jasonw1239 wrote:Is there any interest in preserving any of the early TSR marketing material?As clearly as I recall, this was the first full page magazine advertisement that I ever encountered. It appeared in the first issue of the Asimov's SF Adventure Magazine (Fall 1978).http://personal.nbnet.nb.ca/jwillia/Aca ... rly_Ad.jpgI just discovered it in my collection of books and magazines when getting some items ready for eBay and thought it might be of interest to some.
zhowar wrote:1980 version "Gateway to Adventure" catalog (with the "demon door") as pictured in this auction.
jasonw1239 wrote:Thanks Zhowar,As mentioned in my first posting, I don't have an idea of how much interest there might be in preserving the marketing material. (My quick disclaimer is that I never worked in a game/comic/hobby store or owned one so I never had access to any of those mechandising materials).JasonW
auction text wrote:This auction is for a vg condition Dungeon hobby shop catalog/retail order blank from 1981. I consists of 12 attached pages with descriptions & prices for all sorts of vintage gaming items from 1981- games, modules, minis, dice and more. There are a few penmarks for checked off items and an address in the order blank from the vintage owner of the item. It will really bring back memories for old timers & graybeards. Ideal for the collector, these aren't easy to find.
ExTSR wrote:Which reminds me (OT)...Do any of you have the cardboard standup of that Gateway, used by retailers?
I'm not even going to post the link.
Pushes World of Greyhawk in folio form, not boxed (yet)... and also first time the RPGA was mentioned in a trade catalog, and the first appearance of the minigames, Fiend Folio, and DDG (with Cthulhu). (But with that wretched Morley the Wizard creation of Dave Dimery's on the cover.)
zhowar wrote:Here's a 1982 single page ad/checklist that I have....