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Post Posted: Mon Feb 02, 2009 12:21 pm 
 

I have the following print of the D&D basic set. Is it worth selling and finding a big box to ship it in, or should I just give it away?

Fifteenth (1991)

   * Fourth Revision of the Basic Set rules, now entitled the New, Easy to Master Dungeons & Dragons Game
   * Box is full color (but predominantly black), depicting a red dragon fighting a single warrior, and bears the Gold Angled TSR logo
   * Rear cover of box has a 12-digit barcode
   * Covering levels 1-5, it is meant to be a primer for the D&D Rules Cyclopedia (which replaces the Basic, Expert, Companion, and Master Sets), and the Wrath of the Immortals Set
   * "Landscape" style box, as opposed to the "portrait" style of all previous prints
   * Contains rulebook (Angled TSR logo), DMs Screen, 51 cardboard "Dragon cards" (that serve as a sort of tutorial on D&D), 48 cardboard counters (creatures), a large full-color map sheet (to be used with the counters), a poster of the cover art, and six dice

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Post Posted: Mon Feb 02, 2009 12:37 pm 
 

Funny, I was just looking at mine and thinking of giving it away.  I don't expect to get much for it, and would rather just unload it.


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Post Posted: Mon Feb 02, 2009 12:39 pm 
 

Ah, somebody will buy it.  You just might not get a lot of money for it.  A Priority Mail box should do the trick just fine when you wrap the thing in bubble wrap. 8)


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Post Posted: Mon Feb 02, 2009 1:26 pm 
 

benjoshua wrote:Ah, somebody will buy it.  You just might not get a lot of money for it.  A Priority Mail box should do the trick just fine when you wrap the thing in bubble wrap. 8)


Stop!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

A priority mail box with not do the trick. The D&D box is too large.

That said, it will sell on ebay from anywhere between $5-20 depending on how lucky you are. Most people mail it parcel post and charge just under $10 for shipping. Your only problem is finding a box to put it in. You can probably buy one in a number of places (UPS store, USPS (maybe) or one of those storage/U-Haul places.


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Post Posted: Mon Feb 02, 2009 1:39 pm 
 

bbarsh wrote:Stop!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

A priority mail box with not do the trick. The D&D box is too large.

That said, it will sell on ebay from anywhere between $5-20 depending on how lucky you are. Most people mail it parcel post and charge just under $10 for shipping. Your only problem is finding a box to put it in. You can probably buy one in a number of places (UPS store, USPS (maybe) or one of those storage/U-Haul places.

If you have the time and gas money, visit a liquor store and get liquor, wine, or beer boxes for free.  You can cut-your-own box out of them with a box cutter, a ruler, tape, and about 15 - 30 minutes of time.

Of course, you can just get liquored-up and cram the box into a Flat-Rate Priority Mail box.  :)  Seriously, though, is the black D&D box so deep that it won't fit into the $8.60 box?

  


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Post Posted: Mon Feb 02, 2009 1:54 pm 
 

JohnGaunt wrote:If you have the time and gas money, visit a liquor store and get liquor, wine, or beer boxes for free.  You can cut-your-own box out of them with a box cutter, a ruler, tape, and about 15 - 30 minutes of time.

Of course, you can just get liquored-up and cram the box into a Flat-Rate Priority Mail box.  :)  Seriously, though, is the black D&D box so deep that it won't fit into the $8.60 box?


The depth isn't the problem, the problem is that it's way too long and too wide as well to even fit in a large sized USPS Flat Rate Box.  Its a pretty damn big box and really uneccessarily so.  :?

The funny thing(or not so funny)) is that I have been sitting on 4 of the other D&D games that come in the same sized boxes(The Haunted Tower, The Dragon's Den &  2 The Goblin's Lairs) and one of the main reasons is that the damn things are too big to fit in a regular USPS boxes.    :x


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Post Posted: Mon Feb 02, 2009 2:01 pm 
 

bclarkie wrote:
The depth isn't the problem, the problem is that it's way too long and too wide as well to even fit in a large sized USPS Flat Rate Box.  Its a pretty damn big box and really uneccessarily so.  :?

