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Post Posted: Mon Jan 18, 2010 2:10 pm 
 

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Post Posted: Mon Jan 18, 2010 2:15 pm 
 

misterspock wrote:A shrink wrapped Gamma World box set (face logo)


** expired/removed eBay auction **




Wow, that went for $109!
  

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Post Posted: Mon Jan 18, 2010 5:31 pm 
 

Love the question..

Q: How is it this has never been opened in 30 years? i assume dice and extras are in box?
A: The game was in a hobby store owner's attic for years; it is sealed in the original shrink wrap.


The amount of rpg stuff that is still in shrink after 30 years is huge...

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Post Posted: Mon Jan 18, 2010 6:51 pm 
 

beasterbrook wrote:
The amount of rpg stuff that is still in shrink after 30 years is huge...

Brette:)


Not if I can help it!    :D


And I could've bought these damn modules off the 1$ rack!!!

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Post Posted: Wed Jan 20, 2010 3:50 pm 
 

I feel like someone was looking for Rus stuff recently:



http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vi ... 0321560693



I can't Google up any reference to the supplements, so I don't know what the heck those are.
  

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Post Posted: Wed Jan 20, 2010 4:05 pm 
 

TheHistorian wrote:I feel like someone was looking for Rus stuff recently:


** expired/removed eBay auction **


I can't Google up any reference to the supplements, so I don't know what the heck those are.




I get the feeling that the other books are not actually related to the RPG book but just coincidentally have the same name "RUS" - probably historical RUS books.  RUS in the RPG book has the two dots above the U and it is the same in the other supplements I have seen.  The extra bits in this auction don't have them.  I placed a curiosity bid :)
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Post Posted: Wed Jan 20, 2010 4:59 pm 
 

TheHistorian wrote:I feel like someone was looking for Rus stuff recently:


** expired/removed eBay auction **


I can't Google up any reference to the supplements, so I don't know what the heck those are.




Quote from the seller:



They will ship together in a USPS flat-rate Priority Mail box.
If you want a tracking number, YOU MUST ASK FOR ONE AT THE TIME OF PURCHASE.



I understand the perils of selling on Ebay and I am sympathetic...but this is another seller who has missed the memo.  It is the seller who needs to track an item to prove delivery, not the buyer.  Without it, the seller is completely vulnerable to a PayPal dispute.


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Post Posted: Wed Jan 20, 2010 6:04 pm 
 

FormCritic wrote:
Quote from the seller:

They will ship together in a USPS flat-rate Priority Mail box.
If you want a tracking number, YOU MUST ASK FOR ONE AT THE TIME OF PURCHASE.

I understand the perils of selling on Ebay and I am sympathetic...but this is another seller who has missed the memo.  It is the seller who needs to track an item to prove delivery, not the buyer.  Without it, the seller is completely vulnerable to a PayPal dispute.


To some buyers that is like a sign saying "get this for free".
  

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Post Posted: Wed Jan 20, 2010 11:54 pm 
 

Mars wrote:
I get the feeling that the other books are not actually related to the RPG book but just coincidentally have the same name "RUS" - probably historical RUS books.  RUS in the RPG book has the two dots above the U and it is the same in the other supplements I have seen.  The extra bits in this auction don't have them.  I placed a curiosity bid :)


*shrug*

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Post Posted: Thu Jan 21, 2010 9:59 am 
 

TheHistorian wrote:I feel like someone was looking for Rus stuff recently:


** expired/removed eBay auction **


I can't Google up any reference to the supplements, so I don't know what the heck those are.




I know it's on my list, which means it has to come up at a point when I've decided not to do any buying for a while. :D



(And, like Mars, I'm curious as to whether those other books are really for the game or not.)


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Post Posted: Thu Jan 21, 2010 11:09 am 
 

TheHistorian wrote:
*shrug*

If you win it, please let me know what the heck they are, so I can close that open thought in the back of brain.

Looks likely to be the same game, and looks to be being sold by a games store if the photo backgound is anything to go by.


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Post Posted: Fri Jan 22, 2010 3:46 pm 
 

Rahasia, but not the best seller feedback ever:



http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vi ... 0544904036
  

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Post Posted: Fri Jan 22, 2010 9:16 pm 
 

TheHistorian wrote:Rahasia, but not the best seller feedback ever:


** expired/removed eBay auction **




But since the seller lives in Dallas, Badmike can just go over with some of his D&D buddies and make sure the transaction goes smoothly.   :wink:


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Post Posted: Sat Jan 23, 2010 12:42 am 
 

TheHistorian wrote:Rahasia, but not the best seller feedback ever:


** expired/removed eBay auction **


Last one went for $1625. Let's see how this one does. Often wonder how many watchers something like this gets.
  

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Post Posted: Sat Jan 23, 2010 3:57 am 
 

this looks particularly nice condition

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Post Posted: Sat Jan 23, 2010 4:25 am 
 

this looks particularly nice condition


Assuming you're in the 90% he ships the items to :)


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Post Posted: Sat Jan 23, 2010 1:05 pm 
 

Just another one of those mods I'll never get. I like my marriage!!  :D


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Post Posted: Sat Jan 23, 2010 3:18 pm 
 

SimperingToad wrote:Last one went for $1625. Let's see how this one does. Often wonder how many watchers something like this gets.


I really wish the Acaeum would get rid of some of the subjective quotes that people then copy into their auctions: "and possibly less than 20 still remain."

These seem to show up about 2 or 3 copies every year.  Documented here and on the Tome are sales for about 10 copies sold in the last few years -which probably means there were another 5-10 sold that were not recorded.  This also doesn't include the copies that people have in their collections from before the recent sales, GenCon sales - I seem to recall Blackmoor picked one up in the GenCon auction a couple years ago, and Crazy Egor sold one from his booth, etc.

I think a more realistic number would be 40-50 copies still remain in existence.
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