Sardan wrote in Eye of the Dragon Photos:I suppose I think the original day star west modules are expensive because they were small print runs, old and became TSR modules.These look like a cash grab and I think it is a shame that the module won't be widely available to people who are interested in D&D. It seem antithetical to the hobby (of playing D&D).
Melnibonean wrote in Eye of the Dragon Photos: ... and we do not expect that EotD will ever be produced or sold again in any other format.
Blackmoor wrote in Eye of the Dragon Photos: Also the significance of the material comes to mind, it is the building blocks of Dragonlance.
Blackmoor wrote in Eye of the Dragon Photos:if 26 copies hit the market at $150.00 or so the price would skyrocket in a very short time leaving the "resellers" the lion's share of the value and not the creators.
ExTSR wrote in Eye of the Dragon Photos:I simply assumed that Trace reserved the right to reprint it himself.Not privy to details tho; just an assumption.
benjoshua wrote in Eye of the Dragon Photos:how many standard issues could be sold at a certain price point, say $150.00. There might be 100 people interested, but if I were guessing, it'd be more like 40. Or if you went with a $50.00 price point, you might get 75 buyers. Again, projects like these can get real complicated, real quick.
Mars wrote in Eye of the Dragon Photos:I think this is a bit of a delicate situation when you consider the past experience of Bottle City. Bottle City sold around 50 copies at the $150 price point. When the product finally came out and it turned out that the booklet for the LE edition was the same as the standard edition, I remember there was a fair bit of disappointment about how close the the standard product was to the LE edition (i.e. what were you really getting for the extra $100+).Now consider a similar situation with EotD where an LE edition is $1250 and a standard edition is $150. I am guessing that if the Hickmans wanted to release a more mass produced standard edition at the price of $150, I think they would probably want to release something better than sheets of typed up text - they would probably want a more polished module so those paying $150 are getting a product worth the money. But the same question would then be asked as with Bottle City - for the extra $1100 what are you really getting. The only answer I can think of here is that you are getting an original cover for that price, then debate, is the cover alone worth this amount?
benjoshua wrote in Eye of the Dragon Photos:Agreed. I like Badmike's suggestion of a pdf. That solves that problem. It also takes care of shipping concerns.