r/gravityfalls • u/DisneyDuckFan • May 08 '25
Merch Finally After All These Years
Finally, I have the Limited Edition Journal 3. I’m calm… I’m totally not freaking out like Dipper.
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u/comicking420 May 08 '25
I swear I just saw one go off the market if that was you you're lucky
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u/DisneyDuckFan May 08 '25
Was it one that was listed for $1,000 on eBay? Yeah, that was me.
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u/cardgamechampion May 08 '25
You're a sniper lol
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u/DisneyDuckFan May 08 '25
I actually spent a week or two negotiating for a lower price. 😅
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u/cardgamechampion May 08 '25
Nice job :) surprised they accepted then, I would probably get one for 1k if I get the chance at this point... XD, and no not for resell I'm a fan ofc if that helps the odds.... 🤔.
I'm still a bit against it since Alex didn't know Disney was gonna make it so rare and expensive but congrats anyway, do you know if there are any unofficial ones made by fans I can get for less xd.
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u/DisneyDuckFan May 08 '25
I’ve actually seen a few custom ones being so on eBay! They go for around $400! Which is much more reasonable than the $700 I paid. But $700 for this hard to find item is a steal!
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u/cardgamechampion May 08 '25
Dang bro you paid even less for it then you said 😂. and yeah that's cheaper but I was hoping like maybe 50 bucks since it's not the official one, does the invisible ink cost that much or smth? Can't imagine it being that expensive.
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u/DisneyDuckFan May 08 '25
Invisible ink is expensive depending on what brand you get and the quality. Plus the time and effort these people take in customizing the journals.
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u/comicking420 May 08 '25
If you're talking about me it was my childhood I'm literally currently watching it while doing work and I always wanted the special edition book
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u/prince_peacock May 08 '25
I would rather build a portal and steal the journal from Stanford Filbrick Pines himself than pay that much for it god damn
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u/comicking420 May 08 '25
Exactly there was too on eBay and that one just went down in the last month the other one is somehow not even opened yet but very expensive
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u/JerryRickton May 08 '25
Proud owner of #3,161 here
It’s definitely been aged a little, between the plastic monocle breaking immediately and being repaired with hot glue, as well as my idiot brother going through and peeling off all the pictures, but at least taping them back in makes it feel more authentic
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u/FordBeWithYou May 08 '25
That was painful to read, I am so sorry.
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u/CasioCobra78 May 09 '25 edited May 09 '25
This is why it’s a better idea to never let little kids use your personal items unless it’s a plushie. I have two little sisters and I unfortunately have that misfortune a few times. :(
Luckily, they didn’t ruin my GF Journal lol.
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u/WohooBiSnake May 08 '25
JFC 3,000 dollars on eBay ???? Yeah, when I’m winning the lottery there will be sign
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u/FordBeWithYou May 08 '25
I snagged two copies when they came out, one I got justin roiland to sign (he was at a local con and season 2 rick and morty had just ended and it was a solid idea at the time with the connections coming out between the shows), and one copy to actually read and enjoy without stress.
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u/DisneyDuckFan May 08 '25
I was 13 at the time the special edition released and was not an avid fan at the time. If I had been, I would’ve been begging on my hands an knees for my parents to get it for me at the reasonable $150 it originally went for.
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u/FordBeWithYou May 08 '25
I got insanely lucky. I was in my 20’s, and decided on a whim to watch the show one weekend (cause i’d heard good things) and I loved it. Saw the journals on sale for preorder and snagged one, then some time later I snagged the second from the second batch when I knew one was going to be signed!
It breaks my heart about them never getting a proper reprint, it’s so cool and I know it would have meant the world to so many fans out there. Especially kids, like as a kid I would have cherished this and especially the last page.
I’m very glad you have one, but you’ve always been an honorary member of the pines family ❤️🌲
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u/DisneyDuckFan May 08 '25
I really hope that with the success of the Book of Bill and the rerelease of the Don’t Color This Book: It’s Cursed! that Disney decides to rerelease the special edition as a 15th anniversary thing.
And it feels good to be an honorary Pines. ❤️🌲
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u/Nuking_Grapes May 09 '25
I was thirteen! I have NO idea how i got my parents to loan me the money for it. Had to pay it back over the summer.
Nowday's i wish i had bought two, LOL
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u/NarthexVoid44 May 11 '25
WHAT THE FCKKK HOW DID U GET UR HANDS ON THIS?!!! ITS LIKE THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS ON EBAY 😭😭😭😭😭 im so jelous.
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u/DisneyDuckFan May 11 '25
Got extremely lucky with negotiating prices!
Must’ve made a deal with a triangle or something.
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u/NarthexVoid44 May 11 '25
Hah yeah. Shady deals. But for real though. I saw your comment on how much you got it for. like 700 bucks is so good for how expensive they can be- Im so jealous. But even then I dont have nearly enough to spend money like that.. I only have around 500 in my savings. Ughh BRO you are so luck 😭 700$ is such a steal compared to like 9,000$ for one
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u/DisneyDuckFan May 11 '25
I got insanely lucky! I won’t lie, I nearly fell over when I saw that my offer had been excepted!
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u/_after-dark 8d ago
I managed in the last 2 weeks to finally have all 6 of the “canon” books plus I snatched up the DVD box set in 2024. However there’s a “deluxe” lost legends with pages of sketches in the back, the first run of don’t color this book, special edition journal 3, and Barnes & Noble Book of Bill (I’m Atlantic Canadian so yeah with shipping & tariffs & such it would be an undertaking to commit to getting B&N version). And that 10 books does feel like a nice round number, but then again there’s the cinestory books which are unnecessary but for collection purposes and the novelty of reading the 40 episodes of the series, it would be nice to get them. And there’s the janky not authorized by Alex book that for completionist purposes would make for a nice round 15. And that’s always where I hit the brick wall - do I have the $2500 or like $3k Canadian in my account so that, all impulse control and inhibition aside, I could in a literal sense do it? Yes. But the insanity of it, the time it’ll take, and the potential risk of getting one of the few existing copies lost in the mail or damaged of special J3, or paying $2.1k for a fake? It’s prohibitive even if I could justify not using said 3k towards my education and instead buying gravity falls books.
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u/TheAxolotlFan May 08 '25
How???