The funny thing(or not so funny)) is that I have been sitting on 4 of the other D&D games that come in the same sized boxes(The Haunted Tower, The Dragon's Den &  2 The Goblin's Lairs) and one of the main reasons is that the damn things are too big to fit in a regular USPS boxes.    :x


I am in the same boat, Brian. I know I could "make" a box to fit them, but I have to say I just can't get motivated to do so.  I also have those damn "Line in the Sand" games from TSR. I would have auctioned them a long time ago but the shipping pain in the ass factor has forced me to leave them in my storage room.

By the way, I as a Goblin's Lair go for around $30 last week or so!


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Post Posted: Mon Feb 02, 2009 2:22 pm 
 

bbarsh wrote:
Stop!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

A priority mail box with not do the trick. The D&D box is too large.

That said, it will sell on ebay from anywhere between $5-20 depending on how lucky you are. Most people mail it parcel post and charge just under $10 for shipping. Your only problem is finding a box to put it in. You can probably buy one in a number of places (UPS store, USPS (maybe) or one of those storage/U-Haul places.


Sorry about that, most of those D&D beginner box sets will fit in there and I was thinking it was one of those.  My bad. :oops:


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Post Posted: Mon Feb 02, 2009 3:10 pm 
 

benjoshua wrote:
Sorry about that, most of those D&D beginner box sets will fit in there and I was thinking it was one of those.  My bad. :oops:


No big deal. The Black Box set actually does have a version that will fit in the Priority Boxes. So it is an easy thing to mix up.


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Post Posted: Mon Feb 02, 2009 3:35 pm 
 

It would be best to get liquored up and burn the damn thing... make sure to use LOTS of starter fluid.

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Post Posted: Mon Feb 02, 2009 6:25 pm 
 

If it is an unpunched 15th print (12 digit bar code) I will take it off your hands. Send me a PM and we will work it out.


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Post Posted: Mon Feb 02, 2009 8:37 pm 
 

chromaticknight wrote:If it is an unpunched 15th print (12 digit bar code) I will take it off your hands. Send me a PM and we will work it out.


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-or anyone else who has one to burn  :D


Told you they were in demand :D


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Post Posted: Tue Feb 03, 2009 12:52 am 
 

JohnGaunt wrote:If you have the time and gas money, visit a liquor store and get liquor, wine, or beer boxes for free.  


Can I just go to a liquor store, buy the booze, and skip the packaging part?

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Post Posted: Tue Feb 03, 2009 1:09 am 
 

chromaticknight wrote:If it is an unpunched 15th print (12 digit bar code) I will take it off your hands. Send me a PM and we will work it out.


Mike

-or anyone else who has one to burn  :D


Really? Why? This set never seems to do well here in the UK (Guess the shipping kills it, it's a big box after all!!)

FWIW from reading through one a while ago, I reckon it's not a bad set for a beginner.


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Post Posted: Tue Feb 03, 2009 2:49 am 
 

chromaticknight wrote:If it is an unpunched 15th print (12 digit bar code) I will take it off your hands. Send me a PM and we will work it out.


Mike

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I'm afraid all the little cardboard stand-up figures are punched out. Sorry!  :(

  

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Post Posted: Tue Feb 03, 2009 4:47 pm 
 

Geoffrey wrote:
I'm afraid all the little cardboard stand-up figures are punched out. Sorry!  :(


No problem. Thanks for checking. Anyone else who has an unpunched one, and wants it out of their way, let me know.


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Post Posted: Tue Feb 03, 2009 5:09 pm 
 

I think I have one in shrink; will let you know.


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Post Posted: Tue Feb 03, 2009 5:56 pm 
 

The one I have is not in shrink, but it's like new.  Now I recall that I removed the shrink myself.  Contents are complete and untouched.  It even has the Jade Hare mail-in card (though it doesn't specify that the free module you'll get is Jade Hare).

Interested, Mike?


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