http://i7.tinypic.com/20zpkqa.jpg

Well I have a 300dpi bmp of the above and when I took the white from the wizard logo and pasted it next to the "AD&D" and "Monster Manual" I would say that I think the letters are faded to 'whitish'.

ShaneG.

ShaneG -  I think the spine has faded. "Monster Manual" on the spine should be yellow for that print also.

Obiter -  Is the spine on yours the same as the pic posted by Shane? Other than the white advanced dungeons & dragons it matches the 3rd+ print info. Maybe faded as well?

I have a 3rd+ here if anyone needs more info from it.

Mike

chromaticknight wrote:I have a 3rd+ here if anyone needs more info from it.

Please, if you get a chance, compare the artwork on your spine to Plaag's photo.  Not the colors, the patterns.  Something seems off.

chromaticknight wrote:
Everything matches on the spine. I see what you mean though, with the fading it seems to match the blue of the Holmes booklet.

Mike

Thanks.  I hate being stuck at work without my books, can't get anything done.  

Just to cover all the bases, is your red lettering actually red, chromaticknight?

All very interesting.

I have never looked over the print runs of my AD&D manuals before.

I see that my Monster Manual is a 3rd+ print.

I see that my Player's Handbook is a 3rd print.

There are two things I noted about these books that are not listed in the Acaeum information that I think bears noting:

1)  My 7th print Player's Handbook has a detail not noted:  The Yellow banner does not touch the edge of the back spine.  It touches the top of the book but there is a green gap of approximately 1/8th inch between the angled banner and the back spine.

2)  I'll raise this issue again, because the books are in my hands and I am not imagining it:

My 3rd print Player's Handbook looks different from my later editions....

Specifically, it is a different color green.  Also, it has a more textured cover than the smooth, shiney later editions.  

I am not imagining it....I can see it.

Also, the difference in texture and color are not the result of use and fading....I noted the color difference way back when the books were new.  I have been talking about it from memory until now.  The difference is most clearly noticeable on the spines, where the green is completely different.

Mark  

MShipley88 wrote:There are two things I noted about these books that are not listed in the Acaeum information that I think bears noting:

1)  My 7th print Player's Handbook has a detail not noted:  The Yellow banner does not touch the edge of the back spine.  It touches the top of the book but there is a green gap of approximately 1/8th inch between the angled banner and the back spine.

2)  I'll raise this issue again, because the books are in my hands and I am not imagining it:

My 3rd print Player's Handbook looks different from my later editions....

Specifically, it is a different color green.  Also, it has a more textured cover than the smooth, shiney later editions.  

I am not imagining it....I can see it.

Can you post pictures?  

Also, if anyone knows how to move these recent posts to a Core rulebook research thread, or something, it'd be appreciated.

Is this still the "Fun Finds" thread?

deimos3428 wrote:Plaag:

Thanks for the photo, but it raises more questions than it answers.  I'll look more when I get home, but something seems eeriely "wrong" with that spine.  I can't put my finger on it, exactly.  (Ok, I'll level with ya.  It looks more like the artwork from a "Holmes" Basic rulebook than a MM, but that doesn't make any sense, does it!)  


Obiter:

This may or may not be a "4th minus".  Please, double & triple check that it says rounds in both parts of the Vampire description, not just one.  Specifically right before the words "of immersion".  (If so, we may have found the missing printing after all, and it belongs with the 3rds.  If not, it is another 3rd+, with similar coloring to Plaag's.)

This is fun.  

The Vampire is melee rounds / and turns of immersion.
I've compared the colour to both my 3rd and 4th and the whole cover looks completely washed out.  

Just a washed up 3+

So, moving along ... any fun finds???

killjoy32 wrote:

yeah nothing much fun being found - cmon you moneybags lot...surely there must be some stuff out there i can be jealous of

Al

I've got:

Immortal Rules with a $20 BIN

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Rules Cyclopedia with a $5 BIN

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Lands of Intrigue in Shrinkwrap for $8.64

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