Fred Slota Posted January 14, 2020 Share Posted January 14, 2020 G.I. Joe: Battle Files #1, and 1/A #1 notes states "Pink Skies", and the cover scan does have a pink cast to it, in contrast to the clear white of the middle stripe after the logo. #1/A has a blue sky, but is apparently a Signed version. I have an unsigned Blue Sky version. Suggestion on how to properly enter it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark J. Castaneda Posted January 14, 2020 Share Posted January 14, 2020 Is there a cover checklist by chance noted inside the comic? I'm wondering if there's a regular blue sky cover. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fred Slota Posted January 16, 2020 Author Share Posted January 16, 2020 My book (which by the way, has the UPC of #1/A's entry, 70985370478200111, while #1 has no entered UPC) does not appear to have a cover gallery. I assume mine represents a regular blue sky version from which 99 were taken and signed, and not an ultra-rare 100th that they forgot to sign. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alan DeCamp Posted January 20, 2020 Share Posted January 20, 2020 A signature should not make the book a variant unless the cover was ONLY available signed. If the cover is available unsigned and you have one with a signature, the "notes" section should state the information about the signature. It should NOT be considered a variant whether it has a COA or not. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fred Slota Posted January 22, 2020 Author Share Posted January 22, 2020 It looks like changes were made. While I understand why, the database purist in me has a small twinge at the shifting of the Pink skies version from the original #1 to #1/B, rather than retaining the #1 description and adding the #1/B fresh as the Blue version. The Pink is the variant, the previously unlisted Blue is apparently the main, and the main should be the #1 while the variant should be the, well, variant. I get it, but I still weep inside. My database appears to have done a merge update on the Notes, however, resulting in the following incongruous Notes for #1: "Pink Skies; The Joes; Blue Sky Background". How can I: 1) Determine which of my notes don't match the official notes? and/or 2a) Update all my notes to the official? 2b) Suggestions on how to perform a manual comparison of my notes to the official, probably by way of comparing information exported from two different databases? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark J. Castaneda Posted January 23, 2020 Share Posted January 23, 2020 if you uncheck the 'lock item notes' in your update options, that you should set your notes to match what we have currently set in our master database. If you wanted to compare notes, i suppose you could manually view what they look like with their Atomic Avenue listing counterpart. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fred Slota Posted January 24, 2020 Author Share Posted January 24, 2020 And where is this "lock item notes" check box? Sidekick offers Content Updates options for Item Values and Prices; allow corrections to existing Cover Dates, Cover Prices, Creator Credits, Storylines, and Title Info and Description; options for Cover Downloading; and the ability to remove obsolete titles and issues. None of those appear to effect Notes. I have every option selected for Updates allowed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark J. Castaneda Posted January 24, 2020 Share Posted January 24, 2020 that check box should be right in the middle of the update option menu Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fred Slota Posted January 26, 2020 Author Share Posted January 26, 2020 That is the only option I don't have in my Comicbase Sidekick Settings | Content Updates tab. I am running Archive Edition 20.0.1.2882 on Windows 10. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark J. Castaneda Posted January 27, 2020 Share Posted January 27, 2020 I'll notify our programming team of the option is missing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fred Slota Posted January 28, 2020 Author Share Posted January 28, 2020 Query - The option is missing from what, or, how do you have the option in your screen capture and I don't? Was yours from Comicbase, if it was going to do the update, while mine was from Sidekick? Are you running a different version/build than I am? Is it Archive vs. Professional? Is it PC vs. Mac? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark J. Castaneda Posted January 28, 2020 Share Posted January 28, 2020 I thought early on in this post discussion you were updating in the main ComicBase. I didn't realize the 'lock item...' options was missing in Sidekick until you mentioned it. I've notified our programming team of the missing option. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fred Slota Posted February 12, 2020 Author Share Posted February 12, 2020 Just installed 20.0.1.3010 and I know see an unchecked checkbox in the Sidekick settings. Trying an update now... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fred Slota Posted February 12, 2020 Author Share Posted February 12, 2020 Did an update with Sidekick with the "Lock Notes (Don't Allow the update to add new info)" checkbox unchecked, which i assume means notes are unlocked and should update (which is mildly confusing, since the other two checks in this section are "Remove obsolete titles" and "Remove obsolete issues", two boxes you check to allow a change, while this is a box you check to prevent a change). Issue #1 for me still has the notes "Pink Skies; The Joes; Blue Sky Background". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fred Slota Posted March 6, 2020 Author Share Posted March 6, 2020 Running 20.0.1.3085 Sidekick updated, Lock Notes checkbox unchecked. Issue #1 for me still has the notes "Pink Skies; The Joes; Blue Sky Background". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark J. Castaneda Posted March 7, 2020 Share Posted March 7, 2020 try out the newly announced 20.0.2 build: https://comicbase.com/mycb/Updates_Current.aspx Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fred Slota Posted March 27, 2022 Author Share Posted March 27, 2022 Was going through my "something odd with these books pile", and pulled this out. Since I have done multiple "Mass Change" to erase all Notes before updates, I don't have merged notes anymore. Have entered my unsigned, blue skies version as #1. I consider this a done item. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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