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What Xmas is all about....MIP !!! ( 4 60K images BTW )
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Lordan
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Posted: Sun Dec 25, 2005 4:35 pm
WARNING !!!! If you are faint at heart or a stickler for keeping things sealed do not proceed ( or if you have a dial-up...4 images 60K each ) :D
This is what my boys got for Xmas today...well one of a gazillion things but this was mine...err...their favorite:
The opener: Having survived the past 25 years MIP.....
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The prize: Original sealed sets......
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The beginning of a new generation of role-players....
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The left overs......
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I hope I didn't give amyone to much of a heart attack but honestly, it's worth much more to me watching them open them then it is sitting on my shelf being oogled. For my oldests B-day he'll be getting 4 or 5 of the B series in shrink plus some X's. Hope you enjoyed this as much as I did...felt like 1981 all over again....
killjoy32
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Posted: Sun Dec 25, 2005 4:38 pm
thats almost like blasphemy
hope they enjoy!
Are we nearly there yet?
Prufrock
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Posted: Sun Dec 25, 2005 5:56 pm
The loss of Shrinkwrap to the young is no loss at all. Looks like a very merry xmas.
Martin
Theleb
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Posted: Sun Dec 25, 2005 7:11 pm
Good for you and the kids. It's deja vu all over again.
Shrinkwrap is so highly overrated. I have a lot of items in the shrink because I bought them that way and never bothered to read them. I can't imagine paying such a high premium for them today.
Zippanthropus
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Posted: Sun Dec 25, 2005 7:23 pm
EXCELLENT!!!!
Winterwords
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Posted: Mon Dec 26, 2005 7:34 am
*recovers from heart attack*
They'll kill you for that when they're older :p
Still great to see though.
Mount Celestia doesn't want me and Baator's afraid I'll take over.
Ninty-eight Blue and Green Slaad at the door, Ninty-eight Blue and Green Slaad, Take one down, they gate in two more, Ninty-nine Blue and Green Slaad at the door...
deimos3428
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Posted: Mon Dec 26, 2005 10:37 am
That is absolutely beautiful! (Trying not to tear up :oops: ). I think almost all of our gaming experiences must have started something like that...though for me it was a bright red box, and my brother got the expert set. Finally a use for shrinkwrap!
DungeonDelver
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Posted: Mon Dec 26, 2005 2:25 pm
Two new oldschool gamers? Let that shrinkwrap FLY!
Pretty cool!
MrFilthyIke
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Posted: Mon Dec 26, 2005 6:47 pm
Sweet presents.
Since I started on Mentzer, my kids won't be as hard to find for...I hope. 8O
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Boring Players
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Unimaginative DMs
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bombadil
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Posted: Thu Dec 29, 2005 5:45 pm
Man, that is just the coolest. I hope your sons look back upon that with fond memories when they're grown men. Maybe you've set them on THE trajectory.
Well done!
-Stephen
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