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Post Posted: Tue Feb 07, 2006 2:07 pm 
 

But TSR World, et al, were actually public documents (although I don't think that the Strategic Previews were, right?).  OTOH, the RPGA prepubs weren't really public documents, either (nor were any RPGA items, in the sense the you couldn't get them without being an RPGA member).

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Post Posted: Tue Feb 07, 2006 2:23 pm 
 

grodog wrote:But TSR World, et al, were actually public documents (although I don't think that the Strategic Previews were, right?). OTOH, the RPGA prepubs weren't really public documents, either (nor were any RPGA items, in the sense the you couldn't get them without being an RPGA member).

Hmmm.


While I personally believe it's a "category 5 caliber" rare, I don't know if I would include it on the rares list solely becuase it was a TSR employee only item that wasn't sold or available publicly.  That doesn't make it any more/less rare as other items on the rares list of course.  The RPGA stuff was available publicly if you sought membership, were on the mailing list, etc.

  


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Post Posted: Tue Feb 07, 2006 2:47 pm 
 

Howdy Jeff,

The Strategic Preview was also for employees, wasn't it?

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Post Posted: Tue Feb 07, 2006 3:29 pm 
 

The Collector's Trove wrote:Howdy Jeff,
The Strategic Preview was also for employees, wasn't it?

Mailed to the public.

I had a scan of the mailing label in context, but have lost that somewhere...

  

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Post Posted: Tue Feb 07, 2006 3:51 pm 
 

Let's see if I have this right...
grodog wrote:OTOH, the RPGA prepubs weren't really public documents, either (nor were any RPGA items, in the sense the you couldn't get them without being an RPGA member).

The R & RPGA mods were available to the general public, as well as RPGA members - although I'd've thought being sold to the public (RPGA member or otherwise) would suffice.

Those pre-pubs were all sold to the public, or at least given away in a public context(??): compare with Jade Hare coverless as a freebie in exchange for a card in the boxed set still comprising a transaction, whereas neither the covered Jade Hare nor Twenty Years of TSR was released thus, afaik.

The freebie Your Personal Invitation to Adventure is in the listing as are some of the other newsletters; all understood to have been "given away to the public (or subset thereof)" at the least.

TSR Spotlight (poss. available free of charge?) and TSR Worlds I don't know about, although the TSR-UK Hobby Newsletter should be listed, IMHO, if anyone can ever find a copy!

  


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Post Posted: Tue Feb 07, 2006 4:06 pm 
 

faro wrote:although the TSR-UK Hobby Newsletter should be listed, IMHO, if anyone can ever find a copy!

My contact proved negative (so far).

  

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Post Posted: Tue Feb 07, 2006 4:31 pm 
 

johnhuck wrote:
faro wrote:although the TSR-UK Hobby Newsletter should be listed, IMHO, if anyone can ever find a copy!

My contact proved negative (so far).

:( Thanks for asking, John.

Going to have to hope some eventually turn up in a GW Basic Set, or something like that...

  


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Post Posted: Wed Feb 08, 2006 6:26 pm 
 

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Well dagnabit! The Spanish bidder tauglorimorgorus withdrew his $80 bid on this. The reason: "La cantidad introducida no es válida". What the heck is that supposed to mean? Was he offended by my mention of the Oscar Meyer "Orc Bacon"? :P

I think it means, "I entered the wrong amount".


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Post Posted: Wed Feb 08, 2006 6:35 pm 
 

The Collector's Trove wrote:Howdy,


Well dagnabit! The Spanish bidder tauglorimorgorus withdrew his $80 bid on this. The reason: "La cantidad introducida no es válida". What the heck is that supposed to mean? Was he offended by my mention of the Oscar Meyer "Orc Bacon"? :P

I think it means, "I entered the wrong amount".


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Seems like thats it, although a direct translation through here:

http://www.freetranslation.com/

says "The quantity introduced is not valid". :wink:

Good ole T does post here every so often under the name of Garion or some such thing, although based on previous not so nice interactions he is not a fan favorite, if you know what I mean.


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Post Posted: Thu Feb 09, 2006 1:26 pm 
 

The Collector's Trove wrote:Howdy,


Well dagnabit! The Spanish bidder tauglorimorgorus withdrew his $80 bid on this. The reason: "La cantidad introducida no es válida". What the heck is that supposed to mean? Was he offended by my mention of the Oscar Meyer "Orc Bacon"? :P

I think it means, "I entered the wrong amount".
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Post Posted: Thu Jun 15, 2006 9:58 pm 
 

I lost another one of these.  

Does anyone have any info about the contents of the 20 Years employees only booklet vs. the content in the 25th Anniversary box set?  (I don't care about the 30th anniversary book, since it's a waste :D ).


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Post Posted: Fri Jun 16, 2006 2:06 pm 
 

grodog wrote:I lost another one of these.  

Does anyone have any info about the contents of the 20 Years employees only booklet vs. the content in the 25th Anniversary box set?  (I don't care about the 30th anniversary book, since it's a waste :D ).

When I received my copy from the Burntwire Brothers (a most fine transaction  :D ) I opened the booklet with trepidation, hoping for unheard of news from TSR. My heart sank when I noticed that this booklet was virtually identical to the one inserted in the 25 Anniversary Edition set. The only differences I noticed were the contribution of the TSR shipping department head (yanked from the 25th anniversary booklet in favour of more designers' notes)  and the (ugly) photos, wisely replaced by other illustrations and artwork in the 25th Anniverdsary booklet. I was toyng with the idea to sell it but I can't bring myself to kiss it goodbye   :oops:

  


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Post Posted: Fri Jun 16, 2006 3:22 pm 
 

Thanks Sotterraneo:  given TSR's art and module content recycling going on in the latter-2e era, I thought it possible that they'd recycled the employee-only promo into a commercial product.  

I'll probably pass on these from now on, I guess, unless the replaced photos are interesting/worthwhile?


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Post Posted: Fri Jun 16, 2006 3:30 pm 
 

I think the photos that got replaced were ones that are dark and you can't really make out much anyway.  I was a bit disappointed with the one I won from Gal_Havoc too.  Although, interestingly enough, I am not really looking to part with my copy either :)

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Post Posted: Sat Jun 17, 2006 6:53 am 
 

grodog wrote: I'll probably pass on these from now on, I guess, unless the replaced photos are interesting/worthwhile?

No, they are not. The photo of TSR Art Department is the worst of the lot albeit it could be potentially the most interesting. I wonder about the photos which didn't pass the selection. Oh, wait, perhaps there wasn't any selection  :wink:

  


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Post Posted: Sat Jun 17, 2006 8:27 am 
 

Mars wrote:I think the photos that got replaced were ones that are dark and you can't really make out much anyway.  I was a bit disappointed with the one I won from Gal_Havoc too.  Although, interestingly enough, I am not really looking to part with my copy either :)


You got a good price on that too - i forgot to bid. :wink:


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Post Posted: Sat Jun 17, 2006 12:20 pm 
 

red_bus wrote:
Mars wrote:I think the photos that got replaced were ones that are dark and you can't really make out much anyway.  I was a bit disappointed with the one I won from Gal_Havoc too.  Although, interestingly enough, I am not really looking to part with my copy either :)


You got a good price on that too - i forgot to bid. :wink:


That gives me a little bit of satisfaction after loosing out the Warriors of Mars and 3rd print Woodgrain to you.  I wish you would have forgotten to bid on that one instead :)

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