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Posted: Thu Jul 27, 2006 8:58 pm

Has anyone seen this dice configuration before (d6)?

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Posted: Thu Jul 27, 2006 9:24 pm

nah he stuffed it...look at the bag on the left side, it's torn open.

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Posted: Thu Jul 27, 2006 11:14 pm

lordan wrote:nah he stuffed it...look at the bag on the left side, it's torn open.

Better yet, look at the picture on the back of the box... that's what OUGHT to be in the bag.

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Posted: Fri Jul 28, 2006 12:17 am

Hmmm, I noticed that one too deimos, just forgot to post it

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Posted: Fri Jul 28, 2006 2:40 am

what's is also strange is the pencil...

up to now i've always seen white, gray or black pencils... never seen a yellow one... are there any other colours i don't know?

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Posted: Fri Jul 28, 2006 2:51 am

The description says that the dice bag is still sealed but it does look like the could be open on that left side - perhaps big enough to fit in a 6 sider and a crayon.

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Posted: Fri Jul 28, 2006 10:13 am

lordan wrote:nah he stuffed it...look at the bag on the left side, it's torn open.

Good eyes.

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Posted: Fri Jul 28, 2006 1:13 pm

I asked the seller about the bag and he says:

"Bag is still sealed. What you see in the picture probably, is the seam that was sealed after the dice/crayon were inserted."

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Posted: Fri Jul 28, 2006 2:41 pm

I seem to recall (it was 20+ years ago) that my Moldvay Basic Set had a similar dice config with a white w/black pips 6 sider. Maybe TSR was experimenting with different dice suppliers?

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Posted: Fri Jul 28, 2006 4:02 pm

simrion wrote:I seem to recall (it was 20+ years ago) that my Moldvay Basic Set had a similar dice config with a white w/black pips 6 sider. Maybe TSR was experimenting with different dice suppliers?

The seller doesn't take Paypal, so I'm not going any higher to find out definitively, anyway. :wink:

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Posted: Sat Jul 29, 2006 3:12 am

Doesn't Valhalla Games have the same item up for sale for $11,700 AU?

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Posted: Sun Jul 30, 2006 6:26 am

MShipley88 wrote:Doesn't Valhalla Games have the same item up for sale for $11,700 AU?

Special Summer Discount Price :wink:

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Posted: Tue Aug 01, 2006 10:44 pm

Is the box for this Expert Set a "frankenstein"?

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Note the box bottom has the 1983 TSR "Angle" Logo, and advertises Mentzer Basic Set.

I ask because I just received an Expert Set with an identical box configuration. I figured it was a franken, but now I'm wondering if this was intentional by TSR?

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Posted: Wed Aug 02, 2006 10:36 am

zhowar wrote:I ask because I just received an Expert Set with an identical box configuration. I figured it was a franken, but now I'm wondering if this was intentional by TSR?

I'm guessing frankenstein. It's a common mistake when putting the boxes back together -- not checking which top and bottom go togeether. (I definitely did so once back in the 80s when I used those sets.)

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