Kevin -

The original picture (much larger) used for that logo is on page 15 of the Blackmoor OD&D supplement.

You can download a pdf of the supplement for free from this Dave Arneson website:
http://www.jovianclouds.com/blackmoor/bmc.html

I'm not aware of it being used on any products other than the Dungeon Hobby Shop order forms.

zhowar wrote:Here's a 1 & 1/2 page 1978 TSR advertisement that I haven't seen before...

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Lizard Logo, advertises Monster Manual, Warlocks & Warriors and the Basic Set.

Uh... I understand that companies must strive to get our (i.e. retailers) attention but this is... ahem... an interesting way to focus mind on TSR products   (pretty girl, horrific shoes!). I remember seeing a couple of ads for Steve Jackson Games featuring a Pocket Game in a a jeans' pocket worn by a woman with a lovely pair of buttocks       Jokes aside, I keep attempting to recover issues of retailers' magazines for games of the '80s but it's a very hard battle. If sellers are convinced that ripping them is more profitable than selling them complete, it will get still more difficult. So far I managed to get ONE issue of Game Merchaindising and four issues of Model Retailer incorporating said magazine. They are a true mine of facts, trivia and info (I remember reading Game Merchandising and using some of their suggestions about displaying RPGs   , despite there were more than 20 years old).

If you ever happen to stumble in old game retailers' magazines, please do not rip them    Contact me first - I'll surely buy them.

Not as salacious (or even as interesting ) as some of the stuff that has been posted here... but this ad is (afaik) the first time I ever saw D&D mentioned anywhere.  It's from the back page of the June 1980 issue of Fantastic Film.  According to the cover, it's "Collector's Edition #8", but I just bought it because it had lots of articles on The Empire Strikes Back (R2-D2 and C-3PO are on the front).  I didn't really know what the ad was about, but for some reason I kept the magazine - still in good nick after all these years!

kevin mayle wrote:
Thanks for that tremendous scan! That's exactly what I wanted.

Yes - very nice, very high resolution scans. I just put the Hobby Shop one as the background on my computer. Thanks, Mars.

sleepyCO wrote:
Remember, 1978 was the midst of the platform-shoe craze; but I agree--she should be wearing black over-the knee or "pirate" boots!      

Well, in 1978 I was ten years old so I wasn't that sensitive about pretty girls' shoes. And I was in Italy, not in the US: we Italians have a very good taste about shoes, you know     I hope my mother never used shoes like those  

Mars wrote:I posted these a while back but maybe its worth posting again.  When I bought my copies of Strategic Review and Dragon 1-6 there was also this bundle of flyers and a note from TSR.  It seems the flyers are from the time during the transition between Strategic Review and The Dragon.  Here's a link to flyers I have:

http://www.cs.uwaterloo.ca/~mdtpetri/flyers/flyers.html

Och ya bastard - they look great!  

Very jealous.

seeyouinescrow wrote:Well...I thought this one might go under the radar, but my $40+ bid didn't even register


** expired/removed eBay auction **


Although, the box and contents look fairly minty, I'm guessing the reason for the price is that very interesting Gateway To Adventure.  I've never seen it, and I couldn't locate any record of it on the site here. Has anyone here seen it or know anything about it?

Thanks for posting that. I didn't see the auction, nor have I seen that black cover Gateway before. Very interesting. For posterity, here is the picture from the auction:





Seller's description: "We are also including "Gateways to Adventure" which are 1980 retail order forms and 6 page color catelogue."

Included in auction with a 4th+ Print Basic Set



It looks fairly thick, so there must be a large number of the order forms if the catalog is only 6 pages long.

zhowar wrote:It looks fairly thick, so there must be a large number of the order forms if the catalog is only 6 pages long.

Yes, that's very interesting!  

Found two more in some items I just listed on eBay.
The small digest sized Isaac Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine second and third issues from 1977.

30 year old magazines on newsprint have discolored somewhat, but other than that are in pretty good shape (handling and shelf wear).

The Metamorphosis ad appears in the Summer issue and the Lankhmar appears in the fall.