus. I’m just finishing up ultimate Spider-Man, Wolverine vol 5, and hopefully Knightfall omnibus vol 2 and 3 if they reprint.
Yes, i still buy omnis.
Allthough i wouldn't say i'm a collector of them. I only buy those i really want, and only 2-3 a year.
But channels like this and NearMint has made buy more larger hard cover collections than paperbacks.