carrejo wrote:I think I did okay on this deal...  hopefully they are in decent condition...


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Nice win.



ShaneG.

TheHistorian wrote:I can't believe it lasted almost the full four minutes...

actually, I was surprised because it had been viewed three times prior to me....thats when I starting doubting why it hadnt been picked up...thinking I had missed something in the description...

grodog wrote:
Nice finds Rich!  

re: the MM:  please check up the thread @ viewtopic.php?t=3266&start=40&postdays=0&postorder=asc&highlight= and let us know if you've found the missing variant or not

Allan, it is a definite 3rd+ hybrid thing as described on the MM page on the main Acaeum site:

Third Plus

   * This is a strange hybrid print.  The cover is identical to the Fourth print (aside from the spine), but the interior is identical to the Third print
   * Wizard logo
   * Cover art is of a collection of monsters, including a small red dragon, a unicorn, and a troll
   * "Advanced D&D" is now in an angled yellow banner, top left corner; the red letters of "Advanced D&D" have black highlights, and there's no "TM" designation after it
   * "Monster Manual" title has moved from lower mid-cover to the top
   * Spine has "Advanced Dungeons & Dragons" in red lettering, and now has a very tiny registered trademark symbol.  States "Gary Gygax"
   * No ISBN
   * Endpapers and flyleaves are red
   * States "3rd Edition, December 1978" on the copyright page

I was surprised to see the Giant strengths listed as "21 to 30 as compared to humans", and wish Gary would have left it that way, and made Ogres at 19 and Trolls at 20.  I think I'll house rule that.....

Anyway, I'm happy with this for $1.04.  

Gratz, very nice win!  A couple of amazing find/buys posted this week.  Home one comes my way too!  lol

Rabbit_67 wrote:Yeah!  Picked up my first ultra rare!!!  And only $10 over the minimum bid.


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Excellent win!  Looks like a really nice copy.

That was kind of tough to do, mentally, after just having to pay $1900 to have my truck repaired last week.  I'm still kind of shakey.

That seems like a great buy!  Don't they typically sell in the $1400 range?

Don't worry, the shakiness subsides and it gets easier to bid the higher prices the second time - watch out, slippery slope ahead.

Mars wrote: watch out, slippery slope ahead.

Beware the dark side.

Very happy I managed to snaffle both of these:  




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Paid about what i wanted to on them both   - couldn't have been about to afford both at some of the prices that have been advertised of late.



I was expecting a few different items this week, so wasn't expecting any huge surprises.



They both arrived on the same day, but I got one hell of a shock with the difference in the care in the packaging:



Each arrived in what they are sitting on.



Fazzle in an envelope, which was wrapped in bubble-wrap, within a box, surrrounded by packing noodles, inside an even sturdier box.



The DG came in the envelope it's sitting on- with nothing else, not even a sheet of cardboard       (luckily it doesn't appear to have suffered any damage)



Communication with both guys was great. Postage was about the same for both items, with the DG (more expensive item) actually costing $1.50 more @ $31.50  







DG has a few differences to those listed on here: http://www.acaeum.com/ddindexes/modpages/dmk.html

Encounter sheets are double-sided, and copyright is stated as 1977 not 1976 on copyright page. All pages accounted for though.

Added in extra were a couple of maps from Judges Guild.