jamesmishler wrote:That *might* have been a Zocchi stash, or maybe even the original JG "last, lost storage" stash, I'm not sure. I know Lou had a very extensive stash for many years, and Bob confirmed once that he was perhaps the very last distributor to buy JG stuff, by the truckload, when it was just Bob left alone in the old converted school building, before the foreclosure..
FoulFoot wrote:Actually, Judges Guild themselves was the culprit. Upon re-emerging a few years ago, they began selling an enormous amount of vintage items that were supposedly overstock from the warehouse. All of these items were mint and in the shrinkwrap. Now, whether they were actually re-printing the items (I suspect they were), or really just clearing out 25-year-old material, who knows. The items that they're selling (and may still be selling via their website) are indistiguishable from the items originally sold in the 70's and 80's.Foul
brvheart wrote:#2 culprit here. I would not call it an enormous amount. When we relaunched in 1999 Bob had quite a few boxes of old product in his garage. No, none of these were reprints. I have about all that is left of it. Most of it went to RPG Realms in 2000-2001. Bob managed to find a supplier that had a lot of old product (Ousmay on Ebay he is still selling a lot of it). The only reprint was done in 1999 of CSIO. I scanned and edited it myself. They are indistinguishable because it was original product. I am still the official repository of the Judges Guild library, my only involvement in the guild at present. If you have any other questions, feel free to email me or ask.
MShipley88 wrote:Hello: I am a first-timer here. (Interesting to see all of the names I recognize from Ebay...) My main interest is collecting copies of the old stuff. Dates and original editions concern me less than just getting ahold of one each of the material. Is there a seller and a marketplace outside of Ebay? Do some of you trade and sell outside of Ebay?
MShipley88 wrote:Hello: I am a first-timer here. (Interesting to see all of the names I recognize from Ebay...)
mbassoc2003 wrote:If you're looking for JG stuff, then the big dealers are all on eBay, although Killjoy32 is an active member here.
mbassoc2003 wrote:If its the older or rarer JG items you're looking for (CSIO, First Fantasy, Tegel Manor, Dark Tower, Inferno, Tarantis) they all crop up on eBay but if you place a classified ad' you may find a collector that is willing to let a copy go.
mbassoc2003 wrote:If you're new to this, the best thing you can do is hang around the board, take part, ask questions and get to know everyone.
MShipley88 wrote:I have bought a lot of stuff on Ebay lately (as some of you know, because you sold it to me). I am running out of JG things to buy from the available Ebay stock. I have really been interested in some of the JG history I have read on this discussion forum. I live on the west coast, and the large conventions are usually too far and too expensive to attend. That is especially true of the Northwest. I met Gary Gygax at GenCon a few years ago...but I was working a booth and did not have a lot of time for conversations with other industry people. I am mostly collecting JG because they were the innovative company in the early days of AD&D. I was too young and too penniless to buy most of the JG stuff back then. Now I want to own and read some of the old stuff. Anyway, hello to everyone here. I look forward to reading more. Any tips on meeting people and finding JG items would be appreciated.MShipley88
killjoy32 wrote:i've just come back from a few days in wales with the kids - had a real nice time.
mbassoc2003 wrote:killjoy32 wrote:i've just come back from a few days in wales with the kids - had a real nice time.Port Merion?