beasterbrook wrote:almost all of tsr shrinkwrap on the old stuff (from memory) was very crinkly (?) and did not stretch, not the new 'stretchy' sort of shrink wrop that occurs today. In Australia at least, most of the old boxed items were re shrinked from new as the distributer put in local advertising content.
Favonius Cornelius wrote:An interesting topic, any new words of wisdom on spotting shrinkwrap fakes etc?
deimos3428 wrote:This message has been brought to you by the Society To End ShrinkWrap (STEWS).
Plaag wrote:deimos3428 wrote:This message has been brought to you by the Society To End ShrinkWrap (STEWS).Shouldn't that be STESW? Anyhow, I have joined, followed, and shall continue in some regards removing SW.
deimos3428 wrote:Yes, technically you're correct, but that wouldn't spell anything. We're in the same union as the Alliterative Acronyms Anonymous Association of America, and they apply a lot of political pressure.
deimos3428 wrote:You can identify real shrink from fake by the noise it makes when you remove it. If it sounds like a thousand tormented souls screaming "Noooooo!", then it was real. If it just goes "zip!" you're in the clear. Try it out and let me know. This message has been brought to you by the Society To End ShrinkWrap (STEWS).
TSR - Firefight - Game of US/soviet Conflict == UNPUNCHED, COMPLETE, SEALED ==