This is actually the 3rd set that the seller has auctioned off.  I picked up the first one for under $10:


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On a side note, I also picked up this other auction for a similar Dungeon Hobby Shop catalog with some extras:


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One thing to point out is that the colour catalog with the wizard is the TSR catalog and the other is the Dungeon Hobby Shop one so they may have been sent along together but they don't really go together.  The RoleAids sheet is an extra sheet of games sold by The Dungeon Hobby shop so that's why it belongs.

I also finally got around to posting my TSR related catalogs on the Tome of Treasures so there is a good selection there now:

Tome of Treasures :: View Forum - TSR Catalogs

zhowar wrote:The March 1981 Retail Order Blank has the older logo which is the picture of the cave with eyes from the Blackmoor supplement. Also, the 1981 Retail Order Blank is in blue ink. (I don't see this one up at the Tome yet).

This is one of the catalogs I am still missing (no envelope either).  Mail Order Hobby Shop 1987 is the other one I know I am missing.  Also missing a bunch of UK and other foreign ones.  If anyone has any spares send me a PM.

Thanks, grodog. I missed your post until just now.

Here's an oddball hybrid TSR/retailer catalog (previously posted in Interesting Items thread by misterspock), just ended for $2.25 + $5 shipping (I didn't bid on it):


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Pics & auction text for posterity:




(Looks like they took a TSR catalog and personalized it with their company logo)

"Up for auction is a Warehouse copy of a Hobby Shop Catalog from MAY 1979, featuring ,then, new TSR items. Used, paged through pretty well. Cover page is pink, back page is green , middle 3 are white with prices. 5 pages total. Prices include: D&D Basic Booklet LIST $5.00/ COST 2.50. 3 of the 5 pages have D&D items. Corners are not square, rolling and back page is creased at lower and upper right . Staples are good, no rust. White pages are just beginning to yellow/ 10%. Warehouse is out of business some years now. (My connection worked there and spoke with Mr. Gygax on the phone because of the 'misprint' of the original DMG...) Hand-typed/ Xeroxed. Typing on inside front cover shows through to front. Interesting early piece. NOT TSR published , but worthy of a look, if only for price comparisons."

Anyone familiar with the "Take us along on your adventure" Dragon advertisement in this lot?:

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(ends in 1+ days, I'm not bidding).



This is what I heard back from the seller in response to my Q:

Dear grodog_of_greyhawk,

its a 1 page flyer that came with the basic set. its for dragon magazine. on the front it shows 2 pictures of dragon magazine,...on the back is the order form for subscription. it also lists dragontales anthology, the finieous treasury, best of dragon vol 1, best of dragon volume 2, and relms of wonder fantasy art calendar,...

- dougsstuffonline2011
      
From: grodog_of_greyhawk
To: dougsstuffonline2011
Subject: Other: grodog_of_greyhawk sent a message about TSR D&D Basic and Expert sets w/Dice literature dungeons and dragons modules #190668131779
Sent Date: Apr-19-12 21:27:57 PDT

Dear dougsstuffonline2011,

Hi dougsstuffonline2011---Can you please tell me a bit more about the flyer titled "Take Us Along on Your Adventure": how large is it, how many pages, what's it discuss, etc.? Thanks! ....allan/[email protected]

That's pretty cool.

I zoomed it up to get a better look even though it gets pixelated


It kind of looks to me like the catalog comp-type work that the artists all did a lot later in the TSR catalogs.

I have seen an alternate ink proposal that Bill Willingham did for an update on the MM cover (not MM2) from approx '81..obviously before Jeff Easley got there, but I've never seen this.

edit: that reminds me, in one of the other threads I was asking if anyone had an '83 or '84 TSR catalog to check out regarding the RPGA figures/box sets. Maybe in the '83 catalog it has a larger photo of this MM2 alt cover?

misterspock wrote:I like how they have the older booklets in the photo with the wrong box sets...

Or new print

How did I miss out on these ads? My mom used to get Sears and JC Penny catalogs, and I don't recall seeing any D&D material.  

I recall hearing radio spots for D&D and Star Frontiers. I don't recall TV ads, except for the one for the plastic figures. "Take THAT dragonne!"

misterspock wrote:Here are some more catalog pages that had D&D stuff I found on http://www.wishbookweb.com/ and also from (I think) the same person's flikr page.

Thanks for sharing! I went through some of the earlier ones back when the link was posted on Grognardia, looking for the Holmes Basic set, but didn't find anything. It seems that D&D didn't get into these types of catalogs until a bit later. Though the coverage is spotty, so others might turn up.

bbarsh wrote:Damn, how did I miss out on that cool Knight Rider board game?  

Or Krull or Zaxxon!

Grognardia did a retrospective on Shadowlord! I'd never heard of it before. It has promising looking artwork.